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Skilljar Wins Fourth Consecutive Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology AwardSkilljar, the leading Customer Training Platform for enterprises, today announced that it has won a Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Award for the fourth consecutive year. Skilljar was awarded silver in the Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for External Training category. "It is an honor to once again be recognized by Brandon Hall Group for providing our customers with an intuitive and effective learning environment," said Sandi Lin, CEO and Co-founder, Skilljar. "We will continue to push the 'innovation envelope' as more and more enterprises realize the tangible business value of providing high-quality customer and partner training." A panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, and Brandon Hall Group senior analysts and executives evaluated the entries based upon the following criteria: fit the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation and overall measurable benefits. "We were blown away," said Mike Cooke, Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group. "Our research was confirmed by the entrants' responsiveness to the needs of employers who seek to align technology to the goals of their businesses. Every Technology Award entry ebodied a win-win proposition for employers and employees." In 2018, Skilljar secured a $16.4 million Series A financing round led by Mayfield and Shasta Ventures, doubled headcount and has been recognized with multiple other awards including the Best Customer LMS from the Talented Learning LMS awards, the 2018 Seattle Business Magazine Tech Impact Award and placement on Training Industry's Learning Portal Companies Watch List. A full list of Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology winners can be viewed at http://www.brandonhall.com/excellenceawards/past-winners.html. About Skilljar Skilljar delivers an innovative training platform which enables businesses to provide scalable and effective customer education. The enterprise-grade solution is used by hundreds of companies to accelerate customer onboarding and product adoption by enabling multimedia course creation, an intuitive and mobile-responsive learning environment, and automated CRM data integrations. Founded in 2013, Skilljar is based in Seattle and backed by top-tier venture capital firms Mayfield, Shasta Ventures and Trilogy Equity Partners. For more information, visit www.skilljar.com. About Brandon Hall Group, Inc. With more than 10,000 clients globally and 20 years of delivering world class research and advisory services, Brandon Hall Group is the most well-known and established research organization in the performance improvement industry. We conduct research that drives performance, and provides strategic insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results. Brandon Hall Group has an extensive repository of thought leadership, research and expertise in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition and Human Resources. At the core of our offerings is a Membership Program that Empowers Excellence Through Content, Collaboration and Community. Our members have access to research that helps them make the right decisions about people, processes, and systems, combined with research-powered advisory services customized to their needs. (www.brandonhall.com).
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