Derrick Alex came to the United States as an international student from India and over the years has successfully led many areas within international enrollment management at multiple US institutions (both public and private). His experience includes developing/implementing region and audience specific international student marketing/recruitment/retention strategies, identifying opportunities and creating  institutional partnerships, steering automation of business processes, collaborating with internal/external stakeholders to raise institutional awareness and branding.  He is passionate and skilled in data analytics. Derrick is an American International Recruitment Council (AIRC) Board Member and leads international initiatives for the University of Houston.