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Simplilearn Appoints Ashish Virmani as VP – Marketing and Categories
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Simplilearn Appoints Ashish Virmani as VP – Marketing and Categories

Global ed-tech company Simplilearn has further strengthened its leadership team by the appointment of Ashish Virmani as Vice President – Marketing and Categories. Ashish will focus on driving growth for the business through integrated plans across marketing and category functions. Ashish comes with over 11 years of diversified experience across India’s fastest growing start-ups and established FMCG brands as well. He joins Simplilearn from FreeCharge where he was the Associate Vice President – Marketing. Prior to that, he used to head Offline Marketing initiatives at Flipkart. The appointment is the latest in a series of strategic hires by Simplilearn, as a part of building a strong leadership team for its rapidly growing presence in India, U.S and other markets. In March this year, t...
Bangalore based Simplilearn acquires Silicon Valley start-up for $10 million
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Bangalore based Simplilearn acquires Silicon Valley start-up for $10 million

Simplilearn, a Bangalore-based Edu-tech start-up, which provides online certification courses to professionals, has acquired Market motive, a Silicon Valley-based startup, which trains professionals on digital marketing. Market Motive, founded in 2007, is led by Michael Stabbins, John Marshall and Avinash Kaushik. Simplilearn, which already has its presence in the US, is looking at the prospect of expanding its business further. Michael Stabbins, who would remain the CEO of Market Motive and work alongside as Chief Innovation Officer for Simplilearn. Simplilearn presently caters to professionals and young graduates in 150 countries through its 250 courses offered in various industry verticals. Market Motive boasts to have served fortune 500 companies through its web-based certificat...