Emeritus, the global leader in making high-quality upskilling education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world, today announced the appointment of Bhushan Heda as Chief Technology Officer, reporting to Emeritus’s co-Founder and CEO, Ashwin Damera. Heda will drive the technology strategy of Emeritus and its group companies and lead the global technology teams across five business functions: product management, product ops, engineering, data, and enterprise IT.
As Chief Technology Officer, Heda will be responsible for maintaining a world-class technology platform by collaborating with global and regional lines of business and operations, leveraging technology, and strategically embracing automation to drive over ten key business initiatives.
鈥淥ur team at Emeritus is united by the belief that education is transformative and will be increasingly essential in the new world of work,鈥� said Ashwin Damera, co-founder and CEO of Emeritus. 鈥淏hushan will ensure that our overarching technology strategy aligns with our mission and business goals, and supports our company鈥檚 steady growth.鈥�
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With a career spanning from start-ups to large companies, Heda comes to Emeritus from his most recent role at Intuit, where he led the Data Exchange team, as well as prior leadership positions at Google and eBay. He has experience leading critical acquisitions and integrations, as well as expanding tech product capabilities and boosting the return on investment for customers.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an honor to join a company that鈥檚 laser-focused on making sure that people and organisations around the world have access to education and skills development that will help them grow personally and in their careers,鈥� said Heda. 鈥淭echnology systems and strategies are constantly evolving, and I look forward to harnessing this continuous innovation at Emeritus.鈥�
Heda is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, India, and currently resides in Saratoga, California with his family. He can be found learning Hindustani classical music or playing chess outside of work. Heda also serves on the board of Financial Data Exchange (FDX), helping shape standards for financial data exchange across banks and the consumers of banking data.
For more information about Emeritus鈥檚 executive team or to learn more, visit: https://emeritus.org/.
