Ellevation CEO and leadership

Dennis Morgan is a software and technology executive with over 20 years of experience in finance and corporate/business development. He joined Ellevation after leading SHYFT Analytics through a tripling of its revenue and sale to Medidata Solutions (MDSO) for $190 million. He previously served as CFO of Acquia, where he led a $50 million fund raise. Prior to Acquia, he helped lead Buddy Media through its explosive growth and sale to Salesforce.com for $745 million. Prior to his CFO roles, he was Vice President of Corporate Finance at Yahoo in Sunnyvale, CA. At Yahoo, he led the corporate finance efforts for over $5 billion in acquisitions and business development deals, earning a team Superstar award for his work on Yahoo’s newspaper consortium deal. In addition, he ran Yahoo’s corporate-wide budgeting process and served as finance head of Yahoo’s $3 billion search business. Dennis began his career as an investment banker at Alex. Brown and Sons and at Thomas Weisel Partners. Dennis has an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia, where he was a Shermet Scholar, and a BA from Dartmouth College.

Seija has spent over 25 years building creative teams and efficacious products for K-12 teachers and students. As Executive Vice President of Strategy, she drove portfolio expansion through organic growth and acquisition at Imagine Learning. The company’s revenue doubled during her tenure and the organization expanded from a niche ESL segment to larger market segments including literacy, mathematics, and assessment. As Publisher for ESL and Literacy at National Geographic Learning, Seija managed a print and digital product portfolio of products that accounted for 75-80% of the division’s revenue. Seija also lead major product initiatives at Riverdeep, Classroom Connect, and Addison-Wesley Longman. She began her career as a teacher and still makes time to volunteer in local classrooms to keep in touch with customer needs and the ever-shifting context for teaching and learning.