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EssentialSkillz Appoints New Managing Director

Milton Keynes (UK), April 2011 - eLearning provider EssentialSkillz has announced the appointment of Julian Roberts as the new Managing Director. He takes charge of the Milton Keynes and Galway-based business as it celebrates its tenth year in business. Julian will assume the day-to-day management of the company from the founder, Tony Dervan, who will focus on Product Development.




Julian Roberts has extensive experience of the compliance-training marketplace having worked in the sector for fifteen years, most recently as Managing Director of Safety Media. "I joined EssentialSkillz as they have a unique and powerful LMS, Authoring Tool, and Compliance system. This, combined with their substantial portfolio of editable training content gives them an unrivalled offering", comments Julian.

With a new website just launched and a re-brand across the product portfolio, Tony Dervan, owner and founder of EssentialSkillz, was buoyant about the future. "We have spent considerable effort and resources in developing a robust market- leading solution. However, it is people who make products, and we are thrilled to have attracted such a high-calibre individual as Julian. His market expertise, commercial acumen, and leadership skills will be of immense value to the future development of our relatively young company."

EssentialSkillz have a modular suite of eLearning solutions - O-LAS LMS, O-LAS Author, O-LAS Assess and O-LAS Content. This unique software solution provides businesses of any size with an end-to-end online training and compliance system. With the ability to author your own courses, edit existing courses from the substantial content library, conduct employee risk assessments, and track and report using their LMS, EssentialSkillz offers an extensive package.