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Meet the team who helps to drive knowledge, research and thought leadership at QA, and our learning experts who help QA excel in training.

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Practice Directors

Richard Beck

Director of Cyber Security

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Pardeep (aka Paddy) Dhanda

Agile Practice Director

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Dr Ian Clarkson

Project & Programme Management Practice Director

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David Pool

Data, AI & ML Practice Director

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Learning Experts

Andrew Larkin

Self-paced learning head of content

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Ben Davies

QA Curriculum Manager and Information Technology Expert

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Bret Appleby

IT Infrastructure & Networks: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Bryan O'Connor

VMware, CompTIA & CCC: Principal Learning Technical Specialist

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Carl Karshagen

PPM: Learning Programme Director

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Daniel Ives

Cloud: Learning Consultant

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David Bedford

Cloud & Virtualisation: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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David Tomlinson

PPM & Agile: Senior Learning Specialist

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Ed Walters

Business Systems Development: Senior Consultant

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Farish Kashefinejad

Full-Stack Development Content Creator

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Gerry McCafferty

PPM: Learning Consultant

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Guy Davis

Cyber Security: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Guy Hummel

Azure & Google Cloud Content Lead

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Jane Howell

Microsoft Dynamics 365: Principal Technology Learning Specialist

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John Chell

Cloud Technology Assessment Manager

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Justin Watkins

Cloud Computing & Virtualisation: Senior Technical Learning Specialist

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Kofi Glover

Data, Analytics & AI: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Lisa Delaney

Principal Learning Specialist (Risk)

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Liz Robertson

Virtual Classroom: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Logan Rakai

Lead Content - Labs

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Luke Radford

Digital Transformation Consultant

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Margaret Kennedy

PPM: Senior Learning Specialist

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Mark Amory

Cyber Security: Training Delivery Manager

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Namir Sabbagh

Testing: Principal Learning Specialist

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Paul Thomas

Amazon Web Services: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Paul Wigzel

Service Management: Learning Consultant

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Phil Crayford

Microsoft Productivity: Principal Technologist

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Richard Edgerton

Digital Productivity and Office Applications: Learning consultant

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Richard O'Brien

Office Applications, Adobe: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Rob Blincoe

Cloud & Virtualisation: Learning Consultant

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Russell Stagg

Microsoft Azure: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Sam Wright

Digital Marketing: Senior Technical Learning Specialist

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Scott Hayes

Principal Technologist: Apple

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Scott Stephenson

Network Infrastructure: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Steve Rouse

Management, Leadership & Personal Effectiveness: Principle Learning Specialist

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Stuart Scott

AWS Lead

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Tahir Shafiq

Microsoft 365/Google Workspace: Principal Technical Learning Specialist

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Terry Ellis

Senior Learning Specialist

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