How we select our instructors
Of the 75K+ instructors on Udemy, only a fraction are selected to teach for Udemy Business.
Real-world subject matter experts
Our instructor community includes thought leaders, best-selling authors, executive coaches, real-world practitioners, and award-winning professors.
Diverse backgrounds & experiences
Our unique marketplace model enables us to attract instructors from over 180 countries across a wide range of industries, verticals, and skills.
Incentivized to maintain fresh content
Through course ratings, reviews, and direct messaging, our instructors receive regular feedback that helps them identify areas of improvement and ensure freshness and quality.
Empowered by data
We analyze learning data points and expose key trends to our instructors to help them identify new and emerging skills to keep your team ahead of the rest.
Evaluated for quality and relevance
We continuously vet our instructors through a combination of manual and automated curation tactics and social proof. We listen to learners to understand what resonates.
A global community of native speakers
In addition to our English content, our international course collection features 9,200+ courses taught by native-speaking subject matter experts in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish, Mandarin, and Indonesian, so your employees can learn in their native language.
Our instructors are leading subject matter experts
Jun Sakai
Jun Sakai is a software engineer, published author, and former professional soccer player – Teaches in Japanese
Daragh Walsh
My mission is to help people succeed by giving them the skills they need to grow their own businesses or build new careers.
Crystal Richards
Principal and Owner of MindsparQ™, MHA, and a certified project manager with PMP and PMI-ACP credentials
Alexis Haselberger
Time management and productivity coach. Spent 15+ years managing operations and HR at several early stage startups. SPHR and SHRM-SCP certified
Todd Birzer
Principal consultant at Kevolve Product Management, author of Becoming a More Strategic Product Manager, and has an MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mohsen Hassan
Having studied and worked in the field, Mohsen has developed a deep understanding of the financial industry’s many facets: Long-term investing, shorter-term trading, and automation.
Diego Davila
Spanish entrepreneur and digital marketing innovator – Teaches in Spanish
Pilar Sanchez Albaladejo
Brazilian Portuguese agile coach and project management expert – Teaches in Portuguese
Angelika Froech
Seminar leader and coach who advises people and companies on the topics of self-management and the development of their potential – Teaches in German
Thibault Houdon
Python Instructor and 3D generalist – Teaches in French
Josh Paulsen
Productivity and Goals Coach to Leaders and Entrepreneurs
Melissa Crowhurst
Reiki Master Teacher, Inspirational Coach, Author, Speaker
Ritu RIyat
Public health professional, applied meditation coach and founder of The Stress Detox specializing in helping individuals and organizations reduce stress and burnout.
Beth Payne
Resilience expert helping people thrive in adversity
Robin Hills
Business Psychologist, Emotional Intelligence Trainer
Hassan Osman
Virtual Teams & PM Expert; Bestselling Author; Leader at Cisco
Leila Bulling Towne
Executive coach specializing in helping leaders decide what to say and how to say it. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Women’s Health, BBC, WSJ, Marketplace Radio, Fast Company, SHRM, and others.
Marie Deveaux
Executive leadership coach and Founder of High Tides Consulting. Advises companies like Facebook, Spotify, L’Oreal, UBS and Prudential.
Andrei Dumitrescu
DevOps Engineer and Professional Trainer
Chandra Lingam
Expert on Amazon Web Services, mission-critical systems, and machine learning.
Kevin Brown
Windows, Azure, AWS, Cisco, Security Instructor & Author
David Bombal
CCIE #11023, over 15 years of network training experience
Mohammad Azam
Apple Featured iOS Developer and iOS Instructor
Penny de Byl
International Award Winning Professor & Best Selling Author
Imtiaz Ahmed
Award winning Udemy instructor who is highly experienced in big data technologies and enterprise software architectures.
Randi Zuckerberg
Entrepreneur, investor, advisor, bestselling author, and tech media personality. After noticing that she was one of way too few women in tech, she founded Zuckerberg Media.
Deborah Grayson Riegel
Instructor of Management Communication at the Wharton School of UPenn. speaker and coach for at Columbia Business School and Duke, consultant for Amazon, BlackRock, Bloomberg, and more.
Kevin Dorsey (KD)
B2B Sales thought leader. InsideSales Top 10 Sales Leader, Crunchbase Top Sales Leaders You Should Know, TOPO Sales Development Exec of the Year, LinkedIn Top Sales Voices, and more.