Bruce Heavin

Bruce Heavin is the cofounder and chief innovation officer of lynda.com, overseeing the company's visual branding and style. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, Bruce is a painter and illustrator in both traditional and electronic media. He has contributed to books on web design and Adobe After Effects, and created illustrations and motion graphics for many album covers, national magazines, and major media companies.

Lynda Weinman

Lynda Weinman is cofounder and executive chair of lynda.com. She and her husband and cofounder, Bruce Heavin, evolved lynda.com from its original concept as a free web resource for her students, to the site for her books on web design, to a registration hub for physical classrooms and conferences, to an award-winning online learning company. Before launching lynda.com, she was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and worked as an animator and motion graphics director in the special effects film industry. She also taught at UCLA Extension, American Film Institute, and San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program.

Eric Robison

In January 2008, Eric Robison joined the lynda.com team and brought with him 25 years of operational and strategic experience working with Internet, technology, media, and consumer product companies. Eric has been actively involved with the Internet since its inception and brings a depth of creative and business expertise to the lynda.com family.

Prior to joining lynda.com, Eric served as president of IdeaTrek, Inc., an advisory group specializing in strategic planning and management mentoring. Previous to his time at IdeaTrek, Eric spent eight years managing and advising on numerous technology and media initiatives in his position as vice president of business development and project development at Vulcan, Inc., (a company owned by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen). While at Vulcan, Eric served as project director of the Experience Music Project and general manager of Clear Blue Sky Films.

Eric has been playing saxophone and flute professionally for 30 years. Musical career highlights include playing in the TED Long Beach house band in 2012 under the direction of Thomas Dolby, and backing Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Annie Lennox for a BBC live television concert at Buckingham Palace.

He has produced a variety of feature and documentary projects, serving as executive producer of Far from Heaven, starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid.

Eric has extensive corporate board experience, including five public companies (three with over a $1B market cap) and over 10 private company boards. He served on the board of CNET networks for 14 years until the company was sold to CBS in 2008.