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Linda Zecher is an American business executive who has served as the president and CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt since 2012. She was born in Middletown, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in business administration. Prior to joining Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Zecher held executive positions at Microsoft, including vice president of the Worldwide Public Sector and vice president of the Worldwide Education Group. She also served as president and CEO of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's U.S. operations. Zecher is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Council on Teacher Quality, and the National Center for Learning Disabilities. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the University of Dayton. As of 2021, Linda Zecher's net worth is estimated to be around $20 million.

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Zecher launched a boutique consulting firm, The Barkley Group, in 2017. The firm focuses on Digital transformation across industries, Educational consumer interests, and business strategy

Zecher resigned from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on September 2016 after a wave of disappointing earnings announcements and greater than 50% decline in the stock price.

Using mobile applications for consumer markets and leveraging brand awareness of Curious George, Carmen Sandiego and The Polar Express Zecher began to move HMH to an e-business. HMH launched Curious World in 2015 as interactive education subscription software curated by early education experts and aligned to eight key learning areas.

Zecher engineered a successful IPO in 2013. Several leading news organizations have interviewed her about her success, family focus, and leadership style.

Her success in the US Public Sector led to her being named Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Worldwide Public Sector organization. The worldwide business unit had over 2,000 employees serving government, education and health customers in over 100 countries. Under her leadership the business experienced double digit growth each year rising to over $10B. She resigned from Microsoft in September 2011 when she was recruited to lead Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Zecher was named President, CEO and Director of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), a global education and learning company in September 2011. With origins dating back to 1832, the company is among the world's largest providers of Pre-K–12 education solutions and one of the longest-established publishing houses. Within six months of joining HMH, Zecher led the company through a pre-pack bankruptcy resulting in a successful financial restructuring in which $3.1B of debt was eliminated and converted to equity. The company emerged 32 days later. HMH deepened their market penetration by acquiring the culinary and reference portfolio of John Wiley & Sons that included Webster's New World Dictionary and CliffsNotes.

Zecher joined Microsoft in 2003 to lead the US Public Sector organization which focused on government, education and health customers. Within 3 years, she grew the revenue from just under $1B to $2B. The catalyst for growth was an extensive reorganization resulting in 40% more customer-facing employees. Accompanying the realignment was a focus on accountability and customer satisfaction.

Following PeopleSoft, Zecher joined Oracle as Senior Vice President in 1977 with responsibility for building Oracle's Application business in Public Sector, Higher Education, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Financial Services and the Utilities markets. She tendered her resignation in March 2002 to become CEO of Evolve Corporation.

From 1971, Zecher studied earth science at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1975. During her college years she had a non-typical job working at the County Jail.

Linda Zecher (born May 4, 1953) is an American executive who is the Managing Director of The Barkley Group since January 2017. She most recently served as the President, CEO and Director of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a global education and learning company. In the past she had worked as the Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector business unit until September 2011. Additionally she had served as the President and CEO of Evolve Corporation, as the Senior Vice President of Oracle, as a very early Vice President of PeopleSoft, and in several senior positions in Bank of America. She began her career as a geophysicist with Texas Instruments.