Kineo UK

Paul Welch

Role

Paul is a Projects Director at Kineo with ten years' experience in the industry. In this time he has designed and delivered projects of varying size and complexity from short, five minute product knowledge modules to 40 hour blended solutions with a value in excess of £500k. Paul has a wealth of experience to draw on, having delivered innovative solutions for a diverse range of organisations from both the public and private sector.

Career

Before working in the e-learning industry Paul worked for a large multinational computer company before leaving to study for his psychology degree. This background has furnished Paul with solid understanding of both IT and learning theory - handy skills for a designer working in this industry!

Personal

"I really enjoy offering our clients solutions that meet their training needs in a creative way, whether that's designing a treatment that breathes new life into existing content or working up an entire design from a blank sheet of paper. It's gratifying to know that you've delivered something that has met the needs of the target audience whilst remaining engaging, and dare I say it, even fun wherever possible."

Sam Cook

Role

Sam is the Head of Testing at Kineo, and he and his team are responsible for ensuring consistent quality in all our products. He has overseen the testing process for every Kineo client - from BP, to the Ministry of Justice, to McDonald's. His team undertake a broad range of testing tasks, from proofreading to accessibility testing.

Career

Sam has worked in e-learning testing for nearly seven years, originally starting at Epic as a tester and then progressing to Lead tester. Sam joined Kineo in 2007, when the company comprised just 11 full time staff, and over the last two years Sam has established and expanded Kineo's testing processes to match the company's growth and growing client list.

Personal

"My team are one of the busiest at Kineo, as we see every project the company works on. I enjoy the continuing challenge of maintaining quality in a fast-paced environment, and am determined to ensure that the great work Kineo produces is delivered to the highest standards of quality."

Adrian Day

Role

Adrian is Creative Director at Kineo and oversees all creative output from concept to delivery across a range of disciplines. His role also requires him to manage and mentor Kineo's graphics team as well as being hands on in the creation of interactive learning material for clients including Hmv, Waterstones, RYA,O2, Virgin and BP.

Career

Adrian has over twenty years of experience in the design industry and over 6 years within the e-learning arena. He began work as a junior technical illustrator / airbrush and marker visual artist, working his way through print and interactive cd-roms creating illustrations and animations for the games industry, and progressing to freelance web design and video production for companies both in the UK and abroad. He's worked with clients such as AOL, British Airways, MOD, O2, Sony, Time Warner and Great Ormand Street Hospital.

Personal

"Being Creative Director has given me the chance to work with a great team, enabling me to pass on knowledge and enthusiasm to new and existing members of the team, encouraging them to enjoy their job and work to the best of their abilities. I have had the chance to meet and work with some great clients, explore new technologies, and blend this with new and old techniques to create some innovative e-learning solutions."

Matthew Leathes

Assistant Technical Director

Role

Matt is responsible for all technical aspects of Kineo's e-learning content and production. He designed and developed Kineo's main flash-based e-learning content development framework and also is the technical expert for programming in all other tools used by Kineo such as Atlantic Link or Articulate. He also advises Kineo staff and clients on technical aspects of design and development. Matt has worked on hundreds of e-learning solutions over the 7 years he's been involved in the industry, and has a huge range of experience in tailoring such solutions for many different clients, whether private- or public-sector.

Career

Matt has been working in the technology sector for more than 12 years, moving into web development at almost exactly the same time that Google was first released. He was an intranet developer for Denplan and then ntl before moving to Brighton and joining Epic where he worked for 5 years as developer and then senior developer. Matt started creating e-learning in Flash just as the release of Flash Player 6 revolutionized Flash development and was instrumental in driving it forward as a technology platform for e-learning at Epic. He became Kineo's eighth permanent employee in January 2008 where he continued to drive forward flash-based e-learning development as well as creating innovative functionality for off-the-shelf e-learning tools. Matt has worked with a huge range of blue-chip corporate and public-sector clients in his career, including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, M&S, the BBC, the FA, the RAF, Orange, Vodafone, Maersk, Prudential, Standard Life, Rank, Cable&Wireless, HP, Apple, Macmillan Cancer Care and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Personal

"I love explaining complex technical problems and solutions to non-technical people in a way they can understand - I consider part of my job to be a kind of 'technical translator'. I believe that the best technical solutions should be simple to understand and easy to explain. Technology should be an enabler and not a barrier!"

Kirstie Greany

Projects Director

Role

Kirstie is a Projects Director at Kineo, where she heads-up a creative team of learning designers and project managers, working closely with clients to ensure their needs are met. Kirstie is an experienced instructional designer, and worked as a senior designer with Kineo from its early beginnings, before moving into her new role. She has extensive experience in designing creative e-learning, blended and Moodle-based solutions for a range of clients, from BP to Ufi.

Career

As an English graduate, Kirstie entered into the world of learning design through scriptwriting, and quickly moved into more fully fledged instructional design. Whilst most of Kirstie's career has been within e-learning organizations, including designing immersive learning for the National Police, she also has experience in producing websites, games and e-marketing for the arts, which helps bring a 'comms' angle into her e-learning solutions.

Personal

"I love working with clients to get to the heart of their requirements, and designing solutions alongside Kineo's Creative and Technical Directors that are innovative, attention grabbing, and most of all, that work. I also like to be flexible in how we work with our clients - if you like collaborating and drawing up ideas together, that's great; if you want us to go away and come back with something more polished, that works for me too."

Stuart Chadwick

Role

Stuart is a Solutions Consultant at Kineo. His role is to initially work with new clients to establish their business requirement and ensure that Kineo's solution meets their needs. He also acts as an account manager, looking after clients’ best interests and fostering ongoing business relationships. His clients include Nikon, Vodafone, Canon, British American Tobacco, Thomas Cook, UNESCO, the BBC, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Homes & Communities Agency and the NSPCC.

Stuart provides consultative advice covering all things e-learning, from design through to development and implementation. These include use of learning strategies, content development, effective interactive approaches, e-learning tools, learning management systems and internal marketing. He has worked on a wide range of projects from online qualifications to award winning educational games, LMS design to the development of online communities.

Career

Stuart studied as a product designer and went on to lecture in the same at the University of Wolverhampton, where he first started developing e-learning. After a spell working as a Producer during the dot com boom and a Ski Resort Manager in France, he then went on to be a Lead Designer and Project Leader for web and e-learning projects at Epic, before moving to Kineo in 2008.

Personal

"I love to design learning experiences which really engage people and make them enjoy learning. I like to get under the skin of a client's objectives and work out how to bring these to life for their learners. I really enjoy working with new technologies and finding ways for them to expand what we can provide in e-learning. Working as Solutions Consultant for Kineo gives me the chance to lend my experience to a fantastic range of clients and I have developed some great relationships."

Wendy Weller-Davies

Projects Director Kineo Sheffield

Role

Wendy set up the Sheffield office for Kineo in 2008. She has been in the e-learning industry for over 20 years, as instructional designer, project manager, consultant and projects director.

The Sheffield office looks after clients who are based in the North as well as a number of major clients such as HSBC and Capita. Wendy personally manages many projects and also oversees all projects run from the Sheffield office.

Wendy manages the Sheffield team to deliver high quality e-learning solutions that delight our clients and lead to repeat business.

Career

A career in secondary science teaching provided the springboard for Wendy to make the jump to designing CBT (as it was popularly known in those days). Since then she has gained experience with organisations including a performance management consultancy, an Indian e-learning provider and two UK based e-learning companies, covering all aspects of the e-learning business from initial business development through to implementation, from straightforward systems training through to complex business simulations.

This breadth of experience has equipped her for her current role of Projects Director where she is able to guide the team to win and deliver excellent projects that bring our customers back for more.

Personal

"I enjoy the challenge of finding ever better ways to create excellent e-learning efficiently and effectively. I also love to explore how technology can be used in novel and interesting ways to help organisations achieve their business ambitions."

Theo Cardiff

Role

Theo is the Head of E-learning Development. She and her team develop e-learning courses using authoring tools and Kineo’s HTML and Flash-based templates. They also provide expertise and training in rapid tools such as Articulate and Captivate. Theo has worked closely with clients to enable a collaborative approach based around the use of rapid tools.

Career

Before working in e-learning, Theo worked in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. It was during this time that she developed a keen interest in finding ways of using technology to improve efficiency. This led to her training other people in the use of various applications.

Her interest in learning was further increased after she spent a year and half teaching English as a foreign language in Spain and the UK.

Theo joined Kineo in November 2007 and was the first and only e-learning developer. Since then she has helped to grow the e-learning development team and define its role within the company.

Personal

"I love it when our team becomes an extension of the client's internal team. It's enormously satisfying finding the right model for collaborating in the development of e-learning. I enjoy helping clients to select and work with e-learning tools sharing the knowledge that we’ve gained."