John Golden
President & CEO
John Golden joined Huthwaite as President and CEO in August 2008. John’s track record as a proven leader combined with extensive experience in the learning industry provides the foundation for his strategic vision of success for Huthwaite.
Prior to his work with Huthwaite, John served as the Senior Vice President of Education at the Mortgage Bankers Association. In this role, he was responsible for the restructuring and sustainable growth of the CampusMBA business unit. This included creating and executing a new marketing strategy, establishing standards for operating and quality control, and implementing cost controls to maximize profit margins.
Golden joined MBA from Learning Sciences International, a startup company providing professional development products for K-12 educators, where he was Vice President of the educational services division and responsible for defining and executing the go-to-market strategy. Before that Golden was Vice President of products and programs and a member of the senior executive team at New Horizons CLC, the world’s largest independent IT training company. There, he managed a $32 million business unit responsible for sourcing, building and providing products and services to franchise locations in more than 50 countries.
Golden started his career in the learning industry at SmartForce (formerly CBT Systems) in Dublin, Ireland before moving to the corporate HQ in Silicon Valley, California where he was responsible for developing and bringing to market key strategic initiatives including the launch of the first fully integrated online learning platform.
John received his undergraduate degree from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland and his Master of Arts from Dublin City University, also in Dublin, Ireland.
