CEO

Eric served as CEO at lynda.com from January 2008 until May 2015 with the company being acquired by LinkedIn for $1.5B in May 2015.

During his seven plus years as CEO Eric evolved the company into a global learning company with over $150M in annual revenue, 600 employees and offices in four countries. During his time at lynda.com, he focused on strategic and operational initiatives resulting in stellar member growth and driving a 50%+ compounded annual growth rate. In early 2013, Eric led a Series A financing of $103M from Accel, Spectrum and Meritech. The funding was the largest single round of education funding since the 1980’s and the first for lynda.com. In 2014 he lead a Series B financing raising $186M with TPG as the primary investor.

Board Member

Eric has been actively been involved with the Internet since 1993, serving as a board member of five public companies and over ten private companies. These companies include CNET network, a board he served on for 14 years until the company was sold to CBS in 2008 and Cumulus Media, a board he also served on for 14 years, which operated 570 radio stations and 120 markets.

Business Development and Project Management

Eric was Vice President of Business Development and Project Development at Vulcan, Inc., Paul Allen's company, until 2002. Over a period of eight years he managed and advised numerous technology and media initiatives. He served as Project Director of the Experience Music Project during development until opening and as General Manager of Clear Blue Sky Films.

Music (Sax, Flute, and Composition)

Music has been a passion of Eric's since childhood. He started playing professionally at 15 years old and performed constantly and taught privately for about 10 years. Eric's primary instruments are saxophone and flute.

In 2002, he was a member of the six-person house band with Phil Collins for a BBC live television concert at Buckingham Palace. The artists that that the house band backed in the concert included Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Tom Jones, and Annie Lennox.

Film

From 1997-2002, Eric was a producer on a variety of acclaimed feature and documentary projects including Executive Producer for FAR FROM HEAVEN starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid. He also co-produced THE LUZHIN DEFENCE, starring Emily Watson and John Turturro. Filmography on IMDB.