Joel Dupuis serves as Executive Director, Global Operations in the University Design Institute (UDI) at Arizona State University (ASU). Global Operations (GO) UDI is the strategic core driving the structures, processes, policies and financials that are critical to UDI. UDI deploys co-design to create a facilitated space for leaders to bring and utilize varied perspectives, tools, and ideas, to create sustainable and transformative change. Co-design begins long before we do the work. We believe that by intentionally engaging with a variety of experts around a set of shared values, we can bring forth transformation and build capacity for sustained change. Joel has worked in higher education for 18 years across Canada, Europe and the US with a primary focus on global learning and development for fortune 500 companies. His experience spans organizations of all sizes in industries such as Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Technology, Healthcare, Retail, Government and others. Prior to his current role at UDI, Joel served as Senior Director, Client Solutions for UDI driving our global consultative work with universities, educational foundations and government ministries in Brazil, Ethiopia, South Korea, Sweden, UAE, USA and Vietnam. Through this work, he directly supported UDI growth to 105 institutions in 20 countries. Joel holds a Masters of Education from Arizona State University, a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Public Administration from University of Phoenix and a Bachelor (Honors) in Journalism and Sociology from the University of King’s College.