Eric has been a pivotal figure in the SaaS industry, known for scaling high-growth software companies and transforming sales performance. With leadership roles at category defining firms like Taleo and HireVue, he brings decades of experience in shaping go-to-market strategy and driving organizational growth. Today, Eric advises software companies around the world, helping leadership teams align on sales strategy, organizational design, and talent development with an emphasis on sales culture, coaching and cross-functional enablement.

“We are excited to welcome Eric Nelson to our Board,” said Josh Kamrath, CEO of Bongo. “Eric’s deep understanding of the SaaS landscape and his commitment to building high-performance sales cultures will be invaluable as we continue to expand Bongo’s impact. With our proven AI video assessment technology, we help organizations verify revenue-driving behaviors at scale, without increasing headcount. Eric’s insights will help accelerate our mission to empower enterprise enablement and partner teams with scalable, data-driven skill verification.”

Bongo is a video and AI platform that enables enterprise enablement teams to coach and assess sales, partner, and success teams at scale. Users record themselves pitching, problem-solving, or narrating product use in real-world scenarios and receive both AI and human feedback. This approach accelerates onboarding, drives sales through verified behavior, and enables scalable programs without adding headcount.

With Eric’s addition to the board, Bongo is well-positioned to advance its mission of empowering organizations to achieve greater success. By verifying critical skills across sales and partner teams, Bongo continues to lead in enterprise enablement. Building on a strong history of success through strategic LMS partnerships and platform extensibility, Bongo is uniquely equipped for this next stage of growth, especially in helping organizations verify revenue-driving behavior across their partner networks. Bongo’s ability to integrate seamlessly with nearly any learning management system or HRIS tool makes it possible to embed accountability and skill verification directly into existing workflows at scale.

The tagline, “If they can say it, Bongo can assess it,” perfectly captures Bongo’s dedication to transforming enterprise enablement through AI-enabled practical assessments.

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Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards

This year, we partnered with ServiceNow to achieve not one, but two Brandon Hall Excellence Awards:

• Bronze: Best Use of AI for Learning
  ServiceNow doubled the capacity of its certification program using Bongo’s AI-powered platform, ultimately contributing over $1M in revenue. By streamlining the learner experience and scaling feedback, the team raised the bar for what’s possible in certification readiness.
  
• Bronze: Best Sales Training Program for Extended Enterprise
  Imagine launching a program to 6,000+ sales reps in just one week and giving managers back 3,000 hours of coaching time. That’s exactly what ServiceNow accomplished by embedding Bongo’s video + AI platform into their enablement strategy. Reps practiced real-world pitches, received instant feedback, and proved skill readiness at scale.
  

A huge congratulations to Shellie Grieve and the ServiceNow team for their trust, partnership, and innovation. These awards are as much yours as they are ours.

The Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence

Another highlight: we’re thrilled to announce Bongo’s first-ever Gold Stevie® Award!

Recognized in the Technical Innovation of the Year category, our AI Score system was praised by judges for addressing one of the biggest challenges in education and enterprise learning: evaluating real-world communication and applied knowledge at scale, without sacrificing quality, fairness, or privacy.

One judge summed it up perfectly:

“Unlike passive learning assessments, Bongo’s video-based format captures how learners perform, not just what they know making it far more effective for measuring job readiness.”

We’re humbled by this recognition and energized to keep pushing the boundaries of what AI + video can achieve in learning.

D2L Partner of the Year

Partnership has been at the heart of Bongo’s growth, and we were honored to be named D2L’s Partner of the Year at #D2LFusion.

Our 10-year partnership has supported hundreds of joint customers around the globe, and this recognition is a true reflection of the trust and collaboration we’ve built together. Thank you, D2L!

Training Industry Top Company Recognition

Finally, we’re proud to be named one of Training Industry’s Top AI Coaching & Learner Support Tools Companies of 2025.

Our human-in-the-loop approach where AI provides instant, scalable feedback and managers add deeper, personalized coaching—continues to set us apart. This recognition underscores the impact of blending technology with human insight to drive meaningful learning outcomes.

Looking Ahead

These awards and recognitions are not just milestones for Bongo—they’re proof points for our customers, partners, and team that real change is happening in how skills are measured, validated, and scaled.

To everyone who has been part of this journey…thank you! We’re just getting started.

Onward!

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Bongo was named to Training Industry’s 2019 Top 20 Assessment and Evaluation Companies Watch List! Selection to this year’s list was based on the following criteria:

• Diversity of assessment capabilities
• Quality and innovation of evaluation techniques
• Company size and growth potential
• Quality and number of clients/users
• Awards, recognition and competitive differentiation

View our Bongo’s profile and the complete list of winners here.

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AI in Learning: Assessment

Check out this article about AI in learning that includes insight from our CEO, Josh Kamrath, around automated assessment.  

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SDVoyager published an interview with Bongo’s CEO, Josh Kamrath. Learn all about his journey with the company and what sets Bongo apart from other video assessment solutions. Click here to read the full interview.

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Loveland-area business briefs published Aug. 18, 2019

ReporterHerald.com highlighted Bongo’s inclusion on the 2019 Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies in their Loveland-area business briefs round-up. Read the full article here.

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Bongo makes Inc. 5000 list for third consecutive year

InnovatioNews.com published our press release highlighting Bongo’s ranking on the 2019 Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. This is the third consecutive year Bongo has made the prestigious list. Bongo finished with a three-year growth rate of 733 percent, which placed it 17th among Colorado companies and 73rd among software companies. Read the full press release here.

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Bongo Makes Inc. 5000 List for Third Consecutive Year

Bongo Ranks No. 609 on the 2019 Inc. 5000 List

LOVELAND, Colo. — Bongo was ranked No. 609 on the 2019 Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies, Inc. magazine announced this week. This was the third consecutive year Bongo made the list, which recognizes the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. 

“Bongo’s video assessment solution helps individuals build the foundational skills they need to become lifelong learners, and we aim to promote that same kind of growth mindset within our team,” said Josh Kamrath, Bongo’s CEO. “Making this list for a third year in a row is a wonderful achievement, but it’s just another positive step along the path of continuous improvement.” 

Bongo finished with a three-year growth rate of 733 percent, which placed it 17th among Colorado companies and 73rd among software companies. The 2019 Inc. 5000 achieved a three-year average growth rate of 454 percent, while its aggregate revenue was $237.7 billion in 2018. Based out of Loveland, Colo., Bongo finished No. 909 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list and was No. 379 in 2017.

“The companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have followed so many different paths to success,” said Inc. editor in chief James Ledbetter. “There’s no single course you can follow or investment you can take that will guarantee this kind of spectacular growth. But what they have in common is persistence and seizing opportunities.”

More information on Bongo, and the rest of the 2019 Inc. 5000 list, is available online at https://www.inc.com/inc5000/2019/top-private-companies-2019-inc5000.html. 

About Bongo

Bongo is a video assessment solution that enables experiential learning and soft skill development at scale. Organizations leverage our video workflows to facilitate repeated skill practice, personalized feedback, and peer-to-peer collaboration within a real-world context. When individuals demonstrate skills and apply their knowledge on video, evaluators get an authentic representation of their competency. Bongo was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Loveland, Colo. For more information, visit https://bongolearn.com. 

For more information contact:

Bongo

Margaret Amisano

858-876-2747

margaret.amisano@bongolearn.com

More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000

Methodology

The 2019 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2015 and 2018. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2015. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2018. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2015 is $100,000; the minimum for 2018 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.

About Inc. Media

Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. Inc. took home the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in both 2014 and 2012. The total monthly audience reach for the brand has been growing significantly, from 2,000,000 in 2010 to more than 20,000,000 today. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation. Started in 1982, this prestigious list has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success. The Inc. 5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony is an annual event that celebrates the remarkable achievements of these companies. The event also offers informative workshops, celebrated keynote speakers, and evening functions.

For more information on Inc. and the Inc. 5000 Conference, visit http://conference.inc.com/

To view the press release on GlobeNewswire.com, click here.

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