Pluralsight

Pluralsight is a privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website.[1] Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard (current CEO), Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams (no longer with the company),[2] the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. In September 2014, it stated it uses more than 600 subject-matter experts as course authors,[3] offers close to 4,000 courses in its catalog,[4] has more than 750,000 individual subscribers and more than 6,000 corporate clients.

History

Pluralsight was founded in 2004 as a classroom training company that involved sending an instructor to a business or training event. By 2007, the company shifted its emphasis to online video training.[2]

Since 2011, the company has seen rapid growth. It has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies, ranking as the #9 Top Education company and the #19 Top Utah company.

Aaron is a co-founder of Pluralsight where he serves as the Chief Executive Officer.

Aaron has spent years developing course materials and teaching professional developers throughout the world. He has presented at many popular developer conferences like PDC, TechEd, and VSLive! Microsoft recognized Aaron as an MVP in the “Connected Systems” developer community for eight years.

Aaron has written numerous books, articles, and whitepapers including the Essential XML Quick Reference (Addison Wesley, 2001), Essential XML (Addison Wesley, 2000), and his popular columns in MSDN Magazine.

Aaron lives in Utah with his wife Monica and five children Michelle, Michael, Nathan, Gisela, and Emma.