Jeff Maggiocarda, CEO of Coursera
At this time, we’re happy to announce that Marcelo Modica has joined Coursera as our new Chief Folks Officer. On this vital function, Marcelo will spearhead our individuals, expertise, office expertise, social influence, and DE&I technique to proceed to drive our efforts in the direction of making a high-performing and inclusive office. His experience shall be invaluable as we develop and scale our staff around the globe.
Marcelo has over 30 years of expertise constructing people-centric organizations within the know-how, consulting and finance industries globally. His distinguished profession spans management roles at Robinhood, Mercer, JPMorgan Chase, Uncover Monetary Companies, Morgan Stanley and Prudential Securities. At Robinhood, he aligned expertise technique with the corporate’s mission and strategic values ​​to considerably enhance worker expertise. Throughout his tenure at Mercer, he managed a complete expertise technique for over 25,000 colleagues in over 40 international locations.
Marcelo holds an MA in Organizational Psychology from Columbia College and a BA in Psychology from the College of Siena. His monitor file of selling profession improvement and worker well-being aligns intently with Coursera’s objective of making an setting the place gifted individuals can thrive and make an influence on the world.
Relatedly, as introduced internally in July, Wealthy Jacquet, who has served as our Chief Folks Officer for the previous 5 years, has determined to retire. Wealthy has performed a key function in guiding Coursera via durations of transformation, significantly through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and demanding durations of progress. His management has enabled us to embrace the transition to a remote-first firm and extra absolutely understand our mission by leveraging expertise from all places and incorporating numerous views into our work.
Please be a part of me in welcoming Marcelo Modica to Coursera and in thanking Wealthy Jacquet for his unbelievable contributions.
