John P. Girard, Ph.D.

Dr. John Girard is the Dean of Enrollment Management at Minot State University. Prior to becoming Dean, John held a variety of positions at Minot State University including Director of Enrollment Services, Chair of the Business Information Technology department, and Director of the Job Corps Executive Management Program. As an associate professor John teaches graduate and undergraduate management courses and conducts research examining the relationships existing between information anxiety, organizational memory loss, and contemporary knowledge management theories. John is engaged in community activities such as Junior Achievement and the Military Affairs Committee.

After more than 24 years as an officer in the Canadian Forces John, his wife JoAnn, and their two dogs moved to Minot. Throughout his military career John had the pleasure to serve in a variety of command and staff positions in Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany, gaining experience as a leader, trainer, policy officer, human resource manager and project manager in the Public sector environment. In 2004, whilst acting as Director of Knowledge Management at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, he accepted an Associate Professorship at Minot State University, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

John is a graduate of TUI University, where he completed a PhD in Business Administration and an MBA and the University of Manitoba where he achieved a BSc with a Computer Science major.  In addition, John is a graduate of Canadian Forces College, Toronto and the Royal Military College of Science in the United Kingdom. 

John speaks regularly on the subject of knowledge management and how enterprises may reap the benefits of creating and exchanging organizational knowledge.  He has spoken in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America at such events as KM World, APQC’s Knowledge Management Conference, the World Congress on Intellectual Capital, and many others events. John has undertaken training and consulting assignments for clients such as the Department of National Defence, Canadian Forces College, Canadian International Development Agency, US Department of Labor, Job Corps, and the Dubai Municipality.

The City and Guilds of London Institute awarded John their Insignia Award for his research into the application of robotic technology and subsequently appointed him a member of the City and Guilds Institute (MCGI).  In 2003 John received the Chartered Manager (F. CIM) designation from the Canadian Institute of Management.