Ron Edwards

Current

• CEO at Ambient Performance

Past

• Head of eLearning at Unilever

Education

• University of East London
• Loyola University
• University of Washington

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Recommended

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Connections

120 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Ron Edwards’s Summary

Interested in mobile learning and performance support, gaming and of course, mobile gaming (expecially the interaction of virtual environments with physical events and location based services) to accelerate change and enhance performance. Passionate about the application of private, enterprise grade virtual worlds to solve real world training and collaboration needs.

I consult on a range of topics from taking web 2.0 applications in the enterprise mobile to enterprise virtual world applications, and apply my 17 years of experience implementing emerging technologies for corporate training, collaboration and communication to help organisations with their strategy at the enterprise or project level.

As an experienced and effective speaker and writer, I am open to opportunities to contribute.

I blog at http://www.ambientperformance.com/connection

Ron Edwards’s Specialties:

Learning strategy, eLearning infrastructure. Mobile learning. Accelerating projects while increasing innovation and impact. Creative event design incorporating mobile games and highly experiential learning. Virtual World and other Serious Games applications. Location Based Services applications and technologies

Ron Edwards’s Experience

• CEO

  Ambient Performance

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  September 2004 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Founder and Leader of a fast growing entreprenurial consulting firm specializing in mobile, collaborative web 2.0 and virtual world technology applications. Developing strategic technology partnerships which enable us to provide leading edge solutions to clients across the security, emergency response, corporate and government sectors.
  www.ambientperformance.com

• Head of eLearning

  Unilever

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UN; Consumer Goods industry)

  August 2001 — August 2004 (3 years 1 month)

Ron Edwards’s Education

• University of East London

  PhD, Collaboration in Virtual Worlds, 2008 — 2011 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  Practice Based PhD @ SMARTlab Digital Media Institute researching collaboration in mixed reality virtual worlds and impact on enterprise innovation utilising the Forterra Systems OLIVE platform.

• Loyola University

  MS, Training & Development, September 1994 — June 1997

• University of Washington

  BA, Political Science, Speech Communication, September 1984 — June 1990

Additional Information

Ron Edwards’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Ron Edwards’s Groups:

•    Global Learning executives member

Ron Edwards’s Contact Settings

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