Corps trainers are carefully selected for their superior knowledge in their chosen area of expertise and also their ability to deliver the information in a simple and coherent way. Each and every trainer works with the technologies in their day-to-day work ensuring that their experience in more than theoretical, they know what happens when you work with it. Below are some of the trainers available to you:
Alpesh Tailor
Web application development and consultancy Working in web technolgies since 1993 Alpesh has gained considerable knowledge and experience as a freelance new media developer and trainer.
He is not simply a code-head as he easily understands business, application and design issues and advise on how best to train your staff in current an emerging technologies.
Alpesh is a Certified Adobe Application Developer and Instructor.
Andrew Moreton
Design, graphics and new media Andrew has been involved in electronic publishing since 1989. He is a graphic designer and consultant assisting companies and organisations as they embraced the move to Desktop Publishing and multimedia.
He is an Adobe Certified Expert and has written for Digit, CGI magazines and Pearson education.
Donald Kallenbach
Design, graphics and web Donald comes from a traditional Graphic Design background and has run his own design studio.
His has a strong typographical and print knowledge and has successfully combined this with his web development experience.
Don is a certified Adobe trainer.
Donna Oxley
Design and graphics Donna has served a traditional printing apprenticeship as a hot metal compositor. Since 1985 she has worked around the world working on every generation of typesetting and image manipulation system and has been involved with Postscript and Macintosh since 1989.
Donna now works as a Freelance Pre-Press Consultant and Trainer for Corps Business. She is an Adobe certified Instructor.
Gavin Orland
Web
Gavin is an Adobe Certified Flash Instructor and has been working with Corps since 2002. He has a First Class Degree and a Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design & Advertising.
Having worked for numerous London agencies, Gavin now runs his own web development company. He is conversant with many web-related applications and technologies, he specialises in Adobe Flash and its programming language, ActionScript.
Greg Jones
Design, graphics and web Greg is a photographer and artist. He has worked with Photoshop since the very early versions and has worked on a wide range of projects producing screen and web graphics, publications and large scale photographic prints for exhibition.
Greg is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and has a teaching qualification.
Jeremy Leer
Video and motion graphics Jerry is a Apple certified trainer and Adobe certified expert with over 13 years experience in post production and training.
He started in audio production and moved into post production in the early 1990's as a freelance editor and special effects compositor.
You will often see Jerry at shows and events presenting with the Corps team.
Martin Fisher
Office
Martin has spent much of his time working with corporate organisations, within marketing and communications departments training and consulting on all of the MS Office applications including Access and Project.
Martin is an Associate of the Institute of IT Trainers and is TAP qualified.
Matt Wynne
OSX and systems Matt is a specialist in Systems and Server support for businesses. When he is not training for Corps he has a company that provides SMEs with Network/IT management, Mac/Windows integration, FileMaker development for integrated
job-tracking systems.
Matt is one of only a few freelance certified Apple instructors in the UK.
Mike Strange
Design, graphics and workflow Mike comes from a studio background and has a wide range of experience in graphics and typography.
His portfolio includes
practically everything in print from logos to billboards, brochures
to high-end retouching
and more.
His indepth knowledge of the various software tools allow him to train with a real world perspective.
Mike is an Adobe Certified trainer.
Nigel French
Design and graphics Nigel French has 15-years experience as a graphic designer and trainer. He is the former director of the graphic design
programme at University of California, Berkeley Extension and has
taught various aspects of graphic design in colleges. An Adobe
Certified trainer and Certified Instructor, he is author of InDesign
Type: Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign, and Photoshop
Unmasked: The Art and Science of Selections, Layers, and Path.
Ravinder Basra
Graphics, new media and web Ravinder's IT career has been mainly focused on multimedia, web design and development.
This has now led to him working freelance as a trainer and consultancy.
Ravinder is a Certified Instructor and Consultant.
Patrick Ripley
Design, graphics and OSX Patrick has worked with Apple Macs since 1985 and has been involved with the print and graphics industries as they have embraced the new technologies.
He is a freelance trainer for Corps Business on
Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Filemaker and Apple systems.
He has his own company developing FileMaker databases and is one of the few Apple Certified instructors in the UK.
Tom Mavro Michaelis
Video Upon completing BSC Hons. in Electronic Imaging & Media Communications Tom worked as a video / multimedia technical support analyst. Since 1997 he has worked as a Video specialist and consultant for several leading distributors.
Since 2001 he has worked as an Apple Solutions Expert. He now trains for Corps, provides consultancy services, DVD production and video editing.