Nick Hernandez

Founder and Chair of the Board 360Learning

Last Reviewed: September 28, 2026

Executive Summary

Nick Hernandez is the founder of 360Learning, the AI-powered collaborative learning platform used by learning and development teams to identify skills gaps, capture knowledge from internal experts and deliver it to employees. He founded the company in 2013 and led it as Chief Executive Officer for 11 years, taking it to $240 million in funding and more than 2,300 customers, before handing the CEO role to Benjamin Marchal on 1 January 2025 and becoming Chair of the Board. He is also the author of Collaborative Learning, published by Kogan Page in 2023.

Career Highlights

• Founded 360Learning in 2013 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until the end of 2024.
• Became Chair of the Board from 1 January 2025, with a remit announced as covering M&A strategy, product development and advising the board.
• Led the acquisitions of Looop in January 2022 and of the AI skills platform eLamp in October 2023.
• Author of Collaborative Learning (Kogan Page, 2023).

Professional Journey

Hernandez founded 360Learning in 2013 around a thesis he has since set out at book length: that corporate training works best when subject-matter experts inside a company create and share knowledge themselves, rather than relying solely on a central learning team or off-the-shelf courses. The company built its learning platform on that idea of collaborative learning and grew into a business with offices and customers across North America and EMEA, counting Cisco, Biogen, Kinaxis and Toyota among its clients.

As CEO he also used acquisitions to extend the platform. In January 2022 360Learning acquired Looop, adding automation to its collaborative learning model, and in October 2023 it acquired eLamp, an AI-powered skills platform, to support skills-based learning. During the same period he brought independent directors onto the board, including Karen Roter Davis and Caroline Gaffney. In 2023 Kogan Page published his book Collaborative Learning.

In September 2024 the company announced a leadership transition. Benjamin Marchal, who had joined in 2019 and led expansion into North America, Germany and the UK, became CEO from 1 January 2025. Hernandez moved to Chair of the Board, with the company stating he would remain involved in its long-term vision, M&A strategy and product development. By then 360Learning had raised $240 million and built a team of more than 400 people.

Education

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