Meet the Leadership Team
Will Ballard
Chief Executive Officer
An accomplished technology company executive and engineering leader who first joined Civitas Learning as chief technology officer in 2020, Will has more than twenty years of experience managing large technical and engineering and teams and supporting customer success for enterprise technology customers.
Rebecca Reid
VP, Product
As head of our product team, Rebecca is responsible for planning, creating, and implementing the overall product strategy for our technology. She’s alsoplayed key roles in strengthening partnerships and marketing our products.
Emiliano Giacchetti
Chief Operating Officer
Emiliano leads our global customer support, training, deployments, customizations, and expert community teams. He joined Civitas Learning in 2021, bringing to the team 15+ years of cross-industry operational turnaround expertise and deep change management knowledge.
Mehlam Bhiwandiwala
Chief Financial Officer
Mehlam is an accomplished, results-driven finance leader with progressive experience in corporate finance, corporate development operations and accounting within startups as well as Fortune 50 companies.
Vanessa Reding
VP, Marketing
Vanessa drives global go-to-market initiatives and campaigns to scale our software’s reach and community of practice. She focuses on strategies to deepen business impact and build market awareness.
Megan Yelle
General Counsel
As General Counsel and Head of HR, Megan is responsible for legal and people operations. Bringing experience from both the corporate world and as a class action litigator to her work at Civitas, she seeks creative solutions to contracting, intellectual property, data privacy, recruiting, employee retention, and compliance matters.