Raghu Krishnaiah is the senior vice president of Performance Excellence for Kaplan University Group (KUG). As an advisor to the President, Mr. Krishnaiah plays an integral role in helping Kaplan University deliver to its strategy. He is also responsible for the oversight and strategic leadership of KU’s business analytics, contact center metrics and planning, technology product management, and project execution.

For the past 10 years, Mr. Krishnaiah has held executive management positions with companies in high-growth and turnaround situations.

Prior to joining the University in 2010, Mr. Krishnaiah served as interim chief executive officer for an international healthcare company. During his tenure there, he accelerated the company’s growth by migrating it into business-direct channels, launching new portfolio products, and expanding sales into Southeast Asia.

Prior to that, Mr. Krishnaiah served as chief executive officer of a multinational technology company that provided retail financial services firms with SaaS-based risk-management, data analytics and micro-payment tools. He has also served as executive vice president/managing director for Greenpoint Financial (now Capital One), chief operating officer for CustomerAsset (now FirstSource), senior manager at Mitchell Madison Group and as a senior systems engineer at TRW.

Mr. Krishnaiah holds a Master’s of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.