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
GameStop
VMWare
Nasdaq
Adobe
Johnson Controls

At a glance

Expert Authors

1,500+ expert authors

Fortune 500

Trusted by 70% of the Fortune 500 companies; more than 17,700 business accounts.

Employees

1,700+ employees

Headquartered

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
Microsoft
Oracle
Google
Unity
StackOverflow

A leadership team with vision

Our executives lead by example and guide us to accomplish great things every day.

Aaron SkonnardAaron Skonnard

CEO

Aaron Skonnard

Aaron Skonnard

CEO
Bio

Aaron 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 WalkingshawNate Walkingshaw

CXO

Nate Walkingshaw

Nate Walkingshaw

CXO
Bio

Most 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 ZynczakHeather Zynczak

CMO

Heather Zynczak

Heather Zynczak

CMO
Bio

A 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 GranthamAnita Grantham

CPO

Anita Grantham

Anita Grantham

CPO
Bio

Anita 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 BudgeJames Budge

CFO

James Budge

James Budge

CFO
Bio

Drawing 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 MeyercordRoss Meyercord

CRO

Ross Meyercord

Ross Meyercord

CRO
Bio

Ross 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 PeayBrandon Peay

Chief Strategy and Operations Officer

Brandon Peay

Brandon Peay

Chief Strategy and Operations Officer
Bio

Brandon 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 ForknerMatthew Forkner

Chief Legal Officer

Matthew Forkner

Matthew Forkner

Chief Legal Officer
Bio

Matthew 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.