Scott Lomas Joins Uversity as the New Vice President of Enrollment Services
San Francisco, California (PRWEB) May 15, 2014 -- Uversity, the leading way for colleges and universities to engage best-fit students while gaining real-time insights about their likelihood to enroll, today announced the appointment of Scott Lomas as the company’s Vice President of Enrollment Services. With deep higher education experience, Scott will oversee Uversity’s new strategic initiative to help higher education institutions make data driven decisions earlier in the enrollment cycle by providing predictive enrollment analytics that are based on real-time student behavior.
“We’ve built a revolutionary student engagement platform, that helps to connect students with the right people and information to help them succeed in college. Now we are able to provide universities with real-time insights about their incoming class enabling them to provide better service to their students while reducing their recruitment and marketing costs” said Jamie Glenn, CEO of Uversity. “With the addition of Scott, as Uversity’s first Vice President of Enrollment Services, we have the experienced team in place to extend our solutions and services within the higher education industry.”
Since launching Schools App in 2010, Uversity has grown from being solely a Facebook application to a robust student engagement platform that provides universities unique predictive insights into a prospective student’s likelihood to enroll, while allowing them to effectively target and communicate with their students. Today a majority of students access Schools App through the iPhone, Android and mobile web versions.
“This is a great time to join Uversity,” said Scott Lomas, Vice President of Enrollment Services. “We have a great team, cutting edge products and services, and an impressive list of partners. As enrollment management professionals evaluate the tools available in enrollment analytics I think Uversity will be the go-to company for predictive analytics. More importantly, the student engagement platform also improves the student experience.”
Lomas brings over 20 years of experience in partnering with universities, specifically in the areas of enrollment management, student success and marketing. He spent the last four years as the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Helix Education. Prior to Helix, he was the Director of Program Development at Inside Track and Principal Consultant at Stamats. He attended UCLA and earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Kent.
About Uversity
Uversity is an industry leading student engagement platform currently partnered with over 150 colleges and universities to improve enrollment and retention. Uversity helps colleges connect students with the people and information they need to have a transformative college experience through its two products, Schools App and Uchat. Over 4.7 million student connections have been made helping schools provide a more personalized and engaging student experience. Founded in 2007, Uversity is privately held and based in San Francisco, California, funded by Founders Fund, Retro Ventures, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.uversity.com
Kendall Robertson, Uversity Inc., http://www.uversity.com, +1 415-692-1141, [email protected]
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