Biography

Arnold Foelster is the Director of Academic and Student Enterprise Systems for the Business Systems Group in UMBC's Division of Information Technology. He is responsible for UMBC's Student Administration System and other Enterprise Systems that include cloud based and in-house solutions. Before joining UMBC in 2006, Arnold served as UMUC's Director of Applications for four years where he oversaw the Student and HRMS systems. Prior to UMUC Arnold served as a Consultant for Accenture Consulting in their Management Consulting group. Arnold has more than 20 years of experience as a software systems implementer, project manager, and change agent. He holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies (with an emphasis in IFSM and Political Science) from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (1993). Arnold completed his MBA and is a graduate of UMUC's National Leadership Institute.