Robert Batten

Former roles: SVP, General Manager of ed2go, a high growth edtech provides online training for in-demand jobs through our network of colleges universities and workforce partners. * Responsible for ed2go's $84M P&L. * Achieved 50%+ revenue growth and 15 percentage points in margin expansion in two years VP, Technical Product Management and Platform Analytics. Member of the Cengage Global Technology Leadership Team. * I led the multi-year product and platform roadmap for our product technology (~40 software development teams), making tradeoffs between businesses and functions, and mobilizing teams against priorities. * I led the design and development of Cengage Unlimited - from ideation in corporate strategy to the product development, and commercial launch. Cengage Unlimited is a first-of-its-kind digital subscription for course materials, giving students access to all the digital learning platforms, eBooks, online homework and study tools Cengage Higher Ed has to offer. Within 3 years, Cengage Unlimited became a $200M annual product reaching more than 1.2M students. * My team of Technical Product Managers (TPMs) designed digital experiences for students and faculty, for more than 1M daily active users. We built innovative experiences around our learning platforms, supporting identity, user entitlements, commercial models, LMS integrations, and data products. Former Principal at Boston Consulting Group in the Technology and Telco Practice Areas; Earned the Northeast Apple award for being in the top quadrant in consulting performance and people development. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton. My research focused on computational design of new materials with enhanced optical and physical properties. I hold a patent for a drug delivery technology and have seven publications (six as first author) in scientific journals. I earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT.