# Steve Gilman

> Steve Gilman is the co-founder and CEO of OneRange, a New York-based AI-powered upskilling platform that lets employees discover, get approval for, and buy the learning resources they need, with companies paying only when people actually learn. Before software, Gilman was drafted by the Detroit Tigers out of Yale and then served as a Defense Intelligence Agency intelligence officer working counterproliferation missions out of US embassies in Cairo and Abu Dhabi. He frames OneRange as importing the world-class skill-development methods of pro sports and the military into the corporate world, and the company now works with 25-plus enterprises including Google, Wasserman, and Caylent.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at OneRange
- **Organizations:** OneRange, Blockparty, Defense Intelligence Agency, US Navy, Detroit Tigers organization
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Yale University, M.B.A., Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads OneRange, an AI-powered upskilling marketplace serving 25-plus enterprises including Google, Wasserman, and Caylent, Built what the company describes as the first usage-based upskilling platform, where companies pay only when employees learn, Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 2008 out of Yale University

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Selected by the Detroit Tigers after graduating from Yale, where he captained the baseball team
- **2010s** — Joined the Defense Intelligence Agency as an Intelligence Officer; became the youngest in his office to earn GG-13 rank, serving on counterproliferation missions out of US embassies in Cairo and Abu Dhabi
- **2010s** — Received a direct commission into the US Navy as a Lieutenant; conducted operations with Navy Special Warfare
- **2010s** — Earned an MBA from Columbia Business School
- **2010s** — Co-founded and served as COO of Blockparty, a tech-enabled live event company backed by Live Nation Entertainment
- **2021** — Co-founded OneRange with Houtan Fanisalek and became CEO (since March 2021)
- **2024** — OneRange selected for the global AWS Education Accelerator; partnership with performance management platform Confirm
- **2025** — OneRange announces learning-content partnership with Simplilearn; works with 25-plus enterprise clients including Google, Wasserman, and Caylent

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads OneRange, an AI-powered upskilling marketplace serving 25-plus enterprises including Google, Wasserman, and Caylent
- Built what the company describes as the first usage-based upskilling platform, where companies pay only when employees learn
- Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 2008 out of Yale University
- Youngest member of his Defense Intelligence Agency office to earn GG-13 rank
- Received a direct commission into the US Navy as a Lieutenant
- Guest lecturer at Yale School of Management and Columbia University
- Raised roughly $3 million in funding for OneRange
- OneRange selected for the global AWS Education Accelerator (2024)

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — OneRange announced a partnership with Simplilearn to expand its marketplace of high-impact learning content.
- **2024-06** — OneRange announced a partnership with Confirm, a performance management solution.
- **2024-01** — OneRange selected to participate in the global AWS Education Accelerator.

## Links

- Website: https://onerange.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevegilman26/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/onerangeco
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/yougetrange/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04