Accelebrate's Management Team

Specialties:

• Designing enterprise-wide technical training solutions for corporations, government agencies, and universities
• Facilitating the development of team-level training programs that build genuine competency among the participants in the topics taught, not just "check the box" skills for passing a multiple-choice test
• Utilizing current trends in cloud and on-premise application development and hosting
• Blending synchronous and asynchronous learning to maximize results and convenience
• Leading international business initiatives (Accelebrate has delivered classes in-person and online for students in more than 20 countries)

Prior to founding Accelebrate, Steve served nearly seven years as Vice President and then President of a Washington, DC-based IT training firm.

Steve is passionate about education and ensuring that every Accelebrate student has a successful class with a knowledgeable, engaging instructor and hands-on material that is directly relevant to real-world projects. Within the firm, Steve is one of Accelebrate's lead instructors for Apache httpd, Apache Tomcat, JBoss, and IIS.

Outside of Accelebrate, Steve enjoys spending time with his family, helping lead workouts with a local fitness boot camp, traveling, teaching English and math skills to refugee children, and reading about foreign policy and current affairs. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Stanford University.

Lynn had 13 years of experience working in the training industry before joining the Accelebrate team. She worked for two Washington, DC-based training firms as a Training Manager, Operations Manager and Business Development Director. Outside of Accelebrate, Lynn loves spending time with her family and friends, biking, traveling and exploring new restaurants off the beaten path.

Prior to joining Accelebrate, Alysha spent the last 3 years in the IT security field discovering just how scary the Internet can sometimes be, and before that served five years as Business Development Manager at another IT training firm. When she is not building client relationships, Alysha spends her time with her husband, 2 boys, a giant schnauzer, and 2 bearded dragons. She also enjoys volunteering with her boys' cub scout troop as well as knitting.

In her free time, Julie loves music, photography, meditation, reading, traveling, and exploring nature with her family.

Specialties:

• Computer software design and development
• C/C++, Microsoft .NET, Apple OS X, iOS (Objective-C and Swift), and Web-related technologies
• Microsoft IIS server administration and configuration
• Future trends in desktop, web, and mobile development. Jason has a keen sense of which technologies are going to be hot and which will not succeed.
• History, design, and current trends in programming languages
• Conducting IT training in a classroom environment
• Creation of IT training courseware
• Computer systems security
• Web application security
• Cryptography

Jason has been computer programming of one kind or another since his father purchased a TI-99/4A in 1982. He was actively working in the field during many of the seminal moments for the industry, including the introduction of Microsoft Windows, the original Macintosh, and the emergence of the World Wide Web. During the early days of Microsoft .NET, his work was featured in MSDN Magazine and he co-authored five books published by Wrox Press.

In the 1990's, Jason served eight years as a member of the United States Air Force. He was involved with humanitarian operations conducted throughout Europe and was later assigned to the Pentagon Telecommunications Center.

Away from work, Jason is an instrument-rated private pilot, enjoys road cycling, is a member of Mensa, and holds several industry certifications including Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD).

Mike has a bachelor's degree in Biology from Georgetown University and several years of acting training from theater programs in Washington, DC and Philadelphia. Mike loves going on adventures with his family, and also dabbles in nature photography and building an open-source media network at home.

Lisa has a combined degree in business, computers, and arts administration from SUNY Fredonia. She has spent 20 years as a web developer and has been doing logistical management and event coordination since 1989. Lisa and her husband have had many opportunities to travel both inside and outside the US and are eager to explore new places whenever they get the chance.

While living in Indonesia, Anne joined Accelebrate in January 2010 to facilitate trainer travel and support training logistics. Prior to joining the Accelebrate team, Anne served four years as a web development trainer for a DC-based firm.

Anne now resides Cairo, Egypt after living in Northern Virginia. She enjoys traveling the world with her husband and two children and teaching indoor cycling to an international community in Cairo.

In her free time, she enjoys snowboarding in Colorado, raising backyard chickens (for eggs), hydroponic indoor gardening, and trying new sushi restaurants.