Instructure, a Salt Lake City-based software technology company in the education and employee development field, has announced changes in its executive management. Current President Dan Goldsmith has been appointed CEO to replace Josh Coates, who becomes executive chairman of the board of directors. Goldmith will also take a seat on the board. The changes were made by the board of directors and take effect on Jan. 1.
Instructure was founded in 2008 by two Brigham Young University graduate students, Brian Whitmer and Devlin Daley, with initial funding from Coates. Today, the company employs about 1,200 in its Utah operations.
“After more than eight years as CEO of Instructure, it’s time for me to take on a new role within the company,” said Coates. “I’m confident in Dan’s proven ability to build on our strong momentum, lead our great culture and deliver amazing customer experiences. It’s been wonderful to see this company grow from a student project to the global organization it is today.”
Goldsmith became president of Instructure in June 2018, after spending eight years as a senior executive at Veeva Systems, a cloud-based software provider in the life sciences industries. Prior to his time at Veeva, Goldsmith held leadership positions at Accenture, PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM. He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rochester.
“Josh and the team have built an amazingly innovative company over the last 10 years, disrupting the way technology offerings serve both education and corporate markets and I am honored to serve as the new CEO,” said Goldsmith. “Instructure has an amazing culture centered around openness, customer satisfaction and innovation and I’m humbled to be a part of it. We have a clear path forward and I’m inspired as I work with this incredible team.”