A graduate of the National Coaching Institute in Victoria, Canada, Richard started his career as a professional sailing coach working with provincial and national team athletes striving for national and international success. He was eventually recruited for and transitioned into, business and IT management applying his analysis and coaching skills to the natural gas and mobile telecom industries as an analyst and certified ITIL specialist. In 2001, Richard was asked to help West Marine, the world’s largest retailer in marine products, open a total of 13 stores in Canada. That success was followed by a Merchandise Category Management position in West Marine’s head office near Santa Cruz, California where he oversaw over $125MM in annual category sales. Each previous role identified the many benefits online learning would increasingly play in driving standards, processes, and performance. Richard’s particular expertise is in coaching organizations and individuals in the optimal use of web-based training solutions to drive positive change and results. “When combined with business practices that embrace it, online learning and training can drive the important standards and processes so many organizations struggle to achieve.”

Nishant, a co-op student finishing his master’s in computer science from the University of Victoria. Having two years of Teaching Assistant experience and one year of volunteer experience, but new to the software development industry, He brings with him a sense of motivation and eagerness to learn new software and tackle some real-world problems in the field of software development. With his positive attitude, he has been able to understand the working culture of UDUTU, and help with the implementation of a new functionality to the already existing UDUTU Learning Management System which will help the company with their future endeavour’s in becoming a leading LMS provider in Online Learning Industry.

In 1999 Laureen joined the Technology Transfer, Research and Innovation department at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, as office manager. With a Diploma in office administration and experience as a Legal Secretary, she brought strong project management and organizational skills to a team dedicated to the newly emerging eLearning field. It didn’t take long before she became captivated by the possibilities of eLearning and immersed herself in new technologies associated with online course development. She quickly moved into a more creative role with an innovative team that pioneered the award-winning CEDAR Learning Content and Learning Management System – the first dynamic, learning-styles adaptive, course authoring platform with a reusable learning objects repository. As a dedicated life-long learner, Laureen expanded her skills to include videography and rich media production – including the currently popular white-board animations style. Laureen is passionate about using her extensive instructional design and online course development experience, to assist clients in achieving their eLearning goals, from inception to deployment.