Richard Forrest

Richard Forrest has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Richard is currently the Co-Founder of Noviom Design and the Chief Product Officer of ESM Solutions, both positions held since 2023.

Previously, they worked at Cayuse LLC as the Senior Vice President Global Operations from March 2021 to January 2023.

Prior to that, they had a long tenure at Ellucian, where they held various leadership roles including VP Digital Transformation from October 2019 to March 2021, VP, Head of Product Management from May 2019 to October 2019, Vice President Global Product Strategy from July 2015 to October 2019, and Vice President Solutions Consulting EMEA & APAC from October 2014 to January 2016.

Before Ellucian, Richard worked at Oracle as the Director for Higher Education from November 2012 to September 2014.

Richard also had brief stints at Consilidex as the Managing Director from August 2012 to November 2012 and at Jadu as the Executive Director and Senior Vice President from June 2012 to August 2012.

Richard'searlier experience includes roles at Ellucian, where they served as Vice President Product Strategy E2AP from November 2011 to June 2012, General Manager - International Business and Product Development from January 2008 to November 2011, Director EMEA Solution Centres from May 2005 to January 2008, Manager, European Solution Centre from May 2003 to June 2005, and Programme Manager European Solution Centre from September 2000 to May 2003.

Richard started their career as a Software Designer at Ramesys from July 1997 to September 2000.

Richard Forrest began their education in 1993 at The University of Manchester, where they pursued a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Chemistry. Richard graduated from this institution in 1996. Following their undergraduate studies, in 1996 they attended Staffordshire University for a year, earning a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science in 1997.