Josh Olenslager

Senior Manager, Publishing Operations @Linkedin

Collaborate with cross-functional partner teams, including product development, engineering, product management, IT infrastructure, marketing, and data science to ensure end-to-end alignment of product development, marketing, and delivery strategies. Lead Lynda.com’s integration with LinkedIn Learning’s infrastructure and manage retirement of Lynda.com platform following the integration. Ensure transparency and clarity by establishing relationships and sharing company technologies with LinkedIn product and engineering teams. • R&D into Machine Learning (ML) language translation usability that resulted in a probabilistic model for measuring translation success, which led to strategic investment in 6 new ML language sites and ML subtitles in 24 new languages. • Core driver in rewriting content management and acquisition platform, and backend for publishing LinkedIn Learning content. • Supported 30x content growth and 4X business growth during tenure by navigating complex multiyear platform integration process to effectively blend and publish standardized e-learning content. Coordinated with engineering and development teams to build high-quality learning platform, publishing tools, and video processing backends.