OUR PEOPLE AND VALUES
Our people are at the core of everything we stand for. We value our staff as the main factor in fulfilling Efiie Consulting Group’s Mission and Vision and recognize that our continued prosperity and growth depend on the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of our human capital. We have a reputation for being an exceptional employer, treating our team members with respect, fairness, and professionalism.
Our people share the following characteristics & vision:
• They identify with, and promote the institutional vision and mission to support our clients in their academic development & career growth.
• They have integrity and apply strong values and ethical principles in all areas of their work.
• They have common sense and empathy. No two students who walk into ECG are ever given the exact same package. Why? Because needs are specific to the individual client and ECG’s consultants put themselves in their client’s shoes daily to understand their position and goals.
• They are knowledgeable about the field of education, offering solutions and making decisions according to their level of expertise.
• They are highly rewarded maintaining an excellent record of match and placements.
• Quality over quantity! Each consultant caps off the number of clients on their roster each semester to ensure the most personalized and highest level of service and attention.
Meet some of the team!
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Dr. Jude Chan
Dr. Jude Chan received his doctoral degree in education at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League and home of the first medical and business school in the United States. He has a double masters, an MSEd from UPenn and an MBA and BA from the University of Miami, FL. As a senior consultant, with exposure to a significant number of students, he is interested in taking all types of feedback to develop educational software that improves the efficiency of the prehealth process. As part of his doctoral dissertation, Dr. Chan pursued research with the goal of improving and advancing institutional support mechanisms for current prehealth advisors as he believes they are an integral part of the healthcare system and their continued development and success ensures a productive premedical pipeline cycle after cycle. Dr. Chan has also earned an Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Early in his studies, Dr. Chan decided to pursue medicine and successfully gained admission into a top medical program. Most of his early career he believed that he would pursue a path towards neurosurgery. Instead he found his passion was actually in the field of Education and the pursuit of Education Development for his clients, who range from university level, premedical students to management level executives in training programs at top Fortune 500 companies. A perpetual student at heart, he wanted to lend time to teaching so during his gap year before beginning medical school, Dr. Chan became a Florida State Certified teacher and taught at Mater Lakes Academy. With his credentials, he was made the Advance Placement Physics, Honors Physics and Biology teacher. It was here he came into contact with many bright students that moved him into the realm of advising. He realized quickly that so many of them had little to no idea of how the college admissions process worked.
After advising students on a daily basis, he became cognizant that many pre-professional students also needed admission help and there was a shortage in this kind of service. After independently counseling students at their homes and outside of the classroom. Dr. Chan partnered up with a bright team of experienced academic advisors and founded EFIIE CONSULTING GROUP. Within it's first year of business, ECG gained the support of well-known Deans, education advisors and fellow consultants. ECG became active in the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and was recognized in the Diamond Awards as a top small business in 2014. Dr. Chan has worked with students and career changers from many countries and various backgrounds. He is highly sought after by students and professionals in various fields and is committed to diversity in education. He cares for his clients on a personal level.
“I believe that education is important because it enables a person to see beyond the confinements of what they already know and realize how much more there is to learn. To be content with a high-school amount of knowledge is to be held in time. Our world advances every day. If our students do not evolve themselves along with it, they will get left behind. In my opinion, that creates more issues in our society. Many students, without realizing it, follow the easiest pathway, which does not always lead to good job prospects and or a bright future. Others choose not pursue a higher degree at all, incorrectly believing that there is no point to it. Some throw away the idea, thinking they can never afford it. Many of these very students could qualify for financial aid and scholarships but they simply do not know how to go about applying for or accomplishing these things. There is a lack of sufficient guidance and too many capable students fall through the cracks. When I founded Efiie, I wanted to make sure that if a student decided not to further their education, it is not because of inaccurate information. I want them to know and understand their options clearly, and when it is laid out in front of them, only then should they make a decision on their best course of action. ” - Jude ChanA dedicated philanthropist, Dr. Chan has worked along side top CEO's and celebrities whom he considers humanitarians. His projects include Project Manager at JP/HRO Petionville Haiti and Founder of Liveandbeconscious, a non-for-profit in 2010 post Haiti earthquake relief organization.
Alexandra Diaz
Ms. Alexandra Diaz studied Journalism at St. Thomas University, FL and was recruited straight out of college to work with top networks stations like NBC, Telemundo and Mun 2. After sometime in this field, she decided to explore teaching as a career. Ms. Diaz became a Florida State Certified teacher and after three years teaching she joined EFIIE Consulting Group bringing with her a large network of businesses and individuals. She then continued to pursue her graduate studies at Harvard University, Department of Continuing Education and later she furthered her studies with a Master's in Education from the University of Miami with particular focus on Student Development and Curriculum Development. Alexandra has a genuine desire to help young students reach their goals in education which is evident in her involvement at EFIIE.
Dimas Rodriguez
Dimas Rodriguez joined Efiie in 2015 and within his first year he revamped all legacy systems. He maintains server security and overall network security. He is in charge of purchasing, installing and running all technical hardware systems at all Efiie’s locations. He is constantly advancing his studies to remain in the bleeding edge of technology to keep Efiie trailblazing in today’s competitive educational tech industry.
Khurram Malik
From a very young age, Khurram had interest in technology, more specifically coding. He graduated from University Of the Punjab and built his own IT company while he was still in his twenties. He comes from a family of IT geniuses, with a brother who is a well sought after graphic designer. He has worked on many educational and university websites globally developing software and student portal areas to improve on the student experience. He joined the EFIIE team and continues to oversee the website development and website support staff.
Rachael Pierce
Racheal graduated from University of Florida majoring in Sociology. Although she grew up in the mountains near Arizona, she fell in love with the sunshine state and has a deep appreciation for the ocean. Her next adventure in the works is traveling through the Caribbean Islands and the Lesser Antilles. Racheal graduated from University of Florida majoring in Sociology. Although she grew up in the mountains near Arizona, she fell in love with the sunshine state and has a deep appreciation for the ocean. Her next adventure in the works is traveling through the Caribbean Islands and the Lesser Antilles.
Steve Pivin
Coupled with his years of experience in digital marketing, Steve’s passion to help Efiie’s students make seamless digital transitions from our online learning platforms to our tailored Efiie Student Portal (ESP), continues to help Efiie grow with the digital landscape of today. In addition to several years of experience, Steve holds certifications from Google and Facebook Blueprint.
Matthew Chan
Matthew was born in Trinidad. He has been a part-time student employee of EFIIE each summer session. He continues to help our students with their to-do list and coordinate with other staff members to ensure all appointments are seen without being rushed. He is top of his class at Maple Leaf and wants to be a marine biologist. He is also a steel pan player as well as pianist and guitarist.
Monica Williams
Monica manages the bookings for EFIIE. She loves being able to work from anywhere in the world and continues to help us reach students from over 50+ countries as a marketing guru. She helps to coordinate with our international students team and helps our Latin American and North African Students learn about our services and take advantage of scholarships. She graduated from UCLA and is an avid surfer and swimmer.
Depending on location and season, some of staff members join us during peak admission season. We would like to thank them all for making our team work so well and bringing our services so successfully to the many students we help.