Ellen Desmarais is Managing Director, Digital Strategy for Higher Education at Harvard Business Publishing, with responsibility for product management, digital strategy, website operations, and marketing. She has spent the last 15 years in global content companies large and small. Most recently she was in Silicon Valley as head of marketing for 500px, a venture-backed photography startup. Previously Ellen worked in New York City, driving print-to-digital transformation for The Wall Street Journal, and running iStock by Getty Images, an ecommerce business operating in over 100 countries with one million customers. Her background stretches across marketing, strategy and general management, and she has been involved in launching new products, scaling businesses globally and driving high-impact business changes for her entire career. Ellen has a BBA in Marketing and English from the College of William & Mary and an MBA from The Wharton School.