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Les Seskin - CEO
Rob Seskin - President
Jacquie Beck - Vice President eLearning
Ed Stengel - Director of Business Development
Alpana Agrawal - Director of Creative Services


Les Seskin
Founder and President

Les founded Brookwood Media Arts in 1994, with a wealth of business and technical knowledge. He is a twenty-eight year veteran in the computer industry and is a recognized expert in the development of sophisticated computer programs to manage complex projects across many industries.

He is also a cofounder and active director of Primavera Systems, Inc. Primavera is internationally recognized as the industry leader in project management systems. In addition, Les is a past president of the Project Management Institute, as well as a noted speaker for numerous professional organizations including AACE, PMI and Society of Professional Engineers. Additionally, he has been a guest lecturer at the Sloan School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Les' project management skills have lead him to manage projects across a wide spectrum of industries including pharmaceutical, research and development, engineering, construction, manufacturing, information technology, chemical and government. These assignments have resulted in substantial savings to clients in lower costs and shorter schedules.

Under Les' tenure, Brookwood has grown into a proven leader in designing and developing professional, computer/web based solutions for its clients.

Education
New York University: BS in Civil Engineering - 1969

Recent Papers: Contemporary Models for Solving Resource Allocation Bottlenecks
Internet World Congress on Project Management
Florence, Italy June 1992


Rob Seskin, MBA
Executive Vice President, COO

Rob is responsible for the operations of Brookwood and oversees the development of proposals, budgets and project schedules. He works closely with project managers to ensure the successful completion of each project. He brings 13 years of project management and product development experience to the company.

Under Rob’s leadership, he has recruited excellent talent and fostered a gratifying working environment. This healthy environment helped Brookwood experience significant growth in revenue, number of projects and number of employees over the past 5 years. Since his joining the company in 1997 revenues have increased significantly and in 1999 Brookwood was listed as the number 1 Web Design company in Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Rob has focused Brookwood to be a major player in Web development and eLearning providing solutions for such companies as Merck, Crown Cork & Seal, Johnson and Johnson, CIGNA and MonitorForHire.com. In addition, Brookwood has become one of the largest Internet training centers in the Philadelphia area offering their expertise in helping others in their development activities.

Rob earned his MBA from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA and has been published in various industry publications.


Jacquie Beck, M.Ed.
Vice President - e-Learning 

Jacquie has been creating interactive learning applications since 1988. She has worked with The Ford Motor Company, FBI Academy, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Johnson & Johnson, CIGNA, Sony Music, and many other companies with diverse e-Learning initiatives. From instructional design and development, to learning management system (LMS) interoperability, examples of Jacquie’s work can be found in the E-Learning portfolio.

In addition to development, instructional design, and project management, she also teaches Macromedia Authorware. Jacquie has been using Authorware since 1992. She has also written articles for the Macromedia Users Journal and E-Learning magazine on “Building Effective Rich Media” and “WBT for Slow Bandwidths”.

Jacquie has a B.S. degree from Kutztown University, and a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology from Penn State University.


Alpana Agrawal
Director of Creative Services

Alpana has continually expressed her true artistic and management skills during 8+ years in eLearning developement, graphic design, and web development. She is responsible for developing the Graphical User Interfaces for our most prestigious clients. Some of her GUI design projects include: Boeing, Merck, Cigna, Johnson & Johnson, Centocor, US Army, Monitorforhire and many more.

Alpana is also responsible for developing custom graphics, animations and Web sites that portray the company's image. Projects/Websites that Alpana has taken the lead role and successfully completed to client satisfaction include: Pfizer, FedEx, Johnson & Johnson, Centocor, US Army, SearchTec, H-B Instrument, Inglis Innovative Services, Maxwell Train, CHI, T-Thermal, PSI, Brookwood's own site, and many more. Meeting tight deadlines with optimal results and a smile is her trademark.

Alpana has an in-depth knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, Adobe Presenter, Captivate, Flash, Fireworks and Dreamweaver and HTML. She extensively uses JavaScript rollovers, pop-up menus, scrolling news etc. to make the site more user friendly, eye appealing, and easy to navigate.

Alpana won a Philly Gold Award for Interactive Media for her work on Brookwood’s promotional CD-ROM.

She earned Certification in Graphic Design and Web Development from Massachusetts College of Arts, Boston and a Bachelors Degree from India.

 

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