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Nathan Greeno is a Higher Education Partnership Expert. Accelerating Growth and Access to Quality Education through Sustainable Partnerships | Former founder & CEO, board member. Current advisor and investor

With over 35 years of experience working at the intersection of Ed Tech and Higher Education, Nathan is passionate about extending access, elevating quality, and driving scale in learning. He has a proven track record of capitalizing on new markets both domestic and global, developing strategic relationships, and creating significant value through institutional partnerships. He is also an award-winning author, a frequent speaker, and a lifelong learner who holds a Master of Higher Education Administration degree from Michigan State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Roberts Wesleyan University.

His focus includes Online Learning, EdTech, Authentic Leadership, Strategy, Innovation, Empathy, Team Building, Sales Engineering, Contract Negotiation, Consultative Approach, Opportunity Analysis, Risk Assessment,Curriculum Ideation, Partnerships, Process Mapping, Facilitation, Public Speaking, and Entrepreneurship.

Significant Learnings From Success and Failure

  • Mission and margin are interconnected
  • Character matters
  • Leaders drive culture
  • Quality inputs drive quality outcomes
  • Teams need empowerment, not micromanagement
  • Speed to trust is material to get the job done
  • Listen first to understand
  • Good business is an exchange of value

Nathan’s Experience includes:

SVP Global Business Development for 2U/edX for over 10 years

  • Drove over 1.5 billion dollars of total contract value during tenure at 2U.
  • Led strategic university conversations on digital transformation, impacting mission, margin and market.
  • Managed Global University and Corporate Business Development, Pipeline Strategy, and Sales teams.
  • In addition to work in the U.S., led multiple university degree partnerships in the U.K. and Australia as well as non-degree program partnerships with universities and corporations across Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

VP Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives for University of Maryland Global Campus

  • Led the identification, evaluation and development of new strategic businessinitiatives designed to contribute to diversifying the University’s comprehensive growth plan. This included the ideation, research, development and deployment of a continuing education and corporate training division for the University.

On Ground and Online faculty member for over 20 years

Co-Founder of Synergistics, Inc. and Founder of Education Strategy, LLC.

  •  Serving over 150 institutions of higher education in the U.S.

As a seasoned expert specializing in higher education strategy, Nathan drives value to both institutions of higher education as well as companies which support them.