Scantron Corporation is comprised of the Commercial Business Group marketed under the brand name Scantron, and the Education Business Group marketed under the brand name GlobalScholar. The corporation is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.

The Commercial Business Group is a market-leading, trusted source of data capture, decision support and technology support services for commercial and government entities. Our expertise delivers difficult-to-capture data and technology support services that are critical to our clients’ risk mitigation and organizational growth. Scantron serves more than 9,000 customers by providing do-it-yourself software tools and outsourced service solutions. We use leading multi-modal data collection (such as email, paper, phone, mobile and web-based delivery), survey design expertise, assessment, analysis, and professional consulting to provide powerful and proven solutions that are delivered with comprehensive value-added services and support.

Scantron’s Survey Services provides full-service survey and data management outsourced solutions. We take each client project from inception to completion providing data, insight and empowerment enabling intelligent business decisions. Our survey experts consult, design, implement and analyze results for customers including many Fortune 500 market leaders.

We also provide hardware support through Harland Technology Services (a division of Scantron Corporation). It is a nationwide provider of installation, maintenance and repair service for more than 15,000 customers using Intel-based network personal computers and servers, IBM pSeries, printers, terminals, controllers, proof machines, encoders, check processing machines, data communications equipment and peripherals. This division has successfully grown and transitioned from a Midwest-based service company maintaining electronic posting machines to one of the largest providers of nationwide networking services with a reputation for quality service. The company’s corporate headquarters are in Omaha, NE with technicians and sales people located in 45 states.

Commercial Business Group Management Team

John Lawler, President, Scantron Corporation

John Lawler is the President of Scantron Corporation, joining the company in 2011. He is responsible for directing all aspects of the strategy and growth of Scantron’s commercial and government business group, as well as its education business group (marketed under the brand name GlobalScholar). John is a proven leader with a CEO track record and has more than two decades of success in delivering digital and business transformation in information services, business services, software, and publishing. His scope is global, with expertise in commercial, B2B, education, legal, and government markets. He has held leadership positions, including President and Chief Executive Officer roles, with such recognized companies as LexisNexis and Dun & Bradstreet. His direct oversight responsibilities have included corporate strategy, sales, marketing, operations, product development and customer transformation. As Scantron’s President, John reports directly to Chuck Dawson, President and CEO of Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. and serves on the Harland Clarke Holdings Corp Executive Leadership Team.

Terri Shaw, Chief Operations Officer

Terri Shaw is the Chief Operations Officer for Scantron Commercial Business Group, joining the company in 2009. She brings the experience of a distinguished 30-year private and public sector career of executive leadership in the financial services, technology, not-for profit and federal government sectors. She most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer for Educational Credit Management Corporation. Before that she was the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid with the U.S. Department of Education, where she served from 2002 to 2006 under appointment by the Secretary of Education. From 1980 to 2000, she was employed in a variety of management and executive positions at Sallie Mae and last held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. From 2000 to 2001, Terri was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of eNumerate Solutions Incorporated, a start-up technology firm where she oversaw the development of the company's first commercial software products.

Bruce Kraft, Senior Vice President, Finance

Bruce Kraft is the Senior Vice President of Finance, joining Scantron in 2009 while leading the Finance and Accounting operations of the company. Bruce previously was with US Bank for nine years as Senior Vice President of Finance where he held a variety of leadership positions. Before US Bank, he was Vice President, Manager of Finance and an analyst within General Electric where for 13 years he held numerous leadership positions in GE Capital, Information Services, Medical Systems and Plastics. A graduate of Iowa State University with a BBA in Finance, he also earned his MBA at Marquette University.

David Conway, President, Harland Technology Services (a division of Scantron)

David Conway is the President of Harland Technology Services (a division of Scantron), serving since 1997. During this time, company revenues have steadily increased—more than doubling. David has overall responsibility for business strategy, service delivery and financial performance of this service company with nationwide capabilities. With 25 plus years of experience at Scantron, he has held many positions, including sales, sales management, marketing and business development. He has twice been recognized as Scantron’s Executive of the Year and has also been recognized several times as a recipient of the Scantron President’s Award for Performance Excellence. Before joining Scantron, David worked as an Account Manager for Burroughs Corporation selling accounting systems to city and county government. He has a BSBA in Accounting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Sherrie Riley, Vice President Sales, Survey Services

Sherrie Riley is the vice president of the Survey Services Business, serving since 1981. Her responsibilities include management of the survey services team as well as the development and execution of the division strategy. Sherrie has been a multiple-year winner of the Scantron President's Award; as well as being awarded the WES award by Whirlpool Financial for quality-driven actions in delivering the Service Difference. She was honored with the John H. Harland's prestigious Pillar Award for Innovation in 2005. Sherrie’s commitment to Scantron and to customer service has allowed her to facilitate long-term relationships with numerous Fortune 500 companies. Over her 30-year career at Scantron, she has held various sales and leadership roles within various business units driving innovative growth initiatives. Sherrie joined the company after graduating from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Dave Hegre, Vice President Sales, Commercial

Dave Hegre has been the VP of Commercial Sales for Scantron since 2004. He is responsible for growth of safety, survey and testing solutions for the commercial, federal, state and local government markets. Most recently he played a key role in the design and launch of SafetyCapture onDemand, a web based automated data capture solution designed to improve the safety for workers across North America. Prior to joining Scantron, Dave was Vice President of Sales for Norstan Communications, a technology services company providing information technology and communication services to business clients worldwide. He also held a series of sales management positions for technology based companies including Siemens Information and Communications. Dave is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in business and economics.

Greg Ramsey, Vice President, IT Services & Solutions

Greg Ramsey was appointed VP of Information Technology for Scantron in January 2011. He is responsible for the quality of all IT services provided by Scantron for our clients and customers, including the Survey Services, Data Solutions, Data Collection and Professional Services areas. Greg reports to the CIO of Harland Clarke Holding Corp and serves as a member of the Harland Clarke Information Technology Leadership Team. He was VP IT Enterprise Services at Harland Clarke before joining Scantron. With Harland Clarke for 14 years, Greg held a variety of leadership positions across the organization. Earlier in his career, he held developer positions in the manufacturing, distribution and banking industries. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University with a BBA in general business.

Mark Harris, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management

Mark Harris is Vice President of Marketing and Product Management for Scantron. Before Scantron, he served in a variety of leadership roles such as VP Corporate Development with Harland Clarke Holdings Corp, and with Harland Clarke as VP Marketing & Product Management. Mark has been with the company for 29 years, serving in a variety of roles in sales leadership, business development, national account management and plant operations management. Mark also has a background with other companies serving the financial sector in alternative retail branch distribution (First Data) and core processing (Open Solutions). Over the years, he has received numerous recognition awards including the Pillar of Excellence. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a BS in business.

Sally Stroup, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Sally Stroup joined Scantron in 2009 as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel and oversees all legal matters within the company. She previously held various positions on the Committee on Education and Labor in the US House of Representatives and served as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education at the US Department of Education from 2002 to 2006. Before moving to Washington, D.C., Sally served as Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency for more than 10 years.

Rachel Aldaz, Vice President, Human Resources

Rachel Aldaz provides Human Resources (HR) oversight and support for Scantron Commercial Business Group as well as for Harland Clarke Operations. She joined Harland Clarke in 1996, and assumed responsibility for Scantron HR functions in 2010. Rachel has served in a variety of HR roles within the company, and has led or supported corporate-wide HR initiatives to include acquisition due diligence and follow-on integration processes; organizational design initiatives; policy and process design and standardization; performance management enhancements; recruiting process improvements; and HR technology enhancements. Before joining the company, Rachel served in the United States Air Force. She maintains a certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources through the national Human Resource Certification Institute. Rachel volunteers as a mentor for military veterans through American Corporate Partners’ Mentor Program, and serves on the board of directors for a non-profit organization supporting low-income women undergoing cancer treatment. She received a BA degree in Psychology from University of Maryland and an MA degree in Human Resources Development from Webster University.

Education Business Group

The Education Business Group, marketed under the brand name GlobalScholar, provides education solution offerings from Scantron, GlobalScholar and Spectrum K12. The combined GlobalScholar product and service suites supply the tools, technologies and insights K-12 and higher education organizations need to advance teacher effectiveness and student performance. Please click here for information about this group's leadership team.