Growth advice shaped by the responsibility of delivering results.
Ranil Herath has served as a president, chief revenue officer, business builder, board trustee, and senior advisor across publicly listed, private equity backed, venture backed, and nonprofit organizations.
His experience spans medical, nursing, business, technology, workforce, and executive education, delivered online and on campus in the United States, Canada, and international markets.
Ranil's operating experience includes leadership within some of the largest businesses in healthcare education. At Chamberlain University, he helped build and lead a nursing workforce and employer partnerships business that grew to approximately $200 million, supported by relationships with more than 1,100 healthcare systems and employers. Ranil led the total enrollment functions and the B2B channels across the online division and 23 campuses to grow revenue from $450 million to $600 million.
He also led student journey, marketing, enrollment, and commercial transformation work across a medical and veterinary education portfolio of approximately $200 million, including the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. He subsequently served as an enrollment and B2B integration leader for the $1.4 billion acquisition of Walden University.
As Founding President of Emeritus Healthcare, Ranil built a new healthcare education business from zero to a $27 million run rate in under two years. He led the market research, portfolio strategy, program development, positioning, commercialization, and go to market work behind more than 30 executive and professional education programs.
That portfolio included work with Harvard Medical School, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, MIT, Columbia University, Wharton, the National University of Singapore, and other leading institutions. Several programs became significant certificate offerings, including Harvard Medical School's Digital Transformation in Healthcare and Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition programs, as well as Emory University's Chief Medical Officer program.
Most recently, as Chief Revenue Officer at Shorelight, Ranil led an international commercial organization spanning marketing, global sales, admissions, enrollment services, digital transformation, and revenue operations. The organization supported more than 110 university partnerships and reached students through a global partner network operating across more than 100 countries. His work included developing an AI enabled, omnichannel student journey using multilingual voice, text, and email agents alongside onshore and offshore teams.
Ranil has also advised Harvard Medical School and the American Medical Association on new strategies, products, partnerships, and growth opportunities. He helped create Harvard Medical School's Future of Workforce Health initiative, including its offering, business model, and founding member strategy. As a board trustee and Chair of the Strategy and Growth Committee at Salem University, he works with institutional leaders on academic portfolio strategy, workforce aligned pathways, enrollment growth, and new sources of revenue.
“Ranil respects the academic mission while bringing the market discipline necessary to determine whether an idea can become a viable and sustainable program. He can operate effectively at the executive and board levels while remaining focused on the practical work required to produce results.”
Built around the assignment, not a fixed consulting bench.
S2R Advisory is a senior led firm supported by a network of experienced operators, functional leaders, analysts, and subject matter experts. Each engagement team is assembled around the client's specific opportunity, operating environment, and stage of execution.
This model allows S2R to bring together the right combination of market analysis, product strategy, marketing, enrollment, revenue operations, technology, AI, organizational design, and implementation experience without burdening clients with a large generalist consulting team.
The network includes leaders who have built and operated across online, on campus, and international education, including higher education, EdTech, OPM, workforce, and healthcare education businesses. Their experience spans public and private universities, nonprofit and investor backed organizations, and both early stage ventures and institutions operating at significant scale.
Ranil remains directly involved and accountable throughout every engagement. Specialists are added where their expertise will materially strengthen the analysis, recommendations, or execution.
S2R Advisory, meaning Strategy to Results, was founded to bring this combination of operating scale, business building, strategic judgment, and execution experience directly to presidents, boards, investors, and executive teams.
S2R combines senior level strategic advice with practical support through execution. We work alongside leadership teams to identify the right opportunities, establish priorities, mobilize the organization, and build the internal capability required to sustain results.
What clients can expect
- Direct engagement and accountability from Ranil throughout the assignment
- A tailored team of experienced operators and specialists selected for the work
- Candid assessment of opportunities and constraints
- Commercial and operating discipline
- Clear priorities, ownership, and measures of progress
- Support that extends from strategy into activation
- A deliberate transfer of capability to the client team
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