Morton Cohen

Morton Cohen, MBA, CPA, serves as the Vice President of Finance for the Corporate Business Desk at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where responsibilities include establishing strategic leadership in contract negotiations to enhance revenues, EBITDA, and market share. Previously, Morton held the position of Vice President of Sales Operations at Riverside Publishing, focusing on divisional sales functions to meet fiscal targets, and also served as Vice President of Finance & Operations, overseeing finance and accounting for a division with $140M in sales. At Sunburst Corporation, Morton acted as CFO and Senior Vice President, managing comprehensive finance and operational tasks. Additionally, Morton worked as an independent consultant and adjunct professor, and held the role of Vice President, Controller & Acting President at Educational Resources, directing various operational departments for a software distribution company. Morton holds an MBA in Finance from Indiana University Bloomington and a BBA in Management/Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.