Sundar Kumarasamy
Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Twenty-five years inside the most instructive enrollment stories in American higher education, now in service of institutions everywhere.
Sundar KumarasamyFounder and Chief Executive Officer
Twenty-five years in practice.
A career spent inside enrollment leadership, building strategies from the inside and proving they transfer across very different institutions.
Inside one of the steepest rises in modern higher education
As part of the enrollment leadership at Northeastern, Sundar helped build and run the engine behind a transformation from regional player to national powerhouse, with dramatic growth in applications, selectivity, and national draw.
Proving the method transfers
At a very different institution, Sundar introduced innovations that changed how families experience price and value, including the four-year tuition guarantee and free textbooks, alongside new student engagement technology.
Building the machinery
Sundar founded Excelerate, an experiential learning platform giving diverse learners equitable access to real experience: internships, global challenges, and industry projects that build the skills modern careers reward.
Strategy plus operations
V-Empower brings both careers together: enrollment strategy for institutions, backed by operating ventures that deliver career readiness every day. The lesson of the whole career is the premise of the firm: enrollment grows when students can see where their education leads.
On the record.
Recent contributions to the Forbes Business Council on career readiness, hiring, and the future of work.
- July 14, 2026The Operating System Gap: Why Institutions Should Prioritize Career Readiness
- May 13, 2026Why The Resume Is Obsolete And How To Hire Without It
- March 31, 2026The 42 Percent Problem: Why Agentic AI Will Break The Traditional Talent Pipeline
- March 4, 2026The Experience Mandate: Closing The Readiness Gap For The Future Of Work
- February 2, 2026Confidence Traps: The Value Of Humble Hunger And Strategic Paranoia
Forbes Business Council Executive Member and published contributor on career readiness and the future of higher education.
Author of C-Factors: The Secret 36. Regular speaker with university leadership teams on enrollment strategy and career outcomes.