Skillable, a private equity-backed training service based in New Port Richey, has hired Ken Talanian as its chief financial officer.
Talanian has worked as a senior vice president for Clearwater-based cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 and has been with the company for more than three years. Now, he will be taking over a new role to help Skillable focus on achieving its next growth stage, according to a release.
"Ken has a unique combination of financial planning and analysis at large software companies, IPO and private equity experience, and a decade spent on the other side of the fence analyzing software companies," said Chris McCarthy, CEO of Skillable. "This mix of skills will build on the strong foundation built by our previous Chief Financial Officer Jim Long, taking Skillable into new markets."
During his nearly three years and 11 months at KnowBe4, Talanian was a senior vice president for financial planning and investor relations, a senior vice president of finance and a vice president of finance. He participated in leading KnowBe4's initial public offering in 2021 and its sale to Texas-based Vista Equity Partners in a $4.6 billion deal, taking the company private in 2022. He has also held roles at Evercore ISI and JPMorgan.
Skillable was founded in 2004 and developed further from a 2014 merger, according to its website. In 2021, Skillable received an undisclosed strategic investment from Los Angeles-based investment firm Shamrock Capital. That same year, it rebranded to Skillable; it was previously known as Learn on Demand Systems.
