Meet Degreed

Learning for impact

We help you create a dynamic culture of learning to attract, grow and retain your talent.

About Degreed

We’re Degreed

Founded in 2012 by David Blake and Eric Sharp, Degreed began with a mission "jailbreak the degree"— to track and recognize all the learning that happens beyond formal education. At the time, that meant content aggregation and curation, but not for long. What started as the industry's first learning experience platform (LXP) has evolved into much more.

We've once again grown beyond the constraints of a label, which—if we're honest—is exactly where we like to be. But no matter what you call us, our goal remains the same: to offer learning that makes an impact on individuals and the businesses they serve; to make every skill count, wherever and however it’s learned; to use the latest innovations (like AI) to create truly customizable and meaningful learning.

Our guiding principles

Human-first

Everything we make and do is, ultimately, for the learners.

Bold

We experiment, acknowledge the hard truths, and push the limits of what’s “possible.”

Empowering

Knowledge is power, and we’re giving it back to the people.

What is Degreed ?

Degreed is the enterprise learning company, offering the world's leading experience platform to deliver skill-driven development. Degreed enables organizations to collect, understand, and build skills to develop a workforce that’s ready for anything.

Degreed Learning

Empower your workforce with learning that keeps them upskilled and ready for anything.

Skills+

Make your most important business decisions with comprehensive skill data.

Artificial Intelligence

Engage your people with more efficient and effective AI-driven learning.

Academies

Deliver modern, collaborative learning experiences to drive deeper skill development.

Professional Services

Use Degreed experts to maximize the impact of your L&D.

Degreed by the numbers

400+

Global employees

204

Countries

10M

Activated users

50M

Skill ratings

39M

Learning resources available to Degreed's AI

3,500+

Connections to learning, talent and HR systems

Our lifelong learners

Meet our CEOs

Fearlessly blazing the Degreed trail

David Blake

Co-CEO / Cofounder

David Blake believes that learning is too important to stay the way it is and has spent his entire career innovating in higher education and lifelong learning. Prior to Degreed, he helped launch a competency-based, accredited university and was a founding team member at Zinch (acquired by Chegg NASDAQ: CHGG). David was selected as a Top EdTech Entrepreneur by the Stanford School EdTech Lab, sponsored by Teach For America and New Schools Venture Fund. David then co-founded both Learn In and BookClub. In 2022 he returned as CEO of Degreed when the company acquired Learn In.

Max Wessel

Co-CEO

Max currently serves as Co-CEO of Degreed, the global leader in skills-first learning. Max was most recently an Executive Vice President at SAP, where he led the end-to-end SaaS transformation of SAP’s learning business. In his 12 years at SAP, Max served in leadership roles for sales operations, strategy, product development, and finance. Max is a deep believer in skill building as a path to a more equitable society and remains active in the world of education. He writes and teaches on the subjects of strategy and product development, having served for eight years on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition to his role at Degreed, Max serves on the Board of Directors of ActivTrak, as an advisor to Masterclass, and as a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners. Max holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Northwestern University.