THE TECHNOLOGY SKILLS PLATFORM
At Pluralsight, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to create progress through technology and develop the skills of tomorrow. With assessments, learning paths and courses authored by industry experts, our platform helps businesses and individuals benchmark expertise across roles, speed up release cycles and build reliable, secure products.
Helping thousands of organizations transform at scale
![ADP](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=3f6fa3286&m=435RM)
![GameStop](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=a2acfd6b0&m=435RM)
![VMWare](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=63291be61&m=435RM)
![Nasdaq](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=f7832d2cd&m=435RM)
![Adobe](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=da34fcb22&m=435RM)
![Johnson Controls](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=dcb02baff&m=435RM)
“We need partners like Pluralsight to make sure that we can adapt quickly to new technologies, understanding the needs of our people and to pick the right topic at the right time.“
- Martin Schoenmakers
COO at Atos
“We wouldn’t have been able to do what we did...without having tools like Pluralsight available to us. It’s been critical to the success of the company.“
- Justin Burger
Senior Director of Engineering, CDK Global
“The biggest part of the digital transformation to me is acceleration. Pluralsight is a key part of how Nasdaq is trying to keep up and be ahead. We’re only as good as our teams are.”
- Heather Abbot
SVP of Corporate Solutions Technology, Nasdaq
“Pluralsight has given us a way to quickly provide very specific training to our team members. We can ensure that person is at the same level of knowledge for a specific technology.”
- Bron McCall
CTO of Extra Space Storage
"For the first time, you have total visibility into the strengths and weaknesses of your technical team, combined with the ability to do something about it."
- Paul Smalera
Ideas Editor, Quartz
At a glance
![Expert Authors](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=5ba040726&m=435RM)
1,500+ expert authors
![Fortune 500](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=ad6323c18&m=435RM)
Trusted by 70% of the Fortune 500 companies; more than 17,700 business accounts.
![Employees](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=5317b7edc&m=435RM)
1,700+ employees
![Headquartered](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=6c788393c&m=435RM)
Headquartered in Utah
Claims to fame
Named a 2020 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®
Ranks No. 5 on Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE Best Workplaces in Technology
CXO Nate Walkingshaw Honored as Innovator of the Year by Great Place to Work
Named a 2019 Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE
Named a 2018 Top Workplace by The Boston Globe
Working together
With the help of our partners, we bring technology skills to the masses.
![Adobe](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=beeabe741&m=435RM)
![Microsoft](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=f692ce3b2&m=435RM)
![Oracle](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=5068783f1&m=435RM)
![Google](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=f0110063b&m=435RM)
![Unity](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=d89517b1f&m=435RM)
![StackOverflow](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=febadb1cd&m=435RM)
A leadership team with vision
![Aaron Skonnard](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=67cdb3b66&m=435RM)
CEO
![Aaron Skonnard](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=1b82f483f&m=435RM)
Aaron Skonnard
CEOAaron Skonnard is the CEO of Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS), a fast-growing enterprise technology skills platform. Aaron cofounded Pluralsight in 2004 and has since grown the company to more than 1,000 employees and 1,500 expert authors. As CEO, Aaron focuses on business strategy, future direction, product development and strategic partnerships. On a day-to-day basis, he works closely with the entire executive team in different capacities, including recruiting, brand management, marketing, sales, feature planning and content acquisition.
![Nate Walkingshaw](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=9346cd789&m=435RM)
CXO
![Nate Walkingshaw](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=d76531efd&m=435RM)
Nate Walkingshaw
CXOMost widely known for his keen product development methodologies, Nate is obsessed with how products are built and the teamwork it takes to build them. As CXO, Nate has crafted an organization that is centered on user experience, and also created collaborative teams including: product managers, UX designers, analysts, and persona researchers.
![Heather Zynczak](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=93536b36a&m=435RM)
CMO
![Heather Zynczak](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=e415455c3&m=435RM)
Heather Zynczak
CMOA champion for data-driven marketing throughout her 20-year career, Heather has held executive marketing and product management positions at some of the world's largest enterprise technology companies. She most recently served as CMO of one of tech's fastest growing enterprise SaaS companies.
![Anita Grantham](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=63a4d47ed&m=435RM)
CPO
![Anita Grantham](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=68f9715f6&m=435RM)
Anita Grantham
CPOAnita oversees the entire employee journey, from recruiting and acquisition to employee growth and retention. Whether she’s negotiating better benefits or helping design workspaces to better serve Pluralsight’s teams, Anita loves creating an environment where people can do their best work.
![James Budge](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=07dfc801b&m=435RM)
CFO
![James Budge](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=14bbe6749&m=435RM)
James Budge
CFODrawing on his more than 20 years of financial leadership experience, James acts as the financial and operational advisor to the Pluralsight executive team. In his role, he is responsible for the company’s financial, data and information technology teams. His expertise, knowledge and skills play a critical role as Pluralsight accelerates its growth.
![Ross Meyercord](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=36736819b&m=435RM)
CRO
![Ross Meyercord](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=18298be92&m=435RM)
Ross Meyercord
CRORoss is Chief Revenue Officer for Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS), the technology skills platform. Ross joined Pluralsight in October 2019 excited by Pluralsight’s mission to democratize technology skills and the opportunity to support companies around the world who are embracing technology to support their goals and build new ways of doing business. As CRO, Ross is responsible for leading all elements of customer success, including the direct and indirect sales teams, pre-sales, and professional services serving customers in more than 150 countries.Meyercord brings nearly 30 years of experience to Pluralsight, including enterprise SaaS sales, partnerships, sales operations, and technology leadership. Most recently, as EVP on the North American sales team at Salesforce, and previously as Chief Information Officer, Meyercord was a key member of the leadership team that helped grow Salesforce from $2.5B to more than $16B in annual revenue. Meyercord began his career at Accenture, where he was a senior partner in the Communications and High-Tech practice and left after 22 years to join Salesforce.
![Brandon Peay](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=f39d44032&m=435RM)
Chief Strategy and Operations Officer
![Brandon Peay](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=0ea35fabf&m=435RM)
Brandon Peay
Chief Strategy and Operations OfficerBrandon Peay believes strongly in being a life-long learner. As an avid reader, he is always on the lookout for new ideas and thought pieces on leadership development, technology and business strategy. So he is a natural fit on Pluralsight’s executive team where he shoulders the responsibility for strategy, business operations, partnerships and M&A. Brandon is passionate about Pluralsight’s mission of creating progress through technology that lifts the human condition.
![Matthew Forkner](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=acc446120&m=435RM)
Chief Legal Officer
![Matthew Forkner](/static/435RM/static/picture/px.png?d=ea44d35d2&m=435RM)
Matthew Forkner
Chief Legal OfficerMatthew Forkner is Chief Legal Officer at Pluralsight, a fast-growing enterprise technology learning platform. In this role Forkner is responsible for Pluralsight's global legal activities and policies, as well as risk management, corporate ethics and social responsibility, compliance and regulatory affairs.
Forkner joined Pluralsight in March 2018 from GoDaddy, where he served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel. Prior to GoDaddy, he practiced law at Silicon Valley law firms Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Fenwick & West, where he advised and represented financial institutions and corporations worldwide on issues including corporate governance, complex corporate transactions, and capital markets offerings.
Board members
Our board of directors boasts 12 seasoned technology and business leaders from Adobe, GSK, HGGC and more.
Board members
Our board of directors boasts 11 seasoned technology and business leaders from Adobe, GSK, HGGC and more.
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