Lambda Solutions e-Learning 2.0 Online Training and Moodle Experts
Shevy Levy
CEO
Shevy spent the first ten years of her career in Instructional Design and Development, working with various eLearning systems, including SumTotal Systems’ click2Learn, for which she was a Lead Researcher. She went on to become the Vice-President of Training and Development at TELES Training, Inc. before forming Lambda Solutions in 2002. Shevy’s commitment to the Global eLearning community is also recognized through her activities at the Brandon Hall eLearning Excellence Award and her contributions to the eLearning Guild as a research publisher. Shevy holds a M. Sc in Mathematics from Simon Fraser University.
Jim Yupangco
Vice President, Research & Development
Jim is Lambda Solutions’ VP of Research & Development and a co-founder of the company. He brings to Lambda over 14 years of applied knowledge in various technical and creative tools.
Jim oversees the development of graphical and instructional media for various Lambda projects. He is both the creative and technical force behind many of the new media tools, programming languages and educational technologies used to create Lambda Solutions courses. Jim holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and a post-baccalaureate Diploma in English literature from Simon Fraser University. He also holds an Applied Information Technology Diploma from ITI, Vancouver.
Pieter Dorsman
Vice President, Finance & Corporate Development
Pieter is Lambda Solutions’ VP of Finance & Corporate Development and also sits on the company’s Board of Directors.
Peter has advised many early stage technology companies on finance and investment, corporate development, legal structure and overall business strategies. He is a co-founder and former CFO of Actenum Corp. and currently an advisory board member at Aftercad Software Inc. and Optemo Technologies Inc. Pieter also serves as a director on the boards of ClearVision Technologies Inc. and Migenix Inc, a TSX-listed biotechnology firm.
Prior to his career in technology, Pieter held a number of senior positions at UBS in Hong Kong where he was responsible for project and corporate finance mandates in the South-East Asian region as well as in China. Prior to this, he worked for Barclays Bank PLC in Hong Kong and London where he started his career. Pieter holds a Master’s degree in Economic and Social History from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where he also studied law.
Brian Doherty
Director of Information Systems
Brian is Lambda Solutions Director of Information Systems. He is responsible for the design, build and maintenance of the Company's technical needs. He brings to Lambda extensive experience with high availability systems, distributed systems and geographically diverse systems.
Brian has over 13 years working at various levels in the IT industry, across both Ireland and Canada, in private and public services. Brian co-founded and was Technical Director of Ireland's 2nd largest wireless Internet Service Provider in 2003, worked for the world's 2nd largest online gaming site, and joined the Lambda team in early 2011. Brian also previously worked in the Commission for Communications Regulation in Ireland.
Brian holds an B. Eng Honours Degree in Telecommunications/Information and Communications Engineering from Dublin City University.
Frank Leffelaar
Vice President, Marketing
Frank has over 20 years of international experience in marketing, communications and business development. Educated at the European Business School in London, he developed a career in Europe as an international marketing manager for Fortune 500 companies including Shell, Prime Computer, Intergraph, and Ericsson. After moving to Vancouver in 1998, he has worked in senior marketing roles at Cadex Electronics, Crystal Decisions and Mustang Survival, and as an independent Online Marketing Strategist.
Frank is experienced and knowledgeable in all facets of marketing, but holds a special interest in using online marketing insights to optimize strategy and results for B2B and B2C companies. He enjoys working with companies and their marketing and IT teams to develop innovative online marketing strategies to increase online presence, brand engagement and lead conversion.
Frank lives in Vancouver’s South Granville area with his wife Kathy. He has a passion for food and wine and enjoys traveling, skiing and sailing.
Pieter Dorsman
Vice President, Finance & Corporate Development
Pieter is Lambda Solutions’ VP of Finance & Corporate Development and also sits on the company’s Board of Directors.
Peter has advised many early stage technology companies on finance and investment, corporate development, legal structure and overall business strategies. He is a co-founder and former CFO of Actenum Corp. and currently an advisory board member at Aftercad Software Inc. and Optemo Technologies Inc. Pieter also serves as a director on the boards of ClearVision Technologies Inc. and Migenix Inc, a TSX-listed biotechnology firm.
Prior to his career in technology, Pieter held a number of senior positions at UBS in Hong Kong where he was responsible for project and corporate finance mandates in the South-East Asian region as well as in China. Prior to this, he worked for Barclays Bank PLC in Hong Kong and London where he started his career. Pieter holds a Master’s degree in Economic and Social History from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where he also studied law.
Shevy Levy
CEO
Shevy spent the first ten years of her career in Instructional Design and Development, working with various eLearning systems, including SumTotal Systems’ click2Learn, for which she was a Lead Researcher. She went on to become the Vice-President of Training and Development at TELES Training, Inc. before forming Lambda Solutions in 2002. Shevy’s commitment to the Global eLearning community is also recognized through her activities at the Brandon Hall eLearning Excellence Award and her contributions to the eLearning Guild as a research publisher. Shevy holds a M. Sc in Mathematics from Simon Fraser University.
Murray Goldberg
Director
Murray sits on Lambda Solutions’ Board of Directors. He is the president and co-founder of Silicon Chalk and the president, creator and founder of WebCT, the world's leading provider of asynchronous educational tools. Murray also founded Brainify.com in 2007 and has served as a consultant, advisor, board member and board chairman for numerous technology and education companies.
As a widely recognized thought leader in the field of online teaching and learning, Murray has given over 200 keynote and invited lectures and is an expert resource for business, education and technology organizations and education media. He was a tenured member of the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia and has won numerous teaching prizes, including the prestigious UBC Killam teaching prize in his first year as a faculty member.
Peter Briscoe
Director
Peter sits on Lambda Solutions’ Board of Directors. He is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, most recently active as founder, President and CEO of Convedia Corp, where he raised $20M USD in venture capital, the largest ever US investment in Canadian IT start-up at the time. The company was acquired in 2006 for $105 million.
Prior to Convedia, Peter was the Founder and EVP of Starvision Multimedia, an ATM-based Broadband services platform. He has also held a number of senior positions in the past with MPR Teltech, Bell-Northern Research and Nortel. Peter remains an active member in the technology community, where he spends his time advising start-ups on telecommunications and product development. Some of his experience includes assisting Burnaby Schools in successfully designing and implementing a broadband communication network and teaching an advanced Engineering course at SFU to 100 BC Tel Engineers. Peter holds a B.Sc. (Honours) Electrical Engineering (computer/communication/control).
Dave Emmett
Advisor to Management
Dave sits on Lambda Solutions’ Board of Advisors, as an Advisor to Management. He has spent over 40 years in large, small, brand-name and embryonic companies in engineering, marketing and business development.
Some of Dave’s experience includes developing and managing the development of jet engines for Rolls Royce, scanners for Xerox, shrink wrap software for Adobe Systems and Calera and various printing systems and OCR products for both large and small companies. He is also currently named on 7 US patents with 5 patents pending. Dave holds a Presidential and Key Executive MBA from Pepperdine University and a combined honors degree course in Pure Mathematics and Physics from Exeter University.
Joel S. Mackoff
Legal Advisor
Joel sits on Lambda Solutions’ Board of Advisors, as a Legal Advisor. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s legal affairs.
Joel has acted as counsel in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, and the Federal Court of Canada. He is a member of the B.C. Mediator Roster (Civil). In 1993, he became a founding partner in the law firm of Kornfeld Mackoff Silber. For the last 29 years, he has practiced exclusively in the field of civil litigation and has litigated disputes involving infringement of database design, wrongful interception of data streams, and appropriation of confidential computer logic. He has also acted as counsel both for and against financial institutions in numerous debtor-creditor, insolvency and priority disputes. Joel holds a B.A. (Hon.) Philosophy and completed his LL. B. at the University of British Columbia. He was called to the British Columbia bar in 1976.
Joshua Keshet
Advisor to Management
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Vancouver, BC, July 15, 2010 - Lambda Solutions has announced that it has received official Partner Status for the “Mahara” Open-Source e-Portfolio software application, used for collaborative and reflective online learning.
Vancouver, BC, June 7, 2010 - Lambda Solutions has been awarded a highly sought-after contract by the Trucking Safety Council of BC (TSCBC) to implement a custom Integrated Management System and Auditing Tool to support its certification and training programs.
The Trucking Safety Council of BC is a not-for-profit WorkSafeBC Partner, whose mandate is to promote occupational health and safety in the trucking industry. The Council's Certificate of Recognition (COR) program was put in place to recognize trucking industry employers for their commitment to health and safety procedures.
Lambda Solutions, a Vancouver based e-Learning company and Moodle Partner, will work with TSCBC over the next few months, to develop a custom Integrated Management System (IMS) and Auditing Tool (AT) for the COR project. The IMS and AT will be based on a customized Moodle LMS platform, developed from scratch. The finished product is expected to launch in September, providing TSCBC with Learning Management, Auditing, Database and Data Management capabilities, in a single web-based tool.
"The Trucking Safety Council of BC has found Lambda to be a competent and professional organization," said Rob Weston, Executive Director of TSCBC. "We are happy to have them provide us with a management tool that will meet our needs."
About Lambda Solutions
Lambda Solutions is a full-service Moodle Partnered organization, specializing in a wide range of e-Learning services, including Online Course Development and a full range of services for the Moodle (LMS) Learning Management System. Lambda Solutions has worked with a variety of Corporations, Government Organizations and Educational Institutions throughout North America, including PMC-Sierra, Kumon, Rogers, Vancity, BC Hydro, UBC, SFU and the governments of Alberta and British Columbia. The company was founded in 2002 and is based out of Vancouver, Canada. For more information, visit www.lambdasolutions.net.
About TSCBC
With funding assistance from WorkSafeBC, the Trucking Safety Council of BC was created in February, 2008 to address the high personal and economic costs of work-related injury and death in the trucking industry. The primary objective of the Council is to establish itself as a key agency representing the occupational health and safety needs of the trucking industry in BC by providing services and programs that will influence improvements in workplace safety performance. It also provides a leadership role by advocating for safety improvements where required and supporting ongoing research on issues of industry safety and management. For more information, visit www.safetydriven.ca.
Vancouver, BC, Jan 10, 2010 -Lambda Solutions has successfully deployed a custom Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) for the Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia (OHSAH).
OHSAH is a provincial government agency which provides injury and illness prevention training for British Columbia’s healthcare industry workers. In the fall of 2009, OHSAH contracted Lambda Solutions, a Vancouver-Based authorized Moodle Partner, to deploy its training material into a Moodle Learning Management System. The Moodle was successfully rolled out for testing in late 2009, allowing OHSAH to more effectively train, track, certify and provide feedback to learners, over the web. The organization is now preparing to administer the Moodle to Healthcare Workers around B.C.
"We chose Moodle because it's cost effective to install, has no annual licensing fees and is a flexible and modular install, allowing us to build out the system with more functionality as we need to," said Catherine Ogden, Director of Knowledge Solutions for OHSAH. "Overall we are very satisfied with Moodle. It has streamlined our learning process for users and has enabled more instructional methods to be incorporated into future course developments, such as discussion forums, blogs and wikis."
Lambda finished developing and installing the Moodle LMS in late 2009, with a custom theme, functionality and compatibility with a Windows-based environment. OHSAH’s Knowledge Solutions team is now preparing to administer their Moodle-based courses to B.C Healthcare Workers and Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees around British Columbia.
About Lambda Solutions
Lambda Solutions is a full-service Moodle Partnered organization, specializing in a wide range of e-Learning services, including Online Course Development and a full range of services for the Moodle (LMS) Learning Management System. Lambda Solutions has worked with a variety of Corporations, Government Organizations and Educational Institutions throughout North America, including PMC-Sierra, Kumon, Rogers, Vancity, BC Hydro, UBC, SFU and the governments of Alberta and British Columbia. The company was founded in 2002 and is based out of Vancouver, Canada. For more information, visit www.lambdasolutions.net.
About OHSAH
The Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare (OHSAH) in British Columbia is a provincial occupational health and safety agency for the healthcare sector. OHSAH's goal is to reduce workplace injuries and illness in healthcare workers and return injured workers back to the job quickly and safely. OHSAH is jointly governed by employers and unions (bipartite), providing an innovative approach to improving workplace health and safety in the healthcare sector. For more information, visit www.OHSAH.bc.ca.
