Laura Ipsen Ellucian CEO Rating

Ellucian CEO Laura Ipsen Bio

Laura K. Ipsen is president and chief executive officer of Ellucian.

Ms. Ipsen has more than 25 years of experience as a technology executive, working to drive transformation in the public and private sectors and spur adoption of comprehensive solutions in high-growth industries.

Ms. Ipsen joined Ellucian from Oracle Corporation, where she most recently served as general manager and senior vice president for Oracle Marketing Cloud—leading all customer-facing aspects of the business, including sales, account management, marketing, and customer services. Previously, she served as corporate vice president of Microsoft’s worldwide public sector organization, where she led a team of more than 2,000 sales and marketing professionals serving government, education, and non-privatized healthcare customers in more than 100 countries.

Ms. Ipsen’s experience includes more than a decade at Cisco Systems, where she led an effort to transform how the world manages energy supplies and build smart-grid solutions for utilities around the world. Prior to that, she established and managed Cisco’s global policy and government affairs division, where she led the company’s public policy agenda as it related to the Internet and global adoption of broadband access. Ms. Ipsen has also held leadership roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Acer America and Hitachi Data Systems.

Ms. Ipsen is the past chair of the board of the Washington, D.C.-based Information Technology Industry Council. She has also received numerous awards and recognition for her work in information and communications technology, sustainability, and gender diversity, including the “Women Making History” award from US Senator Barbara Boxer.

Ms. Ipsen holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia and studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Jordan. She is also a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley Chapter.

Ellucian CEO Laura Ipsen At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Ellucian.

Based on 100 ratings, Laura Ipsen ranks right below Campus Management's CEO, Jim Milton.

Ellucian's CEO is highly regarded by Hispanic or Latino employees and employees with 1 to 3 Years experience. However, employees who have been at the company 1 to 2 Years, employees with 3 to 6 Years experience, and the Product department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.