Megan brings over a decade of business consulting and project management experience to her instructional design and development work. She teaches our LLAMA (Agile project management) and instructional design classes, kicks off new design projects and makes sure everyone’s having a good time. Elearning guru by day, and ice hockey goaltender by night, Megan is devoted to not only delivering outstanding work to clients, but also creating a top-notch work environment based on trust, flexibility, compassion, and fun.
Willem van Reesema is our “New Client Concierge”. If you need a response to a formal or informal request for information (RFI), request for quote (RFQ), or request for proposal (RFP), please email Willem at wvanreesema@torrancelearning.com.
He helps each new client to develop their elearning business solution, scope of work, budget, contract; including master service agreement and statement of work, and successful start through our “Project Ignition” process. His work results in long-term, happy client relationships for TorranceLearning.
Steve joined the TorranceLearning team in late 2016. He brings tons of leadership experience in marketing, business and project management having served a number of high profile organizations such as Zingerman’s, Borders Group and the University of Michigan. Steve’s legacy includes the branding for Ann Arbor’s Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, including their eponymous brand font MunoBold.
Even in his spare time Steve rarely sits still; he is an avid bicyclist, ice skater and enjoys trying to keep up as the father of four fabulous kids!
Steve is our COO and “Integrator” keeping our operations running smoothly. He’s in charge of staffing, office operations and billing – and creative direction.
Matt Robinson joined the TorranceLearning team in early 2018. He has worked in corporate accounting for over 10 years. His expertise is in accounts receivable and accounts payable. As our Financial Specialist, he coordinates client billing, and supplier payments among other internal finance and accounting functions. He is very excited to help our clients and suppliers with all aspects of our financial relationships both quickly and professionally!
Susanne joined the TorranceLearning team in 2018 and keeps things running smoothly at the office and wherever the team may travel. She handles everything from organizing office events to supporting Megan’s zany schedule, all the while juggling a myriad of day-to-day needs for the entire team. Susanne devotes her spare time to family, volunteering throughout the Chelsea community, and the pursuit of one of her biggest passions: English riding and eventing.
Michelle is a graphic designer and course developer with a fine arts and print media background. As one of our most experienced course developers, Michelle is often responsible for setting a course standard and template, and helping to enforce that consistency over the course of a project. At the same time, she has overseen the gradual evolution of course designs with some of our most long-standing clients whose “look and feel” have been updated over the years.
Alison Hass joined TorranceLearning in 2014. She was a classroom educator for 10 years before transitioning from the chalkboard to the computer screen. Now she’s one of our instructional designers, drawing on her extensive repertoire of techniques to engage learners, inspire change, and get the message to stick. Alison’s an admitted word nerd; she loves crosswords, word games, and finding the perfect word for every situation.
Caitlin joined the TorranceLearning team in 2015. Since then, she has managed numerous projects helping clients educate their learners on everything from soft skills to consumer products to continuing medical education. Caitlin brings a strategic eye to all her projects to ensure that they run smoothly and client needs are met.
Leanne has worn a few different hats at TorranceLearning; her current being that of an instructional designer. She’s also a formidable wordsmith—with a strong background in written and technical communication—and our resident screencaster extraordinaire.
Matt Kliewer joined the TorranceLearning team in 2011, bringing with him a background in computer graphics & 3D animation and a passion for filmmaking. Matt’s our go-to guy for filming & editing video, YouTube, amazing graphics and geeky elearning interactions.
Erin joined the team in early 2016. After years working as an information architect and user experience designer, she comes to TorranceLearning ready to play with data and create amazing experiences for clients and learners alike!
After doing many internships within the team, Rachel became an official member of TorranceLearning in 2016. With a background in Public Relations and Event Management, Rachel joined the team as an office manager and event coordinator, and quickly became interested in the world of learning and development. She switched over to a full-time course development position in November of 2017, and loves being able to use her creativity to bring engaging learning content to life.
Peter joined TorranceLearning as a software developer in 2018–after teaching himself to code and teaching others to code for more than two decades, it seemed like it was time to write some software himself. In addition to his coding and teaching experience, he also brings a background in instructional design and multimedia development. In his free time, Peter likes coding games along with virtual and augmented reality.
Dean is one of our Project Manager Instructional Developers. His background lies in the world of music production, both live and in the studio. He has toured the country multiple times, and for the past 15 years, served as a producer and engineer for a number of projects. In the past year, he has turned his sights on cloud computing, learning Amazon Web Services. In his spare time, he volunteers with the Chelsea Marching Band and enjoys watching his son compete in Special Olympics.
Anne has been in the education field for nearly 10 years from classroom teaching to leading a technology training team. She joined the TorranceLearning team to share her passion for and knowledge of learning and development to create impactful learning experiences. She loves being able to use her creativity to create learning content and enjoys scrapbooking and crafting too!
Todd joined the team at TorranceLearning in March of 2018. He has over 20 combined years’ experience designing and developing for web and print both professionally and freelance. His experience includes 15 years in academia at the university level as an Instructional Designer, Multimedia Developer and Technology Consultant. Todd brings both his creative and analytical knowledge in eLearning development to the team. He is also the illustrator for two children picture books currently in production that he and his wife created together. In his free time, Todd enjoys the outdoors, boating and spending time with family and friends.
Emily Ravenwood joined TorranceLearning in 2018. With 19 years as university teaching faculty, and 9 as a website designer, Emily brings considerable experience with universal design and effective writing to the team. A Michigan native, though long transplanted to Ohio and New Jersey, Emily spends a lot of time online, reading, writing, and keeping up with a far-flung network of friends.
Linda’s career started in the human resources field and migrated into the corporate training area. She has over twenty years’ experience in training and development including everything from needs analysis to design and delivery of training. She joined Torrance Learning team to continue designing and developing in an environment that seeks to stay abreast of the latest technologies and deliver learning solutions that meet the client’s needs while engaging the learner and help them grow.
Joe has enjoyed studying and working in a wide variety of fields, including Automotive Engineering, Web and Computer Programming, Video Production, and working at a Community College.
Regardless of the medium or locale, Joe enjoys delivering knowledge to others — from writing technical manuals, to teaching a class, to making training videos, and beyond. He enjoys creating training that users will enjoy, and that will “stick.” Joe is excited to be at TorranceLearning, where he combines his background and interests to help people learn.
In his spare time, Joe enjoys traveling, photography, dancing, eating and learning. And more eating.
Zari Ozturk is a media and communications professional with over twenty years of experience in publishing, academia (film and video studies), and journalism. She joined the TorranceLearning team in 2018 after having recently relocated to Ann Arbor. Zari loves working as a course builder as it allows her to use her various technological and creative strengths in teaching/learning, design and communication. In the course of her career, she has written two children’s books, directed two award winning short films and a documentary, translated seven children’s books from English to Turkish, and coordinated the publishing of over a hundred books.
Photography by Michelle Massey Barnes – masseybarnesphotography.com