.KEY2 Josh Bersin

President, Bersin & Associates

Josh Bersin has worked with hundreds of companies to deliver high impact employee learning, leadership development and talent management.  In 2001, he founded Bersin & Associates to provide research and advisory services focused on corporate learning. Today, the firm is the “go to” source for learning and HR decision makers seeking product and market data, insight on trends and expert advice on enterprise learning and talent management. 

Bersin is a frequent speaker at industry events including the HR Technology Conference and the ASTD International Conference.   In addition, he has been a columnist since 2007 for Chief Learning Officer magazine and is a frequent contributor to other leading training and HR publications.  He has been quoted in 2009 on talent management topics in The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, CFO magazine and on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. 

Bersin also is the author of The Training Measurement Book: Best Practices, Proven Methodologies, and Practical Approaches (April 2008, Pfeiffer) and The Blended Learning Book: Best Practices, Proven Methodologies, and Lessons Learned (October 2004, Wylie/Pfeiffer).

Earlier in his career, Bersin spent 25 years in product development, product management, marketing and sales of e-learning and other enterprise technologies at companies including DigitalThink (now Convergys), Arista Knowledge Systems, Sybase, and IBM.