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Meet the Patrons

Our Meet the Patrons series spotlights the Patron Members of the Learnovate Centre. Each interview offers insights into the innovative organisations that support our mission to advance learning technologies.

Join us as we delve into their visions, challenges, and contributions to the future of learning.

14 Feb 2025

Q&A with Jane Ross, EMEA Education Lead with Zoom

As part of The Learnovate Centre’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Jane Ross who is EMEA Education Lead at video communication experts Zoom.

Approx 9 minutes
14 Feb 2025

Q&A with Carma Elliott

As part of The Learnovate Centre’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Carma Elliot, the first ever College President of United World College South-East Asia (UWCSEA), the world’s largest international school.

Approx 9 minutes
14 Feb 2025

Q&A with AJ McQuillen

As part of the Learnovate Centre’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to AJ McQuillen, the Technical Product Manager at Yum! Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company with 1,500 franchisees operating more than 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories around the world.

Approx 12 minutes
14 Feb 2025

Q&A with Dr. Martyn Farrows

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Dr. Martyn Farrows, the CEO of Soapbox Labs, which delivers the highest performing and most accurate speech recognition solution for children on the market.

Approx 10 minutes
14 Feb 2025

Q&A with Fation Dragoshi

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Fation Draghoshi, Project Manager with Swisscontact, a Swiss non-profit organisation which carries out projects designed to reduce poverty in developing countries through vocational education and private sector partnerships.

Approx 8 minutes
14 Feb 2025

Q&A with John McGeown

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to John McGeown, Head of Digital Skills at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

14 Feb 2025

Q&A with James Carroll, Senior Vice President, Innovation and Digital Services, Mastercard

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to James Carroll, Senior Vice President, Innovation and Digital Services at Mastercard. James also heads-up Mastercard Labs as a Service team – a specialist advisory services arm at Mastercard focused on product innovation and digital transformation.

Approx 10 minutes
14 Feb 2025

Q&A with Greta Stahl

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Greta Stahl, the Senior Director of Organisational Learning and Development at Workday, a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management tools.

14 Feb 2025

Q&A with Dr Kevin Marshall, Head of Education at Microsoft Ireland

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Dr Kevin Marshall who has been Head of Education at Microsoft Ireland for the past 10 years.

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