Custom Development

Jonathan Moore is an independent eLearning Consultant and active Moodle community member speaking regularly at conferences. He specializes in the technical aspects of eLearning delivery. Jonathan is an expert in virtualization, performance assessment, change management, and custom development projects. Jonathan formerly served as a senior executive with former Moodle Partner Remote Learner. He served in a variety of roles including CTO, VP of Business Development, VP UK Operations, VP over Sales, and VP over Project Management. He also authored a book for Packt Publishing on Moodle Extension Development.

Jonathan started his career as the Director of Technology for Winfield Public Schools. Winfield is a mid-sized K-12 public school. He was the director for about nine years, during which time he implemented various open source technologies to provide better educational services and a budget price. His Student Technology Assistance Team (STAT) project was awarded COMPTIAs best student program award.

Jonathan has had an interest in open source software since first being introduced to Linux. He believes strongly in the open source development model and considers himself extremely blessed to work in the open source community.

As the founder and President of Moonami (now Moodle US), John has been involved with Moodle since 2013. In addition to his strategic and managerial duties, he has been involved with client implementation projects, site migrations and customer support. Prior to forming Moonami, his work experience mainly involved enterprise software services delivery, particularly in the manufacturing market. Married 31 years to Lauri Miller Porten and father of three children, he is an Indianapolis-area native, having grown up in Speedway, Indiana, home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He now lives in Noblesville, Indiana.

Galin first worked with Moodle in 2010 when he began working with Remote-Learner, a former Moodle Partner. As Director of Infrastructure, Galin supported hundreds of clients over 150 servers across 3 data centers. In 2012, he helped launch Elearning Experts where he served as Chief Technology Officer and Co-CEO.

Galin is particularly interested in distributed computing and how it applies to Moodle and LMS design in general. Other areas of interest include artificial intelligence and what defines it as such, quantum computing, non-technology, along with history and politics. He is inspired by those rare individuals who understand that working towards achieving a vision of the world as it should be rather than what it is, is not a matter of courage but rather simply a choice. He recharges through sleep, reflection, spending time with his family and dogs, and coming up with new ways to make them laugh.

Bryce loves programming! He has a bachelors in computer science, and a combined four years of working at hosting companies, both WordPress and Moodle. He also has experience in system architecture and web development. Bryce’s pastime activities include biking and listening to music. His favorite band is Vampire Weekend. He lives in Goshen, Indiana with his fiance & cat named Hedgehog.

Caleb, who is originally from Philadelphia, now lives in Northern Virginia and is a part of the Development team. His love for tech sprouted in college when he developed a website for his University's Writing Center. He hopes to continue expanding and learning new skills to help more educators and students, as he was recently a student himself. He enjoys watching sports with his family, video games with friends, and playing guitar/bass in his free time.

Chris has been working with Moodle professionally since 2008. With his extensive experience in Linux Systems administration combined with front end and back end development capabilities he has an excellent base to tackle any Moodle or system issue big or small. Additionally, his single sign on and external system integration experience allows him to assist in getting customers connected and up and running quickly.

Daniel has ten years experience teaching in higher education and development with Moodle. He enjoys innovative solutions to problems and has created and maintains several community plugins that make teachers more productive. His interests include mathematics, physics and classical languages.

Darko is an experienced software architect with over 25 years in the IT field. During this period Darko has worked on various projects that involved numerous operating systems, platforms, libraries and development environments. He has real world experience both as a developer and as a general technology/project lead.

Since 2007, Darko has been fully focused on PHP and web development predominantly in Moodle. He actively supervises development and personally developed various modules and integrations for Moodle. As a result of that focus and dedication to the Moodle LMS, Darko published book by Packt Publishing ltd. on Moodle Security in 2011.

With over 16 years of Moodle experience, Darrel provides implementation consulting, training and project management for new Moodle and Moodle Workplace clients. He also specializes in learning content development using Adobe Captivate. Married with two daughters, Darrel’s favorite hobbies are motorcycling, 4 - wheeling, and leatherwork. He lives in Helena, Montana.

David began working in e-learning as a corporate trainer and instructional designer. He transitioned into Moodle development in 2016. Since then he has helped develop code for nearly every plugin type in Moodle. He is especially fond of the configurable reports block and custom sql reports. In his free time, David spends time with his wife and kids and when time allows, he enjoys hobby programming, fishing, chess and game nights with his extended family.

Don has been working in distance education since the very beginning in the 90’s. Don has earned both his undergrad and graduate degrees from East Carolina University, where Don got his start in distance education. Don began in this field by working on blurring the lines of the physical classroom in developing an SDK to bring the classroom to state of the art Handspring devices for a company called Online Wireless Solutions (OWLS). This joint partnership with East Carolina University and Ericsson Wireless exposed Don to the future of education.

From this experience Don went into the classroom and began teaching a wide variety of courses both online and traditionally. This experience has shaped Don’s career ever since. From that point he has always wanted to provide those wanting to improve their lives through education the best opportunity to do so using the latest and greatest technology. From the classroom Don went on to run the Computer Technology Center at Pitt Community College - providing the technical education needed in the local workforce. Don took the opportunity to then head up Pitt Community College’s distance education program and capped off the transition from a proprietary LMS to Moodle. During this time Don also had the chance to work on a program bringing Associates Degrees to vocational colleges in China - working with faculty, staff, and students in China on how to implement, use, and learn with Moodle.

Don then widened his cast of providing opportunities by supporting Moodle clients with a former Moodle partner, Remote-Learner. Through Don’s time with Remote-Learner, Don moved into the Senior Key Sales Account Manager position reporting to leadership before moving on to his next opportunity. Don was hired by IntelliBoard to lead their new sales program and grew IntelliBoard’s program to 3X sales growth within 24 months.

Don comes to Moodle US with a passion to provide the best opportunity for those who want to improve their life by bringing the best LMS to the market. Ensuring as many people have the access to quality learning and great results.

Outside of work, Don enjoys photography, motorsports, cooking, reading, and travel as well as taking every opportunity at life long learning.

Eric has been working as a Moodle developer since 2006, spending much of that time at Oakland University, where he also teaches programming courses. As one of the most recognizable and respected Moodle developers in the world, he has been a regular contributor to core Moodle development and also has worked as a contract developer with many Moodle partners. He holds both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science.

Eric lives in Michigan, with his wife and four young children, where he enjoys photography, travel, and working on electronics projects.

Jim has been working in education technology for more than ten years, helping both educators and learners realize their goals. Besides his current involvement with the Moodle community, he spent many years participating in the open-source community behind the Sakai LMS, and also as a product manager for a competency-focused LMS built on the Salesforce CRM. He has extensive experience with establishing partnerships and effective integrations with other solutions that extend what an LMS can do. Jim lives in Somerville, just outside of Boston.

As the Director of Client Relations for Moonami (now Moodle US) since 2015, John has been in the edTech LMS space for nearly 20 years, including stints with Instructure (Canvas) and several firms in the Sakai market. His knowledge and experience with various commercial and open source learning management systems allows John to effectively communicate the many benefits and advantages of Moodle LMS and Moodle Workplace. John is husband and father of three children, and proud owner of an irresistibly adorable labradoodle.

Jon built a career on providing excellent customer service and helping people achieve their goals through sales. In 2021 he brought this client-focused mindset to the Moodle team beginning a new career as a software developer. He is a life-long tech enthusiast and enjoys listening to, performing, and exploring the world of music.

As a Senior Developer, Justin is involved with both client facing development projects and backend systems development. He also assists the Customer Support team with deep troubleshooting. His background includes over 10 years of development experience, working in education, manufacturing, and telecommunications industries. Justin resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his husband and two dogs. In his free time, he enjoys playing Nintendo Switch and listening to nerdcore hip hop.

Kyler is relatively new to the Moodle community, but has quickly earned the respect of peers and clients alike through his ever-expanding expertise. Kyler lives in Sun City West, Arizona and is an avid gamer.

Michael is a Senior Full Stack Developer. He brings more than 12 years' experience as a software developer. He worked on large-scale University projects previously. He also contributed many community projects. Michael lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his lovely wife and three children. He really likes cycling, hiking and traveling.

As a member of the Customer Support team, Michael's main job responsibility is managing client site upgrades. He also supports the sales team with demo site preparation and handles inbound support requests. He has a Bachelors of Science degree in Informatics from Indiana University, enjoys outdoor activities, including fishing and kayaking. He lives in Fishers, Indiana.

Former VP of Technology at Elearning Experts, Plamen lives in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with his wife and daughter. He enjoys working on complex problems and excels at explaining things to the rest of us in ordinary language.

Robert has a natural love of technology which shifted from hobby to professional career in IT. At the start it was mainly computer hardware for retail outlets but has evolved through various fields and industries. His focus has now fallen into processes, strategies, and ensuring consistency across a variety of software platforms. He has now been engaged in the support of online learning for roughly 8 years and hopes to continue to grow and learn while helping others to do the same. Aside from a continued interest in all things tech, Robert makes frequent trips into the forests in and around Virginia where he lives.

Sarah provides technical and functional support for Moodle and Moodle Workplace, investigating and resolving client issues, consulting on new and existing implementations, and supporting the team as needed. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and son. Sarah loves to sing, play drums and piano, and solve puzzles of all sorts - jigsaws, crossword, rubix and more!

Syamlal has over 5 years of working experience in Linux/DevOps Platform. In his role at Moodle US, he works to help resolve client’s technical issues. In his leisure time, he enjoys travelling, reading books, and bike rides.

Ted has been an active member of the Moodle community since 2007. An experienced trainer and Moodle administrator, Ted is passionate about contributing to people-oriented solutions in all of his endeavors. Ted is also a Marine Corps veteran, an avid video gamer, and an official Mootineer for the Montana Mountain Moot.

Trevor McCready is a learning solutions and technology professional with over 20 years of hands-on leadership experience in online higher education. Having worked with dozens of businesses and non-profit organizations with their elearning initiatives, Trevor understands their challenges and thrives on helping develop and implement solutions. When Trevor has spare time, he loves hockey, kayaking, guitar music and doing pretty much anything with his family.

Vinod is an enthusiastic professional always striving for the best outcome. He carries nine years of experience in application development and has successfully delivered several projects with 100% client satisfaction, which he considers to be the key responsibility. Being very passionate, Vinod is always willing to go the extra mile to help the customers as well as the team. He keeps himself motivated by learning new things.