John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWA) (NYSE:JWB), a global research and
learning company, today announced the appointment of Aref Matin as the
company’s new Chief Technology Officer, effective May 21, 2018. In this
role, Mr. Matin will lead and accelerate Wiley’s evolution as a
world-class, fully integrated technology organization serving the
research and education sectors.
“I am thrilled to welcome Aref to Wiley’s leadership team,” said Brian
Napack, President and CEO, Wiley. “He is a proven leader and innovator
with extensive experience building world-class technology teams and
developing highly-successful products and platforms. His expertise is
essential to keeping Wiley at the forefront of delivering research and
learning content, tools and services that ensure our customers’ success.”
Mr. Matin was most recently EVP and CTO at Ascend Learning, a leading
provider of content, software and analytics solutions in the healthcare
education space. He was responsible for all technology and led the
development of a highly successful set of customer-centric products and
delivery platforms.
Previously, at Pearson Global Education Services, Mr. Matin defined the
company’s technology and product strategy and led a highly complex
global technology and product transformation in partnership with the
businesses.
Mr. Matin held senior-level positions at TomTom and Siemens. He holds a
MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from Northrop University and
certification from the Executive Business Leadership Program at Yale
University. Mr. Matin also served on the board of My Child Inc., an
education engagement company.
“It’s a privilege to join Wiley at such a pivotal time in the research
and education spaces,” said Mr. Matin. “I look forward to working with
the leadership team and all my new Wiley colleagues to continue driving
technological change and bringing innovative products and services to
our publishing and education customers.”
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