Leadership Spotlight – Stephanie Stapleton Sudbury

July 17, 2023 By Dennis Walsh
Investors

For Udemy’s first Leadership Spotlight interview, we spoke with Udemy Business President Stephanie Stapleton Sudbury. In March 2023, Stephanie was promoted to lead Udemy Business when Greg Brown was appointed CEO after she led the Customer Success org for six years. In this series of interviews, we will meet with a different Udemy leader each time and ask them 10 questions about their role and current topics impacting our business.

About Stephanie 
Stephanie Stapleton Sudbury has served as the President, Udemy Business since March 2023. Before that, Stephanie had been leading Customer Success at Udemy Business since November 2016 in roles of increasing responsibility, most recently Senior Vice President, Global Customer Success for Udemy Business. Prior to Udemy, Stephanie led Customer Success at Gild, a SaaS talent acquisition platform, from 2012 to 2016. She brings over a decade of experience managing global customer success strategies for high-growth and mission-driven HR technology companies. Stephanie received a B.A. in communication and a B.A. in global and international studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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