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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.

12 Jun 2023

Q&A with Mark Finlay

As part of The Learnovate Centre’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Mark Finlay who is Head of Public Sector for AWS, a company that provides services in cloud technology solutions in areas including compute, data storage, data analytics, machine learning and security.

12 Apr 2022

Q&A with Des Anderson

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Des Anderson, the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of LearnUpon, a company that empowers organisations to train their employees, partners and customers via its cloud-based learning management system.

12 Jan 2022

Meet the Patrons Q&A with Darren McGee, Poly’s Senior Alliance Manager EMEA

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Darren McGee who is Senior Alliance Manager EMEA at Poly, a global leader in video and voice solutions.

12 Nov 2021

Meet the Patrons 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.

12 Jul 2021

Meet the Patrons Q&A with Hibernia College’s Head of Digital Learning, Francis McKeagney

Before joining Hibernia College two years ago, Francis had spent most of his career in the commercial world. He was with CBT Systems for 12 years. CBT, which changed its name to SmartForce and is now Skillsoft, was the first Irish tech company to go public on Nasdaq and is now the biggest e-learning company in the commercial space.

12 Jul 2021

Meet the Patrons Q&A with Andrew Miller, CEO of Folens

As part of The Learnovate Centre’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Andrew Miller who is CEO at Folens, an Irish-owned company producing a range of educational content for the past 60 years.

12 Jun 2021

Meet the Patrons 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.

12 Mar 2021

Meet the Patrons with APPLY Synergies’ Bob Mosher

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Bob Mosher who is CEO and Chief Learning Evangelist at APPLY Synergies which helps learning professionals design, develop and measure effective learning and performance support through its 5 Moments of Need design methodology.

12 Jan 2021

Meet the Patrons: Learning Pool’s Sharon Claffey Kaliouby

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Sharon Claffey Kaliouby who is VP, North America, for Learning Pool, which was established to bring online learning into organisations in a collaborative way.

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