Raghu Viswanathan

About Raghu Viswanathan

I am a senior global executive with over two decades of experience building and scaling modern education and services businesses. Currently, I lead Education at MongoDB, where I oversee the strategy and delivery of learning programs that reach over one million learners each month—including customers, partners, and developers around the world. As the learning landscape transforms with AI, we’re using LLMs to deliver innovative, personalized learning experiences. Prior to MongoDB, I led global education initiatives at Oracle, where I managed digital training solutions, instructor-led programs, customer success and renewals.My expertise includes- 20+ years leading and growing global education businesses at scale- Executive leadership managing teams in 12+ countries- Driving cross-functional go-to-market (GTM) enablement with Support, Consulting, Sales, Marketing and Customer Success teams- Building modern education offerings for AI, digital, virtual, in-person, blended, and in-app experiences- P&L ownership in customer success and renewal sales- Expansion into commercial, partner, higher education, and emerging markets- Growing awareness through PR, analyst relations, global events, keynotes, and campaigns- Increasing adoption through SEO, AEO and AI/LLM optimizations

Experience

1. Vice President - Education, Academia and Documentation

   MongoDB

   Sep 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Enabling 1M learners a month through 4 departments- MongoDB University: Creating a modern digital learning experience for all MongoDB external audiences including content development, certification, systems, operations and go to market initiatives- Documentation: Oversee team that builds all product documentation for MongoDB- Academia: Outreach programs to Universities and Higher Education institution to drive MongoDB adoption among educators and students- MongoDB Press Books - new line of technical and thought leadership books.

Education

• Purdue University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  1985 — 1987

• Purdue University

  MS

  1987 — 1989

• Texas Tech University

  Petroleum Engineering

  1983 — 1985

Skills

• Competitive Analysis
• Demand Generation
• Integration
• Oracle Applications
• Solution Selling
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Development
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Saas
• Oracle
• Cloud Computing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Management
• Business Alliances
• Business Intelligence
• Pre-Sales
• Professional Services
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Business Analysis
• Crm
• Product Management
• Program Management
• Strategic Partnerships