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词条 Aaron Skonnard
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Pluralsight

      Recognition  

  3. Silicon Slopes

  4. Personal life

  5. References

Aaron Skonnard is the co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight.[1] Skonnard founded the company in 2004 with Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, to provide online video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals.[2] The company has grown significantly since its founding; it has developed and expanded a full enterprise platform, and as of November, 2017, has received over $192 million in venture funding, and made eight acquisitions.[3]

Early life

Skonnard says he first began learning to code as a child, when his father brought home an Apple II computer.[4] He later graduated from Brigham Young University in 1996 with a degree in Computer Science.[5] After college, prior to founding Pluralsight, he worked at 3M, Intel, and Axiom Technologies. During this time, he published three books: Essential WinInet,[6] in 1999; Essential XML: Beyond Markup,[7] which he co-wrote with Don Box and John Lam, and was published in 2000; and Essential XML Quick Reference,[8] co-written with Martin Gudgin, and published in 2002.[9]

Pluralsight

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Skonnard, along with Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, founded Pluralsight in 2004. Originally, the company focused on classroom training courses for business. By 2007, they began to focus exclusively on online video training.[10] As the company grew, they expanded into enterprise subscriptions.[11] Skonnard says that as of September, 2017, roughly 40% of Fortune 500 companies have Pluralsight enterprise licenses.[12][13]

Since 2012, the company has raised over $190 million in venture funding,[14] with a Series A in 2012 and 2013, and a Series B in 2014. Following their Series B, Skonnard announced the company's valuation neared $1 billion, up from less than $100 million in 2012.[1]

Pluralsight has been listed as an Inc. 5000 company since 2013, ranking at 1155 in 2017.[15]

Recognition

Skonnard has been recognized for his leadership as Pluralsight's CEO. Skonnard was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient in 2013.[16] In 2016, he was announced as one of Utah Business's CEO of the Year honorees.[17] MountainWest Capital Network also named Skonnard their Entrepreneur of the Year for 2016.[18] Skonnard was also awarded Utah CEO of the Year at the inaugural Utah Startup Awards in 2016.[19]

Silicon Slopes

In November, 2015, Skonnard helped launch the Start Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization hoping to improve Utah's tech industry. At launch, Skonnard was named the foundation's chairman.[20]

In December, 2016, the organizations Silicon Slopes and Beehive Startups formed a new nonprofit together.[21] Skonnard explained on Twitter that this would replace the Start Foundation.[22] Skonnard serves on the organization's board,[23] whose mission statement seeks to increase diversity and provide resources for startups and entrepreneurs in Utah.[24][25]

Personal life

Skonnard graduated from Brigham Young University in 1996. He lives in Utah with his wife, Monica, and their five children.[26]

References

1. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Eugene|title=This Startup Is Now Worth Almost a Billion Dollars by Just Focusing on Online Developer Training|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/pluralsight-is-worth-almost-a-billion-dollars-2014-8|website=Business Insider}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Pluralsight LLC: Private Company Information|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=225723693|website=Bloomberg}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Pluralsight|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/pluralsight#/entity|website=Crunchbase}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45879154|title=Utah tech unicorn hosts inaugural conference, welcomes Michelle Obama {{!}} KSL.com|access-date=2017-10-07|language=en}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.pluralsight.com/content/dam/pluralsight2/newsroom/leadership/aaron_skonnard_bio.pdf|title=Aaron Skonnard Bio|last=|first=|date=|website=Pluralsight|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39860055|title=Essential WinInet : developing applications using the Windows Internet API with RAS, ISAPI, ASP, and COM|last=Aaron.|first=Skonnard,|date=1999|publisher=Addison-Wesley|isbn=9780201379365|location=Reading, Mass.|oclc=39860055}}
7. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45002067|title=Essential XML : beyond markup|last=1962-|first=Box, Don,|date=2000|publisher=Addison-Wesley|others=Skonnard, Aaron., Lam, John F.|isbn=0201709147|location=Boston|oclc=45002067}}
8. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47120090|title=Essential XML quick reference : a programmer's reference to XML, XPath, XSLT, XML Schema, SOAP, and more|last=Aaron.|first=Skonnard,|date=2002|publisher=Addison-Wesley|others=Gudgin, Martin.|isbn=9780201740950|location=Boston|oclc=47120090}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/aaron-skonnard|title=Aaron Skonnard|website=www.pluralsight.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-05}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/20/a-chat-with-pluralsight-founder-aaron-skonnard-on-the-global-move-to-sharpen-tech-skills-through-online-training/|title=A chat with Pluralsight founder Aaron Skonnard on the global move to sharpen tech skills through online training {{!}} TechCrunch|last=Buhr|first=Sarah|access-date=2017-09-01}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maribellopez/2017/10/12/online-education-a-new-weapon-in-your-digital-transformation-arsenal/|title=Online Education: A New Weapon In Your Digital Transformation Arsenal|last=Lopez|first=Maribel|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.computerworlduk.com/it-vendors/how-pluralsights-saas-training-platform-plans-close-skills-gap-3660159/|title=How Pluralsight's SaaS Training Platform Plans To Close The Skills Gap|last=Carey|first=Scott|work=ComputerworldUK|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-GB}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.cio.com/article/3227831/it-skills-training/how-doing-good-can-help-cios-do-better.html|title=How doing good can help CIOs do better|last=Bonasio|first=Alice|work=CIO|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en}}
14. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/business/smallbusiness/tech-start-ups-utah.html|title=As ‘Unicorns’ Emerge, Utah Makes a Case for Tech Entrepreneurs|last=Rosen|first=Ellen|date=2017-10-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/profile/pluralsight|title=Spread the Word: Pluralsight Is No. 1155 on the Inc. 5000 This Year!|website=Inc.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-01}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=https://webforms.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/Utah_region_2013_Award_Recipeints_Press_Release/$FILE/2013%20Utah%20EOY%20Award%20Recipient%20press%20release.pdf|title=Ernst & Young announces Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 Award recipients in the Utah Region|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=https://utahbusiness.com/aaron-skonnard-ceo-of-the-year/|title=Aaron Skonnard: CEO of the Year - Utah Business|website=utahbusiness.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-23}}
18. ^{{Cite news|url=https://siliconslopes.com/pluralsight-ceo-named-2016-entrepreneur-of-the-year-by-mountainwest-capital-network-6647860a23b0|title=Pluralsight CEO named 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year by MountainWest Capital Network|date=2016-01-20|work=Silicon Slopes|access-date=2017-09-23}}
19. ^{{Cite news|url=https://beehivestartups.com/the-official-list-of-winners-at-the-utah-startup-awards-d2ec82d4dfdd|title=The Official List of Winners at the Utah Startup Awards|date=2016-07-05|work=Beehive Startups|access-date=2017-09-23}}
20. ^{{Cite news|url=https://beehivestartups.com/utah-tech-leaders-launch-start-foundation-pluralsight-ceo-aaron-skonnard-named-chairman-c63cb9c4e9d6|title=Utah Tech Leaders Launch Start Foundation, Pluralsight CEO Aaron Skonnard Named Chairman|date=2016-07-12|work=Beehive Startups|access-date=2017-10-07}}
21. ^{{Cite news|url=https://siliconslopes.com/silicon-slopes-and-beehive-startups-join-forces-to-better-serve-utahs-startup-and-tech-community-58cc41091568|title=Silicon Slopes and Beehive Startups Join Forces to Better Serve Utah’s Startup and Tech Community|date=2016-12-06|work=Silicon Slopes|access-date=2017-10-07}}
22. ^{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/skonnard/status/806420538835038209|title=This is huge for Utah. @siliconslopes + @BeehiveStartups join forces to replace @StartOrg. Utah is unified!|last=Skonnard|first=Aaron|date=7 Dec 2016|website=@skonnard|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-10-07}}
23. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865668813/Silicon-Slopes-and-Beehive-Startups-want-to-make-sure-you-know-about-Utahs-buzzing-tech-culture.html|title=Silicon Slopes and Beehive Startups want to make sure you know about Utah's buzzing tech culture|last=Scribner|first=Herb|date=2016-12-07|work=DeseretNews.com|access-date=2017-10-07|language=en}}
24. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2017/07/11/how-utahs-silicon-slopes-became-clouds-new-capital/|title=How Utah's 'Silicon Slopes' Became Cloud Computing's New Capital|last=Konrad|first=Alex|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-10-07|language=en}}
25. ^{{Cite news|url=https://siliconslopes.com/about-silicon-slopes-c7a6bde22739|title=About Silicon Slopes – Silicon Slopes|date=2016-08-02|work=Silicon Slopes|access-date=2017-10-07}}
26. ^{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|first1=Sara|title=15 Questions with Aaron Skonnard|url=http://money.cnn.com/interactive/technology/15-questions-with-aaron-skonnard/index.html|website=CNN Tech}}
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