Since 2007 Mr. Savkar has been Senior Vice President and Publishing Director at Nature Publishing Group, responsible for designing and launching Nature Education. Prior to his current position, he held a number of leadership roles at Pearson Education, among them responsibility for developing and implementing digital growth strategies, and evolving custom publishing capabilities. Before joining Pearson, he worked for three years as the assistant to Maestro Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Savkar graduated from Harvard University with degrees in Physics and Classics. He currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.