The rapidLD Board of Advisors is a seasoned mix of professionals that offer their expertise to help guide rapidLD in the fast-moving eLearning space.  This mix of talent brings to the table backgrounds in technology marketing, certified project management, enterprise learning, learning management, global consulting, and law/finance. 

Brenda Eubank

Brenda Eubank is a noted learning strategist, consultant, and business executive.  For over twenty years she has provided successful strategies that offer “real world” insight into the design, development, marketing, and delivery of learning programs. 

Most recently Brenda served as Vice President and Managing Director for AXA Financial Learning and Practice Development.  Prior to joining AXA, she was the principal in her own learning strategies consulting practice with clients from the Fortune 500, financial services, insurance, pharmaceutical, and consumer product industries. 

She also has held positions as senior consultant with the Gartner Group and Director of Training for a large global insurance services organization.

Brenda has completed advanced studies in Instructional Design and Adult Learning and is a member of The American College Center for Distance Learning.

Jay Lord

Jay Lord has over 15 years of diversified experience in marketing communications, channel management and business development. Jay is the co-founder and vice president of marketing at Rapid Performance Systems, an award-winning e-learning company. Prior to co-founding Rapid Performance Systems, Jay served as Director of Marketing Communications at Ramp Networks, an Internet remote access solutions company, where he played a pivotal role in defining and executing the company’s marcom strategy. He was also instrumental in positioning the company for acquisition to Nokia.   

Jay’s extensive management experience also includes senior marketing and channel development positions at Apple Computer, Anderson Soft-Teach and Precision Echo. 

Jay holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix, and an Associate of Science in Computer Science at Mission College.

Gordon A. Rogers

Gordon Rogers is an independent business consultant and investor focusing on the education and training sector. Until December 1999 he was Vice President of Strategic Alliances at click2learn.com, a leading business-to-business e-learning provider. In that role he was responsible for creating partnerships with major internet services and technology companies. Gordon joined click2learn.com, formerly known as Asymetrix Learning Systems, (a Paul Allen company) when he sold his own company, Meliora Systems, to Asymetrix in 1998.  Meliora Systems, which he founded in 1988, was a software and training company, and was the developer of a leading training management system known as Ingenium.  Prior to starting Meliora Systems, Gordon worked for a major North American railroad in various positions in marketing, planning and finance.

Gordon’s educational background includes a BA and MS degrees in Economics from the University of New Brunswick, as well as an MBA in International Finance from the University of British Columbia.

Sam Roth

Formerly a systems analyst with Eastern Airlines and EDS, Mr. Roth has worked at BellSouth since 1979.  In 1988, he launched BellSouth’s first multimedia centers and managed 12 company’s centers throughout their headquarter cities.  Sam was the Project Manager for the implementation of the BellSouth On-Line Learning System (BOLTS) which is used throughout the company for online learning.  Sam later managed the Multimedia Development group where dozens of CBT-based and Web-based courses were developed. Mr. Roth now works at BellSouth.net and is a PMP certified Project Manager engaged in various e-Business and DSL related projects.

Adam Skorecki

Mr. Skorecki is a partner in the Corporate Department of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP and a member of the Management Committee. He is involved in corporate and real estate transactions, and has had extensive experience in all types of financing, including the use of industrial development bonds for financing facilities, equipment and real estate. Mr. Skorecki has primary responsibility for bond-related work in the Firm, which involves both privately placed and publicly offered issues. He also has extensive experience with corporate acquisitions, mergers and other combinations, as well as asset based, real estate and other conventional forms of financing. He has also participated in preparing and distributing numerous private placement memoranda pertaining to real estate syndications. In each case, Mr. Skorecki has had responsibility for overseeing and reviewing the memoranda, working with both the accountants and, where utilized, the underwriters in preparing and distributing the memoranda. He has had extensive experience in the acquisition, sale and financing of nursing homes and other related types of healthcare facilities, as well as financing for such facilities with specialized lending institutions. He is a member of the Firm's Healthcare, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Finance Practice Groups.

David Stirling

For the past several years, David Stirling has been involved with the convergence of technology with learning. He has been recognized by industry and government leaders for his thought leadership on the subject, and is a regular speaker at industry events.

Most recently, at PwC Consulting, David has global responsibility for the development and implementation of an e-learning strategy to support the firm’s 35,000 consultants. Prior to his current role, David was President and co-founder of Epic Learning, one of the early pure play internet-based learning platforms. Throughout his career beginning with companies such as Burroughs, ROLM, and the IBM Corporation, David’s various roles and responsibilities leveraged his change management communication skills, and ability to simplify the benefits of technology to solve business problems.