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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.

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.

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.

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.

Francisco Torres is an experienced LMS Administrator and E-Learning Consultant. He's been a Moodler since 2006. Francisco has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences and a Master's Degree in Educational Technology. He's also a trainer: delivered face to face training in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. Francisco speaks Spanish, English and Portuguese.

James is a member of the DevOps team at Moodle US. He has been working in the IT field for over 15 years and has experience with Windows, Mac and Linux systems. He is an avid learner and enjoys the technical challenges each new day brings. In his spare time James enjoys playing Euro-inspired board games such as Terraforming Mars, Wingspan and Viticulture. He enjoys playing video games as well. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and they enjoy traveling to visit with their daughters as often as possible.

Jamie Kramer, Solutions Architect, has been working with servers, dev-ops, development, business and technology supporting education and learning for most of his career. Jamie was a Linux Systems Administrator for a large regional educational service in Nebraska. In that role, he implemented and supported internet-related state-wide services for users in a K-12 educational setting. Jamie created learning materials, conducted training and published online support documents for educational professionals and high school students. He has also managed networks and computer systems at cattle feedlots across the Cornhusker state.

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.

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.

Nicholas lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and has been building, designing, and supporting Moodle solutions for educational, corporate, and government clients for over 13 years. He is always excited to share the latest new features and implementations and to be able to contribute towards Moodle’s goals of empowering educators!

As a former online-only student, Nick knows the importance of an online education presence, and has several years of first-hand experience using Moodle as a student. Now working for Moodle US, he communicates with various clients' faculty and administrators to help answer questions and solve more complex troubleshooting issues. In his free time, he enjoys playing video games with his friends, cracking jokes and making people laugh, or learning how to repair his broken electronics!

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.

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.