About Us

ABOUT OPENSESAME

Online Learning Has Never Mattered More.

Our vision is a world where everyone can easily access the training they need to advance their purpose.

Our mission is helping companies develop the world’s most productive and admired workforces.

We harness the power of technology to help organizations of all sizes deploy training and learning to do great things — in every industry.

OpenSesame Careers Remote

We Believe Education and Diverse Voices Advance Everyone.

We will lead by example. Education is our company’s entire purpose. Learning opportunities for our employees are
endless. Investing in our people and our world is vital.

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Meet your future coworkers

We hire innovative, growth-minded talent and provide them with the freedom to create products people love and follow their own goals. We work hard, challenge ourselves to learn quickly, embrace daily improvements and support each other and our customers every step of the way.

Liza Wisner

Liza Wisner (she/her)

Senior Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Curation Specialist
Corpus Christi, Texas

What has been the best part of your role?
I am working cross-functionally with several departments at OpenSesame. No day is the same. My projects are always shifting to meet our goals with a primary objective of curating and managing a portfolio of elearning courses and publishers across the globe focused on building diverse and inclusive workforces.

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Kat Banjo-Akinson

Kat Bajno-Atkinson (she/her)

Software Engineer –
Portland, Oregon

What has been the best part of working in your role?
Working with my team is the best part of my job. We work closely and spend most of our days pair programming, whiteboarding, or tackling an issue together. I love the variety of problems I get to solve. I might be working on an emergency issue one day and re-architecting our course zip extractor the next day. Later, I could be in discussions about how to get our new identity management system implemented.

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Lexx Fluder

Lexx Fluder

Manager of Product Support
Portland, Oregon

How has OpenSesame changed since you’ve joined?
I started when we were in the old building with very small teams. We’ve grown so much in both size and process. We are much more strategic than we were when we first started. We’ve also expanded our customer support hours to match our global client needs.

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Elias Jackson

Elias Jackson (he/him)

Associate Software Engineer Portland, Oregon

In what ways have you been supported by the OpenSesame team or culture?
Each employee has weekly one-on-one meetings with our managers to discuss how things are going, check in on our promotions, and voice any concerns. I’ve never felt afraid to speak my mind to my manager or the whole team about anything I think is important. My voice is always heard.

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Danielle Rubio

Danielle Rubio

Product Operations Team Lead
Portland, Oregon

How has life changed for your role since the pandemic?
OpenSesame decided early on to do whatever we could to allow the public to access content around “COVID Preparedness” and “Wellness” — for free. That was huge. Things don’t usually change that rapidly. Not in eLearning. We were dealing with shifting priorities and trying to do the right thing for our community and the world.

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Dave McFarland

Dave McFarland (he/him)

Senior Manager of Content
Portland, Oregon

How did you get into the field you’re in?
I’ve been an instructor and trainer of adult learners for — well, let’s just say a long time. I was initially a web developer and designer as a magazine art director. I was interested in teaching people new skills. That led to teaching adult learners at universities, corporations, and continuing education programs. From there, I got into online video instruction, teaching computer programming and managed an educational programming and video team. At OpenSesame, we review lots of visual footage; I bring a design eye to producing courses.

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What Matters to Us

We believe “how” we work is as important as the service we provide. Our culture matters.


Collaboration

Shoulder-to-shoulder with our co-workers and customers, we curate the ideal path of eLearning courses. We are a team effort inside and out. We band together for our customers’ goals and to create opportunities for our employees.

Growth Mindset

We are passionate learners and hold education in the highest regard. We hire innovative, growth-minded talent and provide them with the freedom to create products people love and follow their own goals. Learning is in our DNA.

Care

OpenSesame fosters a community that manifests compassion and genuine interest in our individuals. The best work happens when everyone feels they belong, are being heard, and meaningful work drives their mission.

OpenSesame Team

We Do This For a Living.
Work-Life at OpenSesame

Whether in the office or working remote, we are bound by a common mission, strong values and collaboration for our team and our customers. Our daily culture what excites us and keeps us energized.

Join the best minds working on the most important solutions.

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