Lloyd (Buzz) Waterhouse, Senior Advisor, joined NMC in 2015. Mr. Waterhouse was most recently the CEO of McGraw-Hill Education, one of the world’s largest learning sciences companies. He has been a strong proponent of re-imagining learning, leveraging his deep experience in technology with his love for education. These efforts resulted in the transformation of McGraw into the leader in outcomes-based, digital learning solutions. Mr. Waterhouse was responsible for the separation of McGraw-Hill Education from McGraw-Hill Financial, standing up the company and its subsequent sale to Apollo Global Management.
Mr. Waterhouse was also the CEO of Harcourt Education, a provider of instructional materials, e-learning and testing services for the global education market. Under Mr. Waterhouse’s leadership, the company underwent a significant transformation, and was later sold in a $5 billion transaction.
Prior to Harcourt, Mr. Waterhouse was CEO and chairman of The Reynolds & Reynolds Company, the leading provider of automotive retailing solutions. While in Dayton, Mr. Waterhouse started the I-Zone, co-founded the Entrepreneur’s Fund, served as the first chairperson of the Wright Center for Innovation, and founded Mound Street Academies, a highly successful school for at-risk students.
Before Reynolds, Mr. Waterhouse held numerous roles at IBM. He led their strategy and business development functions during Lou Gerstner’s tenure and subsequent turn-around, launched IBM Global Services, and was president of Asia Pacific Services Corporation.
Mr. Waterhouse currently resides in St. George, Utah and serves on the boards of Penn State’s Smeal College of Business and Instructure.