Who we are

We are the hundreds of volunteers who want to create a better, smarter, richer learning experience for film and media students.

MEET OUR TEAM - A FEW OF THEM

 
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Dom Foulsham
CURRICULUM, PRODUCTION & CLIENT EXPERIENCE

Dom Foulsham is a former factual and entertainment writer, PSC director and producer for both BBC and Channel 4, a features writer and industry specialist for The Times and Financial Times and is the Founder and Director of Curriculum for UKfilmNet.

An award winning teacher, he has worked as Adjunct Professor and Senior lecturer in Film & TV in both the UK and US..

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TREVOR ALLEN
OPERATION & SYSTEMS

British born and raised but trained in Chicago, Illinois, Trevor has worked on a number of key Operational & Staff Systems leadership functions including Operations Manager EMEIA Andersen Consulting in London securing a range of staff strategies and change management in his time at one of the big five accounting practices.

Prior to that project manager at ArsDigita - the ground breaking Cambridge, Massachusetts web development company responsible for a host of web tools and innovations used in the development of Web 2.0.

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DOUG LOOMER
ADVISORY CHAIR e-LEARNING

Doug enjoys an eclectic and highly successful career that has spanned technology, teaching, the law and even robotics. He is a proven educator having taught in more than half a dozen countries around the world. As Advisory Chair for e-Learning Doug brings a unique combination of expertise from the chalkface of education and the leading edge of e-learning through Moodle amongst many other digital skillsets. His background as a passionate educator ensures that learning and teaching is at the heart of all technology tools and approaches we deliver.

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Halani Moss
SPONSORSHIP & END USER EXPERIENCE (P/T)

From small business management, ownership and design, through to large-enterprise organizational development & learning, as a Graduate of SImmons School of Management, Halani is above all else an expert in third sector fund raising, resourcing & process management. Before joining UKfilmNet her roles have included Emotional-Intelligence led patient experience strategies for world renowned Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, through to data driven product & service training & development at In Natura, a retail business she founded in 2001

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PETRICA BARAGAN
DRUPAL ARCHITECT

With over 14 years of experience, Petrica is taking good care of the back-end and the frontend of the platform. He is an excellent professional with an in-depth understanding of both small and large enterprises.

With passion and determination, Petrica will make all efforts to deliver rich user experience, system security and performance. Petrica is a true Drupalogist, equally happy with core admin and creation of engaging tools and features built with both Drupal modules and third party integration.

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YOU - THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER

Above all else this is a community led and driven supported project through people like you.

So, if you think you can help, if you've got the passion and the enthusiasm and the time to help other educators and learners like you then why not get in touch here?.

We rely on the expertise and generosity of time from volunteers like you to make this project possible.

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MOSTAFA NAGY
PRODUCER & PRODUCTION TALENT

Mostafa is an experienced filmmaker who has worked extensively within the broadcast and TV industry for over 25 years.

He has worked for some of the leading media companies in the industry including BBC, ITV, SKY, Al-Jazeera, NBC, Disney and MBC ranging in positions from editor, producer to director and senior producer. With a Master’s Degree in filmmaking and an award in education and training he also lectures at Ravensbourne University London.

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GARETH BARNARD
MOODLE THEME DEVELOPER

Gareth is a software engineer and ex-ICT teacher with over ten years experience developing Moodle plugins, mainly course formats and themes.

He has an MSc in Computing along with a BSc and PGCE (Secondary) and membership of the British Computer Society. His stunning work as a Moodle Theme developer is, in short legendary within the Moodle community."

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Carlos Chiarella
MOODLE TECHNOLOGIST

Originally from Lima, Peru, Carlos Chiarella is UKfilmNet's Chief Moodle Technologist.

Graduating from University of Lima with a Bachelors in Industrial Engineering as well as a Diploma in Internet Solutions Development from CDI College, Carlos brings more than 15 years of passion, enthusiasm & expertise in the education sector. Now based in Toronto with his wife and as an avid technologist, he's most likely cheering on his soccer team & sometimes playing, too.

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MARTY SWEET
AWS DEVOPS & ARCHITECT

Marty is a full-stack engineer focusing on cloud technologies with a background and enthusiastic passion in both educational and Internet of Things applications running at scale.

As an experienced certified AWS cloud architect, Marty has a strong background in cloud best practices and technologies, and strives to consistently deliver first-class performance, security and reliability in every project.

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DANAE DIVARIS
FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEER

Originally Danae is a public archaeologist and has a BA and MA in archaeology, however she is currently interested in moving towards a career in outreach and fundraising.

She will be working alongside other volunteers to develop and write bids in order to pursue different fundraising avenues so that UKfilmNet can reach as many people across the country as possible.

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Alison Henderson
FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEER

Alison is a researcher by background and has also volunteered as a Master Gardener. She is looking forward to the challenge of learning about and doing fundraising to build film skills for tomorrow.

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ANDY MOORE
AWS DEVOPS & ARCHITECT

Andy is a DevOps engineer and architect with 20 years experience designing and building servers, platforms and more recently cloud infrastructure for the likes of the BBC, Rackspace and Pearson. When not building platforms for companies Andy loves watching and reading about football and rocket launches, usually separately.

Jake Savage
JAKE SAVAGE
VOLUNTEER VIDEOGRAPHER

Jake is a student currently immersed in his final year studying Film and Video Production Technology at the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK.With a strong interest in Digital Cinema Technology and Cinematography, Jake is pitching his skills and enthusiasm into UKfilmNet as he works towards his aspiration of becoming a Camera Assistant and Operator.

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WILL BENTLEY
PRODUCTION & TALENT

Will is an experienced Producer that has led a wide variety of projects from live footage to game engines, whilst developing technologies and various practices through VR and AR.

ALways exploring avenues for deeper learning - we is keen to branch outwards from his background in various industries and sectors, as well as his recent position as an Associate Lecturer at UAL.

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YOU - THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER

Above all else this is a community led and driven supported project through people like you.

So, if you think you can help, if you've got the passion and the enthusiasm and the time to help other educators and learners like you then why not get in touch here?

We rely on the expertise and generosity of time from volunteers like you to make this project possible..

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TRISH GIBBONS
FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEER

An experienced Bid Consultant, Trish has worked on many educational, commercial and public sector bids. With a background in HE/FE education she understands the challenges and requirements to gain funding for and to deliver education packages. This is an area of special interest to Trish as her son intends to go into this theatre/film when he leaves school. She is looking forward to being able to use her skills to increase the funding that UKfilmNet receives, so it can successfully achieve its goals and deliver high quality training to those who would normally struggle to access it.

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GERMAN BOBADILLA
eLEARNING SPECIALIST

With an MA in Innovation in Education, and 9 years of experience in Moodle course creation and administration, and 5 years as an instructional designer, my main role has been to follow the curriculum and instructional design principles to make the Moodle experience as enjoyable as possible for the students.

Prevous roles have included Instructional designer, Moodle administrator, course creator and quality assurance consultant.

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RICHARD JONES
eLEARNING SPECIALIST

Originally from the UK but now calling New Zealand home, Richard has been working with Moodle since version 1.2 and is a plugin developer, remote administrator and course designer.

At 70 he probably should be retired but still enjoys empowering people to learn and develop with Moodle. His most recent permanent post was Director of eLearning for The Southport School, Queensland, Australia.

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DR JOEL ARMANDO
eLEARNING SPECIALIST

I come from a career in Higher Education, working on online and blended learning projects. I fulfilled many different roles, including leadership, curriculum design, learning design, research, and teaching.

My current focus is on product design and management, applying my research background, experience in learning design, and project management in corporate, higher education, and public-sector environments

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KOSTAS
eLEARNING SPECIALIST & TEACHER

I’m a German teacher and teacher trainer for the Greek Ministry of Education. I'm also involved in teacher training and development courses, working as an E-Learning Course Designer. In 2012 I was awarded the “Excellence and Innovation Award” as part of a team training more than 1500 primary and high school teachers online.

I’m really passionate about e-learning. My favorite part of the course development process is working with subject matter experts to develop effective content and activities.

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HASSAN ELMUZAMEL
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION & SERVERS

Dynamic & accomplished professional with more than ten years of versatile experience across diverse organizational domains, Hassan is the linchpin that holds our information systems together, addressing a wide range of operational server side software applications, Saas and staff information systems integration.

He is very well versed in System Integration, Software Development, System Analysis, Business and Project Support..

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YOU - THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER

Above all else this is a community led and driven supported project through people like you.

So, if you think you can help, if you've got the passion and the enthusiasm and the time to help other educators and learners like you then why not get in touch here?.

We rely on the expertise and generosity of time from volunteers like you to make this project possible.

person
YOU - THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER

Above all else this is a community led and driven supported project through people like you.

So, if you think you can help, if you've got the passion and the enthusiasm and the time to help other educators and learners like you then why not get in touch here?.

We rely on the expertise and generosity of time from volunteers like you to make this project possible.

 

The fact is that the real team are the hundreds of teachers and lecturers, the many dozens of film and media experts and award winning creatives and the unnamed volunteers who have all given up their time to make this project possible. The biggest ideas come from the smallest of collective outlooks. But when shared amongst the UK's 288,000 learners, it becomes a revolution.
 

Spanning five years of tireless expertise and dedication, totally more than ten thousand man hours of Hi Definition filming, editing, recruitment, persuasion, passion, writing and collaboration, too many people to name individually have come together to find a smart way to deeply enrich how young people and new entrants to film and media production can learn from the current generation of industry creatives.