Melbourne IT Ltd.

In his capacity as General Manager, Standards Projects, Allyn Radford plays a pivotal role in the company's activities with the various educational technology and documentation standards organizations as well as client projects where standards are fundamental in their deployment. He is currently engaged in a wide range of projects that span educational, training, corporate and defence requirements. Prior to joining HarvestRoad, Allyn was IT Manager with Open Learning Australia, a consortium of seven major universities in Australia, where he lead IT strategy, the development of the OLA Learning Portal and operational management of the IT Unit. His varied background includes media and information management qualifications, strategic management positions with Melbourne IT Limited and over 15 years in a range of technical, professional, academic and research positions at the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). From February 2004 until July 2005, Allyn was based in Mexico City where he worked closely in a Project Management/Consultative capacity with HarvestRoad's client, The Latin American Institute for Educational Communication (ILCE) on a range of standards-based eLearning initiatives that are both ground-breaking in terms of the models being developed and in terms of scale. The ILCE project is a next generation learning initiative that has attracted international attention from a wide range of sources. Embracing 13 Latin American member countries, at full deployment it is likely to be the largest eLearning development ever undertaken worldwide. During this period Allyn also provided support to HarvestRoad global projects participating in the development of the IMS/GLC (Instructional Management Systems / Global Learning Consortium) specifications, alignment of SCORM and S1000D interoperability as well as a range of activities associated with eLearning standards.

Robert is a company director and management consultant. He is currently Chairman of Melbourne IT, a Director of emitch Limited, Chairman of C E Bartlett Pty Ltd and President of the Baker Heart Research Institute. For eleven years until 1999, Robert was National Managing Partner of Minter Ellison, a leading Australian firm of solicitors. Want to know more about QSR? Read our company brochure.