Timothy L. Hill
President, Blackboard Learn Professional Education
As president of professional education solutions, Timothy L. Hill leads the overall sales and marketing efforts for corporate, government and for-profit education clients.
Tim joined Blackboard in 2004 as senior vice president, global marketing. In his two years at the marketing helm, Blackboard launched a global rebranding effort including a new web presence, introduced BbWorld™, the company’s global user conference format, expanded the BbConnections™ client community initiative/web portal, and launched corporate marketing and demand creation programs internationally. With more than two decades of experience in sales and marketing strategy development and execution, Tim has been named one of the “Top 10 U.S. Marketers” by Crain’s Business Marketing; one of the “Top 100 Executives” by Ad Age and won “Product Launch of the Year” award from Marketing Computers (for the Iomega zip drive).
Prior to joining Blackboard, Tim served as principal of Hill Partners, Inc, a consulting firm specializing in the development and implementation of corporate branding, identity, strategy, product marketing, and international expansion. Before founding Hill Partners, Tim served as vice president of worldwide marketing and international sales at SAGA Software (Software AG Americas.)
Among his many notable career achievements, Tim was instrumental in repositioning SAGA from a legacy mainframe software provider to a leading business solutions software provider resulting in a successful IPO on the NYSE. While chief marketing officer & vice president of worldwide sales at Iomega Corporation, Tim was the driving marketing force behind the development, marketing and success of the zip, jaz and ditto personal storage products.
Tim holds a BA in Business Administration from Taylor University, Upland Indiana, and serves on the advisory board for the Washington region Technology Marketing Alliance.