Remote-Learner has been creating training, development and educational technology projects for our customers since 1982. We have always been a learning services company. Our customers include small and large business organizations, governmental entities, school districts and higher education. Remote-Learner played a central role in the establishment of the Moodle partners network in 2004 and today is the leading provider of authorized Moodle support services.

Remote-Learner is a North American company with offices in Fishersville Virginia, Overland Park Kansas and Waterloo Ontario. We operate three data centres in the US and one in Canada, providing our clients with 24/7/365 support for Moodle and other learning technologies. The company has three service divisions:

• Hosting Support
• Learning Services
• Customization Services

Remote-Learner employs approximately 40 full and part time staff members and is looking for qualified new team members in all areas. Remote-Learner is an official Moodle, Jasper Soft, Alfresco, Kaltura and Marhara partner company and has alliances with a number of key vendors supporting educational technology. Several staff members are on the core Moodle development team and have written books on Moodle.

Our Leadership Team

Bryan Williams, CEO and founder started testing.remote-learner.ca (formerly Integrated Training Solutions) in 1982. The company has been in business providing educational technology services in about every medium in use over the past 30+ years. As educational technology evolved so has the mission of the company. Bryan holds several copyrights for training programs produced, including OSHA MasterReporter, and has produced several educational documentaries over the years. Before blogs became available he created Personal Insight Journal, a desktop application for Windows and Macintosh users. Bryan works from Remote-Learner's Fishersville Virginia office and can be reached at extension 101. bryan@remote-learner.ca

Mike Churchward, President and Chief Technology Officer, has a BA Major in Computer Science with a Minor in Business Studies. He has been developing learning technologies for over twenty years. Mike began his career developing training simulators for the aerospace industry then moved on to CBT during the new media revolution. As the web developed, much of his development moved to that platform. Mike has been a Moodle core developer for the past six years and founded Open Knowledge Technologies, the Canadian Moodle partner company acquired by Remote-Learner in 2008. Mike is the co-author of Moodle 1.9 Extension Development  from Packt Publishing, works from Remote-Learner's Waterloo, Ontario Canada office and can be reached at extension 113. mike@remote-learner.ca
 

Jason Cole, Ph.D, Chief Operating Officer has had extensive experience in instructional systems design and implementation of large scale educational technology projects. Dr. Cole was tapped by Open University UK in 2005 to assist OU with its transition from a homegrown LMS to Moodle. Over the ensuing 2 years he successfully architected a system that currently supports over 225,000 student users with multiple enrollments; this installation is the largest online school known to exist worldwide. Jason is the co-author of Using Moodle (c2006 & 2007) published by O'Reilly Community Press, and has been the organizer of several successful Moodle Conferences in the US and UK.  Jason joined Remote-Learner in 2008 and can be reached at extension 134.  jason.cole@remote-learner.ca

Jonathan Moore, Vice President Business Development has a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology and is a certified Project+ project manager.  Jonathan formerly served as the Director of Technology for Winfield Kansas Public Schools for almost ten years before joining Remote-Learner in 2005. He has developed a broad set of educational technology and project management skills over the course of his career. Jonathan has worked as a full time developer and has studied computer science since 1993, bringing a strong skill set to meet the challenges of our clients developmental needs.  Jonathan is the co-author of Moodle 1.9 Extension Development  from Packt Publishing, works from Remote-Learner's Overland Park Kansas office and can be reached at extension 104.  jonathan@remote-learner.ca

Michelle Moore, Chief Learning Officer, has a Master's degree in instructional technology and taught secondary school for 10 years, as an instructional technology specialist and math teacher at the Winfield Public School District in Kansas before joining Remote-Learner in 2005.  She has played a major role in organizing Moodle conferences.  Michelle has trained thousands of teachers and business trainers how to use Moodle over the past 6 years. She coordinates our Learning Services staff to deliver R-L's onsite and online Moodle and ELIS trainings, as well as supervises our Instructional Design team.  Michelle has been recognized each year since 2005 at NECC, the national K-12 conference put on by ISTE, as being among the "Best of The Best" Presenters.   Michelle works from our Overland Park Kansas office and can be reached at extension 112. michelle@remote-learner.ca

Katherine Robeson, Chief Financial Officer, has had extensive experience in teaching and management in both academia and public services, and has been responsible for the financial aspects of mid to large sized departments along the way. Kathie has a Master of Science in Nursing and is certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She has worked with Moodle since 2003. She is completing a concurrent MBA/Ph.D with a focus on organizational management/finance (MBA) and Education (Ph.D). Kathie works from Remote-Learner's Fishersville Virginia office and can be reached at extension 121. kathie@remote-learner.ca
 

Michael Penney, Vice President for Products and Platforms, was previously the Western Region Manager for Moodlerooms. In 2007, while at Humboldt State University in Northern California, Michael received a Mellon Foundation Grant for continuation of development work on the Moodle LMS he and his staff had started. Michael has been a regular contributor at Moodle.org for many years and has demonstrated outstanding achievement as an educational technology manager and provides our clients a level of expertise that surpasses expectations. Michael is a core Moodle developer and was responsible for the Google App's integration with Moodle and other highly popular add-on's. Michael can be reached at extension 151. michael.penney@remote-learner.ca

Rod Deter, Director of Sales and Marketing, plays an instrumental role in assuring that our clients are provided with an unsurpassed, relationship-driven customer service experience.  Rod holds an MBA from the University of Nebraska.  He brings 30+ years of top-level sales management experience (both US and Global) in industry, manufacturing, electronics, computer technology and software and educational technology.   Rod can be reached at extension 117. rod@remote-learner.ca