Who

Mordy Golding, Director of Content at LinkedIn

What

Mordy is a content and design guru, with a fascinating career trajectory. He started at Mesorah Publications in the early ’90s, then worked for a couple large companies before Adobe recruited him as a product manager for Illustrator. Afterward, he founded his own design agency, working with top-tier clients, including Nike, the New York Times, and the NBA. Then, in 2011, he became the VP of content strategy for Lynda.com, which got acquired by LinkedIn four years later. Since then, Mordy has been their director of content, leading a team of talented subject matter experts to create a vast library of high-quality learning content, primarily in the form of on-demand, online, video-based courses. (He’s even published over 50 online video courses and books himself!)

Where

A Brooklyn native, Mordy learned at Chaim Berlin and in South Bend, then attended Touro College. He and his wife have three children (and two grandchildren) and live in Cedarhurst. While he works remotely for LinkedIn, Mordy enjoys traveling the world helping professionals use tools and technology to be more productive and successful.

Why

Mordy’s job is übercool! He’s literally responsible for the way millions of people consume content and he’s shaping the future of video-based education. At the same time, he’s down to earth, modest, and genuinely wants to help others forge the career of their dreams. (If you’re open to tech, I highly recommend you connect with him on LinkedIn.) I’m personally inspired by his unwavering dedication to Yiddishkeit, as he infuses Torah values into everything he does. Indeed, he’s making a colossal kiddush Hashem on a global scale.

1 of 9: What opportunities or personalities played a role in your career path?

One day, the phone rang. It was Adobe, offering me a job — at their headquarters in San Jose, California. Native New Yorkers with two young children at the time, my wife and I made the difficult decision, with guidance from our Rav, Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, to relocate to California to pursue the opportunity. We stayed for three years before moving back (Rabbi Feitman recommended we return in time for our son to attend first grade), but the experience I gained and the relationships I built at Adobe catapulted my career — a 10x jump, as we say in the tech world.