David Bamburowski
Senior Director - Academic & Research Faculty Affairs Georgia Institute of Technology
David Bamburowski is a seasoned higher education administrator with more than twenty years of experience spanning faculty affairs, graduate education, and enrollment management. As Senior Director for Academic & Research Faculty Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he leads Institute wide faculty human resources operations, directing hiring, onboarding, career progression, and engagement for over 5,000 faculty members. His work includes overseeing processes related to faculty review, promotion, and tenure, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and institutional policies, and maintaining faculty personnel and accreditation records.
Prior to his current role, David served as Director of Graduate Studies at Georgia Tech, managing Institute level graduate admissions and enrollment operations and guiding recruitment and orientation during a period of more than 63% enrollment growth. His earlier career includes nearly a decade in Undergraduate Admission at Georgia Tech, as well as roles in marketing education and human resources consulting. He holds both a Master of Education in Business Education and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University (OH) and remains active in professional organizations and Institute service.
Seminars
- Reimagining traditional higher education recruitment through a unified, campus wide talent campaign that elevates real employee stories across video, podcasts, streaming platforms, billboards, and digital media, aligning every message to a clearly defined Illinois Employee Value Proposition and driving 26% year over year applicant growth in its first phase, alongside social click through rates up to 7.5% on Meta and 23.1% on Google Search, far exceeding industry benchmarks.
- Designing a branded, repeatable operating model that integrates HR, marketing, and workforce data to target hard to fill roles, tailor outreach by job family and labor market, and extend talent visibility beyond campus into regional and national pipelines, contributing to a 65% increase in jobs.illinois.edu page views year over year (from 29,388 to 48,441 in September) without relying on job fairs or transactional hiring tactics.
- Delivering measurable impact with sustained double digit growth in applicant volume, stronger engagement signals among current employees, and rising pride and advocacy across the workforce, reflected in a 60% increase in workplace survey participation and a Net Promoter Score increase from 7.98 to 14.23, demonstrating how strategic employer branding can simultaneously improve attraction, retention, and cultural connection at scale.
