*The science of learning – bottom-line, Level 4 Kirkpatrick results.
Pauline Lau
VP Business Development/Supplier Relations
A native of Hong Kong, Ms. Lau has worked as a professional sales manager and sales executive for more than 20 years. Prior to entering the learning world full-time, she was employed by Siemens, where she was in charge of sales and distributor training for her region, the Southwestern US. Her efforts led directly to the tripling of a diverse industrial product line. In Los Angeles, she ran a division of Disney where she slashed costs by 40% after assuming a leadership role and returned it to profitability. She is responsible for all LightValve business development as well as supplier relations with our 600 creative partners. She is very excited about the opportunity to bring her impressive business experience and passion for learning to bear.
Jim Piechocki
Director of Learning Innovation
As an ATD-certified instructional designer, Jim possesses a level and breadth of expertise that is rare in the learning field. He is one of the top IDs in both technical and soft skills training, and his expertise includes leadership training, influence skills, relationship building, diversity/gender sensitivity, selling to key demographics and specialized courses in conflict resolution, marketing, and industrial plant safety. His ADD 2022 podcast on Instructional Design was ranked top in the US by domiKnow. Other awards include first-place recognition by NIST, Adobe, Brandon Hall, Marcom, HP, NEH, the American Film Institute and others.
Charles M. Booth
Executive Producer
For over 35 years Charles has worked all facets of production, starting his career as a sought-after motorsports producer/cameraman traveling the globe for ESPN, USA, TNN and other sports cable networks, culminating in a rich base of commercial clients including Unilever, Tower Automotive, Lear, Unistrut, Ford Motor, Chrysler, B.F. Goodrich, and others.
Starting in 1999 he began developing VR immersive behavioral safety programs, handling production, post-production, and immersive presentation for clients like the Department of Defense, including Pentagon, Army, Navy, Air Force, and NASA, as well as private sector companies like Boeing Aircraft, Delta Airlines, Kimberly Clark, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Motors, and more.
He is a leader and major proponent in VR training and its production..
James Legoy
Director of Production Services
James LeGoy is a Producer based in Los Angeles. James received his degree in photography from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. After 16 successful years shooting stills, he changed career paths and started filming commercials and lighting feature films. In 1997, James shot his first feature-length 35mm film, “Malaika,” a family film about four kids who find an elephant in their backyard. Seeing the advances in camera and computer technology skyrocket, Jim pivoted his skills to the interactive and virtual spaces, expertise that he now brings to LightValve as our senior production executive. Recent awards include the Grand Prize at the Los Angeles 3D Movie Festival, Telly and Hermes awards.
ADVISERS
LightValve advisers include social psychologists and scientists from a broad range of industries and disciplines.
Brian Gardner
Visual Effects and Stereography
A visual effects and stereoscopic 3-D expert, Brian is a heavy-hitter in visual effects, ensuring unheard-of production quality to our learning programs. Brian has a substantial and broad background in Hollywood film and television. He is known for cutting-edge feature films, including Life of Pi, which won four Oscars in 2012, including Best Visual Effects.
Brian’s credits also include the blockbuster action film X-Men, which won five Saturn Awards in 2004 and Matrix Revolutions, nominated for five Saturn Awards in 2003. His stereographic visuals contributed much to the charm of the Oscar-nominated Best Animated Film Coraline in 2009.
Robert Cialdini, Ph.D.
Prof. Cialdini’s bestselling book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, has sold more than three million copies globally and established him as the premier social psychologist and authority on the science of influence and leadership. A frequent guest of media hosts such as the late Larry King, Bob’s consulting is the basis of much of our success with our F500 clients.
Miguel Sabido, Ph.D.
Miguel Sabido is a national hero of Mexico, where he developed the Sabido method, a process for creating measurable behavior change through broadcast and learning media. Prof. Sabido produced six social content serial dramas in Mexico, and during the time when many of his telenovelas were on the air, Mexico underwent a 34 percent decline in its population growth rate. As a result, in May 1986, the United Nations Population Prize was presented to Mexico as the foremost population success story in the world. Since the 1980s, the Sabido methodology has been used to motivate changes in attitudes and behaviors on a wide range of issues, including child slavery, women’s status, environmental protection, and HIV/AIDS.
Torsten Staab, Ph.D.
As CTO and Senior Fellow of Raytheon Blackbird Technologies, Prof. Staab is a powerful advocate for the scientific methods used at LightValve. For Raytheon Project Mercury, Torsten oversaw our technology approach that slashed the US Postal Service cyber-phishing by 99.5 percent. Additionally, USPS slashed overall course time by 5.5 man-years and was ranked as the best government information security program in 2019 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Robert Scoble
While working as a Microsoft employee, Robert Scoble pioneered the first technology blog and is the world’s most prominent online tech commentator. His rapt audience includes thousands of developers both inside and outside tech. Robert is our liaison to innovators inside the tech industry as well as a key voice in the design of our social media learning.
Per Lind
Per Lind is a TRAINING professional with extensive experience in directing LEARNING and development TECHNOLOGIES, including expertise in artificial intelligence AND MACHINE LANGUAGE. He has a proven track record in creating bottom-line impact through targeted business development initiatives aligned with emergent business strategies, leveraging AI to drive success. Per Lind is skilled in developing, positioning, and executing growth strategies utilizing AI AND MACHNE LANGUAGE to optimize outcomes. He has experience in integrating ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY solutions for start-up companies, as well as building AI technology to predict Bitcoin movements in the market. Additionally, Per Lind has engaged with major global automotive manufacturers such as VW, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla to capture large corporate clients through strategic AI assistance.