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About The Team
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| Name: | David Kaskel |
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| Title: | CEO and Managing Director |
| Bio: | David Kaskel is managing director and CEO of Languagelab. An experienced entrepreneur and acknowledged expert in virtual worlds, David has been deeply involved with Second Life and related platforms for many years, developing some of the top in-world projects, including Theatron, Greenies and Nowall/Backstage. A graduate of Yale University, David is currently doing doctoral research into second language acquisition in virtual environments at Kings College, London. |
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| Name: | Shiv Rajendran |
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| Title: | Operations Director |
| Bio: | Shiv has extensive experience building, testing and managing complex systems environments both in secure and public (online) environments. He started his career with an award-winning 1st class honours degree in Computer Science from Brunel University followed by a Master's degree with merit in Digital Culture and Technology from Kings College, London. |
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| Name: | Jessica Driscoll |
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| Title: | Product Development Manager |
| Bio: | Jessica has a Master’s degree with distinction in Digital Culture and Technology from Kings College, London, and is a Social Anthropology graduate from London School of Economics. She is a fully qualified (CELTA) language professional with experience teaching English as a foreign language in Chile, Indonesia and London. |
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| Name: | Chris Chambers |
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| Title: | Lead Developer |
| Bio: | Chris currently holds a First Class Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Philosophy, and is TEFL certificated. A widely read autodidact and technologist, Chris has a long-standing intellectual interest in improving education, technology and intelligence, and the cross-pollination between these areas. After a period as a freelance professional essayist and tutor, he currently works as a Web Developer with the team at Languagelab.com, specialising in Python, UNIX tools, SQL DBA, Scheme, functional programming, and various web technologies. |
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| Name: | Laura Jeffcoat |
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| Title: | Community Director |
| Bio: | Laura Jeffcoat (known as Lowri Mills “in world”) holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Theatre, a Master’s in Psychology and is currently working on a degree in Digital Imaging and Design. She worked professionally in over 96 theatre productions and several movies. After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis she became severely disabled, losing most of her vision and her ability to walk. While homebound, she went to school online and took one of the first college classes in Second Life. She applies the skills she learned there to welcoming new students to Languagelab and managing our teachers. |
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| Name: | Lynn Selhat |
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| Title: | Director of Communications |
| Bio: | Lynn has more than 20 years of experience in communications. She began her career as a journalist and then transitioned to marketing and public relations. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Gettysburg College and a Master’s degree specialising in Science and Technical Communication from Drexel University, where she has taught Technical Communication as an adjunct professor. Lynn worked and lived in Paris for five years, becoming fluent in French and teaching English privately. She keeps up with the world of language learning by occasionally teaching ESL classes at International House in Philadelphia. |