Bill Watson-Canning
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Bill Watson-Canning has spent his career helping build companies broadening access to education and training. As SVP of Development Services for Essential Learning (later Relias), Bill was an early executive as the organization grew to the largest provider of e-learning to the health and human services industry prior to its successful exit through acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.
As President of University Consultants of America, he helped expand the company’s higher education admissions consulting services across North America and Asia with particular focus on Jakarta and Shanghai.
Bill is also committed to expanding access to arts and culture, having recently led the recovery of TRG Arts software services through the post-lockdown recovery phase. Bill holds a BA from Princeton University and an MFA from UC San Diego.
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