{"id":358287,"date":"2025-08-20T17:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=358287"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:52:55","slug":"skillshare-names-paul-slavin-as-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/skillshare-names-paul-slavin-as-chief-executive-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Skillshare Names Paul Slavin as Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Skillshare, the world\u2019s leading online community for creative learning, today announced the appointment of <strong>Paul Slavin as Chief Executive Officer,<\/strong> effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Slavin\u00a0is a veteran executive with decades of leadership experience at the intersection of media, technology, and digital businesses. A former senior executive at ABC News, he received numerous awards for journalistic excellence and helped lead the network\u2019s digital transformation. He later led multiple high-growth ventures, scaling revenue and reach through operational excellence and a focus on user experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkillshare has built something rare: a global community rooted in creativity, authenticity, and a passion for learning,\u201d said Slavin. \u201cI\u2019m honored to join at this moment of opportunity. Together, we\u2019ll expand our impact and build the next generation of tools, content, and community for creative learners and teachers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Slavin succeeds Matt Cooper, who served as CEO for more than eight years. Under Cooper\u2019s leadership, Skillshare became a category-defining platform for creative education, expanded internationally, and launched key product innovations for both consumers and enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt has been a thoughtful and mission-driven leader,\u201d added Slavin. \u201cHe helped define what creative learning looks like in a digital-first world. I\u2019m excited to build upon the foundation he and the team have laid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul\u2019s unique combination of editorial credibility, operational discipline, and empathetic leadership makes him the ideal CEO for Skillshare\u2019s next chapter,\u201d said <strong>Marc Lederman, Chairman of the Board.<\/strong> \u201cHe understands the power of creative content\u2014and what it takes to deliver real value to both learners and teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Skillshare, the world\u2019s leading online community for creative learning, today announced the appointment of Paul Slavin as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Slavin\u00a0is a veteran executive with decades of leadership experience at the intersection of media, technology, and digital businesses. A former senior executive at ABC News, he received numerous awards for journalistic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14083],"tags":[37508],"class_list":{"0":"post-358287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-technology-industry-news","7":"tag-skillshare-names-paul-slavin-as-chief-executive-officer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}