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Scholastic Announces Raghushri Sankaran as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Kevin Conklin as Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations
Sankaran and Conklin Lead Scholastic's Technology and Operational Teams NEW YORK, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's
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[{"type":"text","content":"Sankaran and Conklin Lead Scholastic's Technology and Operational Teams\n\n\nNEW YORK, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education, and media company, today announced the appointment of two leaders for the Company's technology and operational teams. Raghushri Sankaran serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, leading Scholastic Technology Solutions, and Kevin Conklin as Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations. Mr. Sankaran and Mr. Conklin both join the Scholastic Management Executive Committee and report directly to Richard Robinson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Scholastic. Their roles are responsible for the direction and implementation of the future vision of technology and operations for the Company.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"Technology systems and operations excellence are essential to ensuring we are able to bring print and digital resources directly to our customers, in a customized way. Raghushri Sankaran and Kevin Conklin are the ideal leaders we need in roles integral to building effective systems and delivering world class fulfillment service that enable Scholastic to continue expanding access to reading and learning for young people everywhere,\" said Richard Robinson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Scholastic. \nRaghushri Sankaran, Senior Vice President and Chief Information OfficerWith 6 years of experience at Scholastic, and more than 20 years of experience in the field, Mr. Sankaran has shown a passion and deep understanding for conceptualizing and building future-ready, cost-effective technology transformations delivered at scale. He has led several digital, security, and infrastructure transformation efforts at Scholastic and more recently was instrumental in leading the Company's recent Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project. In his new role as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, leading Scholastic Technology Solutions, Mr. Sankaran drives the vision, execution, and support of enterprise technology platforms across all divisions at Scholastic globally. In this expanded role, Mr. Sankaran will also continue to serve as Chief Information Security Officer, managing global information security of the Company.\nBefore coming to Scholastic in 2015, Mr. Sankaran led the Healthcare Enterprise Pla...