Dr. Victor Arenas

Dr. Victor Arenas has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to advanced study and pedagogy, far exceeding the institutional requirement of 36 clock hours. During the 2024–2025 professional development cycle alone, Dr. Arenas completed 153 certified clock hours of continuing education—an excess of 117 hours over the standard requirement. His educational pursuits focused on cutting-edge disciplines, including advanced Artificial Intelligence applications, machine learning ethics, and project portfolio optimization. Furthermore, Dr. Arenas completed the ACUE Certificate in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework (Association of College and University Educators). This comprehensive program equipped him with evidence-based strategies to design inclusive, highly active hybrid and online environments. To maintain a dual edge in both pedagogy and technical field mastery, he has actively earned and maintained 33 industry and academic digital credentials spanning cybersecurity (CISSP, SSCP), advanced project management (PMP, PMI-CPMAI, CPMAI v7), Agile practices (SAFe 6 Practice Consultant, SAFe 6 Scrum Master, DASSM, PMI-ACP), and data analytics (Tableau, IBM R for Data Science, Alteryx SparkED).

Since joining the Broward College faculty in 2013, Dr. Arenas has established a record of deep, service-oriented engagement. He served as the Program Manager for the Technology Project Management degree program (2013–2023) and serves as the STEM Pathway Micro-credentials Grant Faculty Liaison. In these capacities, he worked across academic lines to coordinate course offerings and align pathways with student needs. His service in college governance is highlighted by his role as Co-Chair of the Continuing Contract Review Committee (CCRC) from 2022 to 2024. During this tenure, he spearheaded a major policy initiative to restructure the continuous contract evaluation guidelines, which was successfully bargained and approved in the 2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Additionally, Dr. Arenas served as Co-Chair of the College Curriculum Committee (2022–2024), where he coordinated the validation of academic programs, and continues his service as the Central Campus Senator on the Faculty Senate.

Dr. Arenas has consistently fulfilled his assigned in-load teaching obligations within the Computer Science and Information Technology department. His instructional portfolio features a diverse range of 13 critical courses that span multiple program tracks. These include Project Management (CIS1513C, ISM3314C), Agile Methodologies (ISM2308C, ISM3309C, ISM4318C), Cybersecurity (CET2688C, CTS3128C), Data Science (CGS1510C, ISM4415C, CAP4612C), and Quality Systems (ETI1622, ETI2610C, ETI2623C). Dr. Arenas manages his teaching loads with meticulous care, consistently maintaining high enrollment rates and receiving superior evaluations from departmental leadership.

Dr. Arenas's administrative and professional record is characterized by absolute dependability and structural organization. This is demonstrated by his work as CCRC Co-Chair, where he introduced a digital, compliance-driven online CCRC application portal utilizing Smartsheet. This system standardized and expedited the submission and review process for candidates across both campuses, ensuring complete alignment with CBA timelines. His submission of syllabi, grades, office hour registries, and textbook adoptions is exemplary, always meeting or beating institutional deadlines.

Dr. Arenas maintains an exemplary presence at all required college functions, professional development convocations, and departmental panels. As a Central Campus Senator, he actively participates in every senate session to represent his faculty constituents. His commitment to representing Broward College extends to international academic functions. Dr. Arenas served as the Official Broward College Commencement Representative at the graduation ceremony for Shanghai Polytechnic University (SSPU) in Shanghai, China. In this role, he delivered a keynote commencement address to graduates, partners, and international dignitaries, highlighting cross-border educational collaboration, digital resilience, and global engagement.

Dr. Arenas utilizes modern, student-centric pedagogical frameworks to drive retention and academic success. In alignment with his ACUE training, he integrates Liberating Structures (33 specialized facilitation techniques) and retrospective practices into his courses to build a psychologically safe, collaborative learning environment. His responsiveness to student needs is exemplified by active classroom adaptation. For example, during a recent term of the CAP4612C (AI for Business) course, Dr. Arenas collected retrospective feedback regarding student scheduling constraints for a complex Customer Churn Prediction data project. In response, he immediately pivoted the assignment format from a team project to an individual task mid-semester, adjusting milestone deadlines and scheduling dedicated virtual lab support. This agility resulted in a significant increase in project completion quality and positive final student evaluations.

Dr. Arenas views professional development as a continuous requirement to bridge the gap between classroom curricula and rapidly evolving corporate technology standards. Beyond completing the extensive ACUE Effective Teaching Practice course, he has completed multiple advanced professional certifications. He holds the PMI Managing AI (PMI-CPMAI) credential, the CPMAI v7 Cognitive AI PM certification, and the SAFe 6 Practice Consultant (SPC) credential. These certifications enable him to bring industry-validated frameworks directly to the courses he designs and teaches.

Dr. Arenas maintains complete discipline currency by participating in global academic circles and holding industry-standard credentials. From 2017 to 2022, he served as a Global Visiting Professor at Shanghai Polytechnic University (SSPU), where he delivered intensive lectures on international project management and agility structures. In the classroom, he translates this global and industrial currency into curriculum updates. For example, he aligned the Agile Fundamentals (ISM2308C) course directly with the ICAgile Content Domains, making students eligible for professional digital badges. He maintains active, verifiable status for 33 credentials in cybersecurity, agile methods, data analytics, and AI.

Dr. Arenas implements structured feedback mechanisms throughout the academic term to continuously refine his instruction. He conducts "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" climate assessments at three points during each semester. These evaluations allow him to make real-time adjustments before official end-of-term surveys occur. This responsive design was utilized in his Excel Data Analysis (CGS1510C) and Applied Data Reporting (ISM4415C) classes, where feedback indicating a desire for hands-on exercises led him to replace traditional quizzes with interactive case studies utilizing real-world datasets.

During his tenure as the Program Manager for Technology Project Management (2013–2023), Dr. Arenas acted as the primary link between the college and the regional business sector. He coordinated the Computer Science Program Advisory Board, consisting of local CIOs, CISOs, and IT directors. Responding to employer feedback that graduates needed stronger practical skills in data preparation and visualization, Dr. Arenas updated the curriculum for CGS1510C (Excel Data Analysis) and ISM4415C (Applied Data Reporting) to integrate Tableau and Alteryx. He also introduced prompt engineering principles into project management courses (CAP4612C), directly aligning his curriculum with current commercial hiring standards.

Dr. Arenas has dedicated substantial hours to community and departmental leadership. In addition to serving as Central Campus Senator and STEM Pathway Grant Liaison, his work as CCRC Co-Chair protected the integrity of the college's contract review process. He authored and proposed the CCRC Guidelines Document, updating CCRC evaluation procedures under CBA Article 2.22 to ensure standard, objective, and transparent guidelines for all tenure-track candidates.

Dr. Arenas's leadership in academic assessment is long-standing. He previously served as the South Florida Campus Faculty Assessment Liaison for the University of Phoenix (2013-2016), where he trained faculty in connecting course assessments to pedagogical improvements. At Broward College, he applied this expertise to design target assessment models for the STEM Pathway Micro-credentials. He systematically maps student performance against Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) in his cybersecurity courses CET2688C (SSCP) and CTS3128C (CISSP), utilizing data analysis to refine course modules where student outcome scores fall below baseline metrics.