New roles for Denver-based tech leaders signify Guild’s continued growth & commitment to scale for America’s working adult learners
Guild Education, a certified B-Corp on a mission to unlock economic opportunity for America’s workforce through education and upskilling, announced today the promotions of two senior leaders to executive roles, a sign of the company’s continued growth.
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Jessica Rusin, previously the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Guild, will serve as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer. Bijal Shah will serve as the company’s first-ever Chief Experience Officer and Head of Platform.
Both Rusin and Shah are long-serving Guild executives with rich experience in the Denver technology and startup community. The promotions signify Guild’s continued growth, particularly across the technology, payments, and student experience teams, as the company continues to scale to support more working adults on their education journey.
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“Jess built Guild’s technology strategy and team from the ground up, and has earned her reputation as one of Colorado’s leading technologists. She’s also one of the strongest people leaders I’ve ever met, and we consistently see top performing, diverse engineering and technology candidates come and stay at Guild specifically to work for Jess — there’s no better evidence of her outstanding leadership than that,” said Rachel Carlson, Guild’s CEO & Co-Founder. “As we look ahead to Guild’s future we’re thrilled to promote Bijal to Chief Experience Officer, where she’ll now bring together the strategies of our product, operations, and technology teams to ensure we can serve millions of working adult students in the future.”
“Over the past nearly five years, I’ve had the honor of building and scaling our technology team and processes from the ground up, and I’m thrilled to continue that important work and continue to scale what we do in this new role,” said Jessica Rusin, Guild’s Chief Technology Officer. “I continue to be inspired by Guild’s mission, and in this role, I am energized to lead our technology teams and build solutions that unlock capabilities that enable support for students at scale.”
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