About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to help company leaders like you build an engaging work culture where employees love learning.
Our Vision
We see ourselves as your partner in cultivating leadership excellence throughout the journey of your individual and organizational success.
Our Philosophy
We strive to constantly innovate, and remain grateful for the work we engage in. Sustainability remains the North Star in our work to create responsible and thoughtful communities for the future.
Our Team
Shawn Hunter
Founder & President
Entrepreneur, author, idea developer. Shawn has collaborated with hundreds of business authors, executives, and researchers to create learning solutions. Shawn’s first company, Targeted Learning, was acquired by Skillsoft in February 2007. He is the author of three books: Out•Think, Small Acts of Leadership, and Chasing Dawn: An Adventure of Three Fathers and Four Teenagers Bicycling Across America.
Eleanor Guare
Co-Founder & Head of Learning
Eleanor is an award-winning learning designer and the creative force behind renowned web-based courses and learning products. With a rich background in corporate leadership, and talent management, Eleanor can translate complex needs into practical, creative learning products and solutions.
Neil Arnold
Technology & Platform
Software Engineer and Architect with more than 20 years of programming and application development experience, with 15 of those years designing and developing high-end, dynamic, database-driven websites. Neil’s diverse background enables him to understand all aspects of building applications.
Dennis Welsh
Video Production
Dennis shoots our video content. That’s the easy part. His real gift is that he makes people feel at ease and helps them find their voice, their calm, and their confident center. We’re grateful for his presence and laugh. You can find him over at https://www.denniswelsh.com/
Rachel Kwasniak
Director of Operations
Rachel sees the big picture, yet understands that details matter, so our customers can rest easy. She brings wisdom, focus and brilliant experience to the team. Rachel has a talent for learning new technologies, devising solutions, and solving problems without sacrificing relationships and quality.
Dan Graham
eLearning Developer
Dan has been helping us design and build our amazing courses since the very beginning. He specializes in the development of creative Articulate 360 Storyline and Rise projects. But he also uses Adobe Creative Cloud for Graphic Design and Video development/editing.
Jen Boggs
Lead Content Writer
On Camera Talent
Jen has a knack for researching and capturing just the right content and ideas for action in our learning experiences. A partner at Toderico, a premier client-centric marketing firm in Portland, Jen has a background in public relations, corporate communications, and writing and editing. Not only that, Jen is a pro in front of the camera.
Mark Erickson
eLearning Developer
Experienced Elearning Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the e-learning industry. Skilled in E-Learning, Articulate Storyline, Articulate Rise, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Camtasia, and Training. Graduated from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
Tasha Rosenbaum
Project Management
Instructional Design
Senior Instructional Designer who guides organizations creating valuable learning courses for their employees and clients. Companies and professionals enjoy working with me because I can pinpoint the best ways to streamline knowledge delivery and make it accessible to all.
Our History
Mindscaling Launches
Shawn left Skillsoft as VP for Leadership Products to found Mindscaling along with Eleanor Guare, Lead Instructional Designer for Skillsoft. Our initial work focused on collaborating with authors and thought-leaders to convert books into eLearning content.
New Growth
Multiple contracts creating custom content work with Fortune 500 clients. We started to grow our own library of leadership content. We built new partnerships with broad distribution platforms such as OpenSesame and Go1.
Network Expansion
Continued to grow our distribution and network through Cornerstone, Brainier, HowNow, CourseSource, Udemy for Business, and more.
Mindscaling Today
We achieved our milestone of over 250 courses in the Mindscaling catalog. New leadership partner network has extended our services and ability to provide custom curriculum development. Focus remains on applied microlearning content.
