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Chris Sears

Chief Software Architect
Board Member

Chris Sears is Chief Software Architect for Skillable and oversees development of the lab development platform. Chris takes immense pride in building software that is powerful and feature-rich, yet also intuitive, elegant and easy-to-use. Chris got his start in software engineering in 1999 to supplement his budding music career. He quickly realized his passion for building great software equaled his passion for playing music. Chris’s non-musical gigs spanned the private and public sector, including projects with Dell, Northrop Grumman and the Department of Defense.

Chris got involved in the training space in 2003 while developing systems for the U.S. Army in Europe. While there, he first met Phyllis and Clay Scott. In 2007, Chris, Clay and Phyllis formed Terillian Technologies Inc., with Chris overseeing all software development duties.

Chris holds a liberal arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated from the Plan II Honors program and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society.

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About Skillable

Skillable is a hands-on training and virtual labs platform that helps you accelerate product adoption, validate job readiness and boost confidence across your employees, customers and partners at scale.

Virtual lab use cases

  • Customer education
  • Events and user conferences
  • Skill validation and job readiness
  • Technical enablement for sales and partners
  • Certification exams and Performance-Based Testing (PBT)

Types of software training environments

  • Exploratory sandboxes
  • Guided training and practice labs
  • Skill validation
  • High-stakes certifications
  • Simulations and hybrid configurations

Since 2004, more than 400 companies have trusted Skillable to launch more than 50 million labs to help accelerate product adoption and validate job readiness. See how you can too.

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Skillable is the 19-time G2 leader in "Virtual IT Labs" based on end user reviews.
Skillable is named a G2 leader in delivering "Best Results" for hands-on training and virtual IT labs based on hundreds of end user reviews.
Skillable is G2's "Most Implementable" for hands-on training and virtual IT labs based on hundreds of end user reviews.
Skillable a Training Industry Top 20 Company for Experiential Learning Technology
Skillable is a Training Industry Top 20 company for IT and Technical Training
Skillable is on the GSV150 list for the Most Transformational Growth Companies In Digital Learning and Workforce Skills