Vineet Madan

Partner at MFJ Partners

Princeton, New Jersey

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founder & CEO

    2013 - Current

    Junction is the first learning platform that drives improvements in student's study behaviors. Join the world's leading content creators using Junction to build compelling, engaging, personalized learning experiences for education, training and certification markets.

  • Partner

    2021

    Seasoned, C-level, expertise to unlock growth, find and structure partnerships, evaluate acquisitions or reposition your company in the multi-trillion dollar global education markets.

  • Social Venture Advisory Network

    2018

  • Council Member

    2013

    Providing informed perspectives on education, educational technology, educational publishing and the digital transformation of the industry.

  • Board Member, Education Division

    2011 - 2013

    Member of the Board of the Education division of the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), a leading group for assembling market intelligence, promoting dialogue and providing advocacy for the effective digitization of education globally.

  • Investor, Strategic Advisory Board Member

    2010 - 2013

    Led McGraw-Hill's partnership, product launch and first investment in Felicis- and Sequoia-backed Inkling. One of two members of Inkling's Strategic Advisory Board.

  • Founding President, Member of the Board of Directors

    2010 - 2013

  • Senior Vice President, Head of Strategy, Corporate Development and Business Process Management

    2006 - 2013

    Global head of strategy, corporate development, venture investments, and Business Process Management (BPM). Member of the executive leadership team on point for leading the successful digital transformation of McGraw-Hill's varied lines of business from K-12, college/university, professional and testing. Led the separation, stand-up and sale of McGraw-Hill Education to Apollo for $2.4 billion. Press mentions include: - Apple Tablets an Important Part of the Education Puzzle, Mashable, http://mashable.com/2012/10/23/apple-tablets-education/ - BYOD Tablet, Smartphones: About to 'Disrupt' the Classroom, BYTE, http://www.informationweek.com/byte/personal-tech/smart-phones/byod-tablets-smartphones-about-to-disrup/240007801 - The iPad Goes Back to School, Macworld, http://www.macworld.com/article/1168447/the-ipad-goes-back-to-school.html - One Tablet Per Child? District Administration, http://www.districtadministration.com/article/one-tablet-child-0 - McGraw Hill sees $399 iPad as nearing 'tipping point' for broad adoption, The Verge, http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/12/2864842/mcgraw-hill-education-399-ipad-tipping-point - McGraw-Hill: The discounted iPad 2 is just what schools needed, Boy Genius Report, http://www.bgr.com/2012/03/12/mcgraw-hill-the-discounted-ipad-2-is-just-what-schools-needed - McGraw-Hill Thinks New iPad Will Be Ticket To E-Textbook Revolution, Talking Points Memo, http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/mcgraw-hill-thinks-new-ipad-will-be-ticket-to-e-textbook-revolution.php - Apple Unveils IBooks 2 to Help Boost IPad Usage in Schools,BusinessWeek, http://mobile.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-19/apple-unveils-ibooks-2-to-help-boost-ipad-usage-in-schools.html - NYC tech takes on the classroom, Crain's New York, http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120122/TECHNOLOGY/301229977/1009# - Why the iPad Won’t Transform Education — Yet, Mashable, http://mashable.com/2012/01/19/ipad-education

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2006 - 2011

    Led McGraw-Hill's partnership with, and investment in, HotChalk. Participated as a Board Observer in company Board meetings.

  • Senior Director

    2005 - 2006

    Senior member of the corporate strategy team reporting to the EVP of Global Strategy; directly managed and developed two full-time employees; partnered with division Presidents and other senior executives of businesses in the Financial Services and Education segments on strategy and M&A efforts; prepared strategic discussion materials for the Corporation’s Board of Directors • Developed a business strategy and product roadmap for the emerging formative assessment market in 2005 that led to the development and launch of a new product, Acuity, that generated $20 million in revenue in 2007 and has contracted revenue over the next five years exceeding $100 million • Worked with Standard & Poor’s to both develop plans for capitalizing on emerging opportunities in risk management, equity research and data distribution

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