Ellucian names new COO

Reston-based Ellucian has named Kelly Rogan its chief operating officer, the higher education software company announced Tuesday.

Rogan will oversee Ellucian’s global professional services, managed services, services strategy and innovation, and customer success and support.

She joins Ellucian after spending 15 years at Microsoft, most recently as corporate vice president of global systems integrators. There, she held various leadership positions and led teams driving from strategy through execution at scale, including as COO of the software giant’s U.S. subsidiary focused on seller productivity. Rogan is currently based in Washington state and will continue to reside there for now, but plans to spend a lot of time in Reston at Ellucian’s headquarters.

“Ellucian’s deep understanding of the power of higher education, and its ever-changing landscape, has enabled institutions to drive better outcomes for their students,” Rogan said in a statement. “And at the core of Ellucian’s success is an incredible team. I’m excited to join a group of talented and passionate people, while bringing my expertise in driving cloud transformation and delivering customer success to contribute to the mission.”

She started her career at Ernst & Young, specializing in large-scale system implementations and launching development centers around the world. Then, she joined CNA insurance.

“I am very excited to welcome Kelly to Ellucian and to the leadership team. Her seasoned expertise with the transformational power of the cloud at Microsoft will accelerate and enhance our SaaS delivery and customer success strategies,” Ellucian President and CEO Laura Ipsen, said in a statement. “Kelly’s passion for ensuring customer excellence, coupled with her outstanding leadership qualities and deep commitment to talent development and organizational culture, will make her an invaluable addition to the team as we continue to advance our mission of powering higher education so institutions can empower student success.”

Rogan has a bachelor’s degree in operations management information systems from Northern Illinois University.

In October 2023, Ellucian entered into an agreement to buy United Kingdom-based Tribal Group for $210 million.

Founded in 1968, Ellucian provides enterprise resource planning software products such as student information systems, data analytics tools and graduation-tracking platforms for more than 2,900 higher education customers in more than 50 countries serving 22 million students. It was acquired by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners for an undisclosed amount in September 2021.