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About
David Koehn is SVP of Product & Design at Skillsoft. He previously served as SVP of Product at D2L, where he led the Brightspace learning platform through its IPO, VP of Product at Udemy, and worked on Oracle's first multi-tenant SaaS learning product. He is a founder of The Batchery, a Berkeley-based accelerator, a Partner at Investor Advisor Seed Ventures, and holds academic credentials from Carnegie Mellon and Johns Hopkins.
Experience
- SkillsoftSVP Product & Designcurrent2026 — present
- San José State UniversityFaculty Lecturercurrent2025 — present
- ClasseraSenior Vice President, Product & Design2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- IA Seed VenturesGeneral Partner2021 — 2025
- UdemyHead of Product, Udemy Business2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- D2LSVP of Product2015 — 2021Berkeley, California
- OracleVP Oracle Learn Cloud & Chief Evangelist, Oracle Cloud2012 — 2015Pleasanton, California
- SabaDirector of Product Strategy2009 — 2012
- DKIChief Archtect2006 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- TailWind Solutions Inc.Founder, CEO,2001 — 2007
- Avantgo (became part of iAnywhere at Sybase now SAP)Director of Educational Services1999 — 2001
Skills & more
Web3BlockchainSaaS99Enterprise Software99Salesforce.com5Strategy99Leadership34Management28Generative AIChatGPTOnline MarketplaceBoard Presentations
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Product Road MappingExecutive LeadershipArtificial Intelligence (AI)MobileAnalyticsEducationEdtechBig DataLocation Based ServicesEntrepreneurshipProduct ManagementNet Promoter ScoreLanguages French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Koehn?
- David Koehn is SVP of Product & Design at Skillsoft. He previously served as SVP of Product at D2L, where he led the Brightspace learning platform through its IPO, VP of Product at Udemy, and worked on Oracle's first multi-tenant SaaS learning product. He is a founder of The Batchery, a Berkeley-based accelerator, a Partner at Investor Advisor Seed Ventures, and holds academic credentials from Carnegie Mellon and Johns Hopkins.
- Where did David Koehn go to school?
- David Koehn studied at The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Innovation); Carnegie Mellon University (BA, English); Middlebury College (Annenberg Fellow, BSE).
Same school
Also attended The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School72
Tony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalFloyd H. GriffithManaging Partner at Little Bristol PartnersMelissa GuttmanPrincipal, Talent at JMI EquityVipul KellaInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalAndrew MausManaging Director, North America at AI CapitalSaafir RabbAdvisor at Transform Capital Management
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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University782
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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Also attended Middlebury College250
Parker HarrisCo-founder of SalesforceAlex FinkelsteinInvestor at Spark CapitalJeff DoranInvestor at Spark CapitalTrevor KienzleInvestor at Correlation VenturesUrvashi BarooahPartner at Redpoint VenturesEnzo WienerPrincipal at Redpoint Ventures
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Also attended University of Florida430
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkLauren HolsingerChief Of Staff at March Capital PartnersAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesBrendon SchmidtPrincipal & Head of Business Development at Sierra VenturesDavid CorreaChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Marlin Equity Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Skillsoft19
Larry IllgAdvisor at Delin VenturesBecky CooperChief Financial Officer at DBL PartnersPam BoirosInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesJeff LyonsGeneral Partner / Chair of Technical Advisory Board at Florida Innovation CapitalRema SubramanianCo-Founder, Managing Partner at Ankur CapitalTodd SkokanSenior Advisor at Next Level Ventures
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Also worked at San José State University26
Beth SteinbergInvestor at Felicis VenturesTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesKim TranFinance at Lux CapitalAdam PluemerVenture Partner at Mangusta CapitalSushreeta MohantyInvestor at DigitalDx VenturesJay FulcherManaging Partner at Cheyenne Ventures
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Also worked at D2L16
Dennis KavelmanPartner at Inovia CapitalTim ConnorPartner at NewView CapitalNick BunickPrincipal at NewView CapitalKevin KimsaCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Climate Innovation CapitalAlex MurashkinFounding Senior Engineer at QuantstampDan MicakChief Legal Officer at Lightspeed Commerce at Boreal Ventures
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