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The Moodlerooms management team comprises educators, technologists and business leaders who have made teaching/learning – and Web enabled learning systems – the centerpiece of their careers. Along the way, we’ve learned a lot about online learning – and online learning systems. The good. And the not-so-good. That’s why we came together to form Moodlerooms. Our collective belief is that Moodle (and Moodlerooms) can be part of the ongoing transformation of education into a more dynamic, vital and collaborative process for all involved.
Steve Hoffman, Chairman of Board
Steve currently serves as CEO and Board Member of ElementK, an industry leader in the development, delivery and management of e-learning and traditional training for corporate, education and government markets. Prior to ElementK Steve served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackboard, Inc., another industry leader for online learning. He joined Blackboard from Prometric Thomson Learning, where he served as President and CEO. At Prometric, Hoffman expanded revenue from $40 million in 1995 to $250 million in 2000 through organic expansion and strategic acquisition.
Martin Knott, CEO
A respected Baltimore business owner and entrepreneur, Martin founded and funded numerous start-ups. He brings to Moodlerooms 30 years of senior-level experience within a multitude of businesses. Most recently, Martin established The Shepherd Group, a retained executive search firm, after serving as a managing director of three global search firms. Prior to entering the executive search industry, Martin was owner/CEO of an engineering and construction company serving the Mid-Atlantic region, and Chairman and CEO of a major real estate holding company.
Bob McDonald, Web Sales and Customer Services
Bob brings to Moodlerooms 20 years of experience in education and technology. From developing strategic marketing plans for technology firms to teaching students at an inner-city Baltimore high school, Bob’s wide range of work experience provides a highly responsive approach to client needs. Prior to Moodlerooms, Bob extensively used Moodle to facilitate student learning and to achieve organizational goals as department chair at an independent school.
Michael Penney, Managing Director for Moodlerooms, Western Region For the past twelve years, Penney has administered and developed projects at Humboldt State University’s Courseware Development Center. In December, 2006, Penney’s team was recognized by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and was a recipient of their $100,000 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration for their work in developing the Moodle LMS. Over the past year, Penney has also worked independently with the Intel Corporation on designing and developing Moodle tools and features.
Christopher Roy, IT Director For eight years, Roy has been a senior software developer and system administrator for Vision Multimedia Technologies, LLC.. Developing in C, C++, C#, Java, perl, and php, Roy led numerous development projects, crafting complex web applications with clean human interfaces. His extensive work in linux, solaris, windows, aix; as well as deep knowledge of mysql, sql server, postgres, oracle, and db2 make him a powerful contributor to the various integrations, customizations, and API work requested by our clients. Stuart Sim, CTO and Chief Architect
Stuart has spent the past 15 years developing enterprise solutions around the world in the education and financial sectors. His core expertise is in the design and delivery of large-scale implementations using combinations of classic and innovative development methodologies in distributed multi-disciplinary environments. Prior to joining Moodlerooms, Stuart served as the Chief Architect of the Education Business Solutions group at Sun Microsystems. At Sun, he was involved with the development and promotion of open standards in education systems design to drive down the barrier of adoption of practical technical solutions using open source projects.
Our Founders
Sheila Gatling, Co-Founder
As a 34-year veteran of the middle school classroom, Sheila is expert in teaching K-12 students, connecting with teacher education programs, and delivering professional development courses. She has been an active unionist, labor negotiator and New York State United Teachers instructor in their Effective Teaching Program. Sheila has co-authored a book entitled, The Black College Guide. She also has significant expertise integrating open source technologies, including Moodle and Linux, into classroom practice in both middle school and higher education environments.
Tom Murdock, Co-Founder
Tom arrives at Moodlerooms from a background of secondary school instruction. For the past 15 years, he has engaged students as a classroom teacher, a boarding school adviser, a wilderness expedition leader, an English department chairperson at two schools, and the administrator of a number of writing and art programs. Tom has been an enthusiastic supporter and contributor to the Moodle project for the past five years.
Gina Russell Stevens, Co-Founder
Gina has practiced as a management consultant for over 25 years. She also completed graduate study in online teaching and learning and is a certified online instructor with expertise in online community building. Her extensive experience delivering organizational development and strategic planning services to urban, minority and woman-owned enterprises has provided synergistic opportunities toward closing the digital divide. In conjunction with her consulting practice, Gina delivered classroom and online training on her models for culturally dynamicTM learning and communicating to K-12 and higher education institutions, government agencies and corporations.
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