Brightwave success leads to team expansion

Date posted: 5 September 2007

Increased growth creates new positions for e-learning specialist

Brightwave, the workplace communication, learning and performance specialist has recently made several new appointments to its team at its new central Brighton office as a result of continued project growth and expansion of existing client contracts.

Client management now has an additional Account Manager, Carl Mason, as well as Project Account Manager, Victoria Cooper. Richard Andrews and Elise Phillips have joined the team as Project Coordinators. The technical department is now headed by a new Technical Manager, Paul Burns, with the support of Network Support Technician, Simon Pitcher.

"The expansion of our core team ensures we can keep offering the high level of service to new and existing clients and to continue offering the award winning, market leading solutions that we are renowned for." explained Charles Gould, Managing Director at Brightwave. He concludes "As we continue to work towards the goal of market leadership, a key component for us is offering the best learning experiences that work and are effective. Our team comprises the best in the industry and keeps getting stronger."

Carl Mason, Account Manager

Carl has over 14 years experience in the e-learning industry where his roles ranged from Strategic and Global Accounts Manager to Senior Learning Consultant. He joins Brightwave from Thomson NETg working with both public and private sector clients such as Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, LogicaCMG, as well as numerous local and central government organisations.

Victoria Cooper, Project Account Manager

Following a successful career in the publishing sector, Victoria brings over 10 years Account and Project Management experience to Brightwave, where she will be working in a hybrid role as both an Account and Project Manager ensuring project success through the complete project life cycle.

Richard Andrews, Project Coordinator

Richard has over seven years development and support experience in the training and e-learning field and joins Brightwave from Academy Internet where he was a Project Manager. He has previously worked on projects for both the public and private sector including Fujitsu, The National Trust, Electrolux and The Home Office.

Elise Phillips, Project Coordinator

Elise has joined Brightwave following a BA (Hons) degree in Psychology bringing experience of coordinating and mentoring at Sussex University, plus administration at Pera International - a network of technology development and industry support centres. Working within the Project Management Team she will act as a liaison with clients at all stages of the project.

Paul Burns, Technical Manager

Paul has over 20 years’ experience in the technical field and joins Brightwave from Futuremedia where he was Development Manager, working with clients from both the public and private sectors including the Crown Prosecution Service, BUPA, Barclays and Royal Mail. Paul will have primary responsibility of overseeing Brightwave’s technical operations.

Simon Pitcher, Network Support Technician

Simon has spent three years working in the technical sector, most recently with a local IT organisation and will be responsible for providing technical support for Brightwave's suite of e-learning tools, as well as maintaining Brightwave’s networks and servers.

Notes to Editors – About Brightwave

Brightwave is a specialist in integrating communications, learning and performance in the workplace. Our approach is highly collaborative, innovative and all our projects leverage technology to deliver efficient and effective training and ongoing support. Whether your needs are induction, compliance/regulatory, IT systems, management/sales skills or product/process knowledge, Brightwave has the skills and experience to help you. We have developed over 300 solutions that are used by more than 500,000 people in the UK and internationally. We work with a broad range of clients from a wide variety of industries. Our clients include BT, BUPA, Cable&Wireless, IKEA, T-Mobile, AIB, Swiss Re, The Royal Bank of Scotland, British Red Cross, First Choice and Sky, as well as public sector organisations such as the Environment Agency, City of Edinburgh Council, and West Sussex County Council.

Media contact


Jade Moore
Marketing Coordinator, Brightwave

+44 (0) 1273 828421

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