I am currently an e-learning consultant as well as being part-time chair of the eLearning Network. Before this I was a co-founder of Epic, the elearning developer, and before that (in distant history) Director, Training and Creative Services for American Express.

I joined the eLN Committee at the end of 2007, and have taken on responsibility for our IT delivery.

For four days a week I work as Learning Support Manager at B&Q, a role which includes all use of technology supported learning as well as learning administration and logistics.

I also work freelance as a designer, developer and consultant.

I manage a team of IT trainers and online authors. We deliver traditional classroom training, training for delegates in international offices using virtual classroom technologies and we create online learning in-house.

An e-learning practioner and manager since 1972 via service in the Royal Navy, employment in LloydsTSB and PricewaterhouseCoopers and now specialising in benchmarking organisations in e-learning, market research, writing books and articles about corporate learning and research studies; also online development and assessment centre supported through Virtual Classrooms.

I am a director of Conation Technologies Ltd, a small consultancy that develops solutions for out of the ordinary situations, especially for rail and other safety critical industries. Core capabilities include the development of training strategies, design of training materials, effective application of new and emerging technologies in training, staff development, and project management. We also carry out out research projects.

Founder and business leader in the education and training sector

Joe Quilter has worked in publishing and training for his entire career.

Joe firstly worked for Pearsons who sponsored him through his professional postgraduate marketing qualifications.

He then worked with Brunel University and associated Colleges to market the institution and to maintain and improve the public perception of the organisation. During his period with the University, Joe also won two prestigious HEIST education awards for strategic marketing. He also completed a Masters Degree in Marketing.

As an Account Director for a specialist branding and marcoms agency, Joe has worked with many education institutions including Oxford Brookes University, Southampton University and Winchester College to help them improve their image.

Joe then moved to the corporate training field with AdVal Group plc where he successfully marketed the company as a household name after launching on the London Stock Exchange in 1998.

He has also managed many projects and clients including Volkswagen; Head Teachers and Industry; Ford Credit Europe; Standard Life; and College of Law.

As Director of Publishing for AdVal, Joe also integrated companies into the Group including Financial Times Knowledge and launched new products in partnership with the UK’s largest awarding body Edexcel.

Joe Quilter then established ea4u, a national centre for qualifications providing programmes to major organisations such as BT and Barclays Bank. He also set up QVQ Education, providing teacher software support for the school classroom. Harcourt and Edexcel remain its largest clients.

Joe is a consultant producing off-the-shelf and bespoke e-learning materials; e-diagnostics such as ‘e’ enabled 360 degree appraisal systems, Learning Management Systems and e-portfolio systems; and e-communities where groups of people can come together to network and learn new skills.

Joe Quilter is keynote speaker and has been invited to talk at Oxford University’s Said Business School, the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange. As a practicing qualified trainer he also chairs a National seminar programme to encourage the sharing of learning experiences.

A keen educationalist and marketer, Joe also plays hockey for Gerrards Cross and the United Armed Services Hockey Clubs. He has also been the Hockey Club Chairman, is a qualified coach and is now involved in youth development.

Joe lives in the Chiltern Hills with his wife Jeanette and son Craig.

Founder and Managing Director of Atlantic Link Limited - supplier of rapid e-learning software. Over 12 years in the industry. Looking to establish the UK as the leader in innovation in the e-learning industry.

Neil is one of the leaders in the field of
eLearning in the UK.

With many years of learning and
training experience Neil has
been one of the big promoters of the
modern eLearning world.

In the late
1970’s he was a pioneer of digital
communications building data networks
across the globe with the Radio Society of
Great Britain. With a technical and
engineering background he has brought a
number of disciplines together and
formed a technical training company.

In the 1990’s importing the first US created
authoring tools for CBT and offering them
to corporates to become self sufficient in
their own creation of eLearning, Neil
quickly became an authority for the DIY
eLearning market.

A regular author of ground breaking
papers, and a lively sought after speaker
for learning conferences, Neil has a
regular ‘Opinion’ column in Human
Capital Management magazine and has
been published as the ‘expert’ in Chief
Learning Officer magazine. Neil is always
found pushing the limits and challenging
every rule to ensure success for his many
high profile clients.

A modern day instructional design
specialist, coach and eLearning expert,
Neil facilitates highly successful training
conferences and seminars for those
wishing to provide performance
improvement - while using the computer
as the delivery tool.

President of the Global Network UK for
the American Society of Training and
Development (ASTD), Vice Chairman of
the eLearning Network (eLN) and a
Freeman of the City of London, Neil works
and lives in a London suburb with is wife
Cathy (a leading Human Performance
Improvement coach and facilitator) and
his 4 children.

I divide my time between independent consulting, and part-time employment as the Chief Executive of ALT - the Association for Learning Technology. ALT is a UK professional and scholarly association which promotes good practice in the use of learning technologies in education and industry, and facilitates collaboration between learning technology practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.

I spend much of my time trying to help professional services organisations get more from using e-learning.
I have juggled a career in people and finance. At Deloitte, I qualified as a chartered accountant and then became a training manager. After 5+ years of being a freelance training & e-learning consultant, my business was bought by Academy Internet in 2007.
Sleep deprived father looking forward to routine in my child's life and variety in my own.