Raghu Krishnaiah

Raghu Krishnaiah is the current Chief Operating Officer at University of Phoenix. Raghu has previously served as the Senior Vice President at Kaplan, Board Member at Excel Life Sciences, and Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers.

Raghu has a long history of experience in leadership positions. Raghu has been instrumental in growing enrollments, improving graduation rates, and developing new content selection and delivery capabilities. Their experience in the financial sector has also been valuable in their role as Chief Operating Officer.

Raghu is committed to their work and to ensuring that students have the best possible experience at University of Phoenix. Raghu continues to look for ways to innovate and improve the university.

Raghu Krishnaiah has a MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from The Wharton School.

They are on a team with Srini Medi - SVP, General Counsel, John Woods - Chief Academic Officer and Provost , and Cheryl Naumann - CHRO. Their manager is Chris Lynne, Interim President & CFO.