Scott Virkler
Former CPO and COO of McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Scott is a Chief Operating Officer and Senior Product and Business Development executive with 25+ years of experience in SaaS, Information Services and EdTech across large global corporations, private equity backed companies and start-ups. He is a growth oriented executive who has built businesses from the ground group up through customer focused leadership of product innovation and development.
With a track record of developing and executing strategies to transition analog print businesses into modern, profitable digital businesses, Scott has multiple examples of reaching #1 performance among competitors via pragmatic innovation and relentless focus on world class execution. He has driven complex transformations by taking the time to deeply understand the issues at hand, testing theories, delivering a vision and then ensuring focus and alignment of team members. As an accessible and inclusive leader of teams who leads by example, Scott dives into details and challenges teams to deliver excellent, pragmatic execution.