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2023 Board Nominations

Voting has now closed in  the 2023 e-Assessment Association Board elections.

Results will be announced at our AGM on Tuesday 24 October 2023 10am (BST)

The e-Assessment Association is a not-for-profit membership organisation governed voluntarily by a Board made up of both Corporate and Ordinary Members.

We currently have three positions available for Corporate Members and have received six nominations.

Corporate Members are drawn from the eAA's sponsors who support the work of the association through financial sponsorship. All our members will be invited to vote for THREE nominees from this group.

We currently have four positions available for Ordinary Members and have received nine nominations.

Ordinary Members are drawn from the eAA's individual membership. All our members will be invited to vote for FOUR nominees from this group, in addition to 3 nominees from the above group.

Please read the following mini-biographies for each of the nominees.

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The Nominees for the Four Ordinary Board Positions

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Gholam-Reza Abbasian

Gholam-Reza Abbasian

Dr. Gholam-Reza Abbasian, is an associate professor of TEFL at Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran, and a member of the Teaching English Language & Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI) Board of Directors.

He has presented at (inter) national conferences, authored and translated about 15 books. He offers language Testing and Assessment, Research Methods, and SLA courses at PhD level, and has supervised about 100 theses and dissertations. He acts as an external examiner of PhD dissertations of Malaysian universities and as the internal manager of JOMM, and reviewer of Sage, FLA & GJER and some other journals.

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Raja Nadeem Altaf

Raja Nadeem Altaf

I am Cambridge International Examination Certified GCE O/A-Level Chemistry and Biology teacher and Member of Cambridge assessment network.

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Kirsten Hemingway

Kirsten Hemingway

Kirsten Hemingway

I am passionate about supporting Assessment organisations to be able to try new things and promote the results. I will bring this to the e-Assessment Association and raise the profile of the organisation as a space where we can try stuff, make mistakes and learn.

We have a distance to travel as organisations and I know that we all value the opportunity to work together on some of the bigger issues facing our industry and the people we help. A lot will be asked of assessment in the near future and particularly of eassessment.

Our rapid adoption of Artificial intelligence and our ability to begin to integrate with feedback loops in virtual reality using ultra haptic technologies brings us to a place where things that used to be impossible to try out are now going to be available to us. How do we use this capability for good remains undiscovered.

My interest in being a board member will be to help us to make a living while at the same time delivering events which help us to discover the answers to these questions. I am also keen to see our membership grow and include others who are also working towards these aims from other types of organisations. I am keen to expand what we do globally and to grow (carefully) to incorporate other opportunites to improve.

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Aga Jop

Aga Jop

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I have extensive hands-on experience in international education and assessment management. With a background in linguistics and language assessment, I started working in assessment in UK awarding organisations almost 20 years ago. I initially worked in assessment development and delivery with traditional pen/paper exams and then spearheaded a project to digitise examinations for an accountancy body.

In 2015, I introduced e-assessment and remote invigilation in professional certification exams as one of the earliest UK adopters of RI technology at scale. I worked closely with employers managing large national (NHS and local government) and international (United Nations agencies) education and training programmes for public finance professionals.

I have direct experience in education policy development, having worked closely with governance (education and exam boards) and oversight bodies (IFAC and FRC) and participated in the UK government initiative to develop the L7 accountancy and finance apprenticeship. In October 2020, I joined Examity (now part of Meazure Learning) and manage relationships and support 60+ international clients and their online exams delivery.

My experience at director level uniquely combines client-side and vendor-side solutions stretching across public and private sector programmes, across modest to multi-million dollar budgets and from small local focus to global reach.

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Andrew Parker

Andrew Parker

I have a strong conviction for making education, knowledge, and assessments globally accessible to individuals from all walks of life. With over 15 years of experience in this field, I have been at the forefront of implementing innovative online systems that have transformed the healthcare professional sector.

My journey with AI started over two decades ago. Today, I am frequently asked about the transformative potential of AI, which challenges learning practices and traditional assessment approaches. Navigating this journey is our biggest challenge for the next few years. I have a lot of lessons to share and some ideas on what can work.

I believe in giving back to the community and devote my time freely to a national committee dedicated to the education and assessment of healthcare professionals in perinatal care. Additionally, I volunteer to assess the living environments of individuals with special needs in care facilities. These experiences show my commitment to accessible education and assessments in this important area.

I live in Melbourne, Australia and collaborate closely with multinational teams in ASEAN, China, India, and various parts of the world. I welcome your support on this journey to provide education and assessments for individuals across the globe.

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Garrett Sherry

Garrett Sherry

Garrett Sherry

Garrett Sherry is an international assessment leader, having delivered successful e-assessment client projects across Europe, Middle East, and Australia over two decades. He has senior business leadership experience as Prometric’s former VP EMEA.

Garrett is now an independent strategy advisor to exam owners and technology providers and serves as director at a prominent education trust in Ireland, supporting 1,200 K-12 school students.

As a dedicated e-assessment advocate, Garrett recognises its ability to deliver fair, reliable, and valid examination processes and outcomes. He has advocated at many assessment events, including ATP, CIECA, and the e-Assessment Question, sharing his international e-Assessment perspectives.

For the eAA, Garrett brings substantial association governance skills as a past Chair of the European Association of Test Publishers, founding advisory board member of the Centre for Assessment Research at Dublin City University, and past Dublin region president of Irish Business representative group IBEC. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Garrett’s experience bridges the e-assessment worlds of academia, business, and associations.

He would appreciate your vote, so eAA can leverage his governance and board experience, helping to serve the eAA membership effectively, and increase its global influence.

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Spice Wang

Spice Wang

Spice was a trained teacher with a PhD in Digital Learning and Teacher Education. She currently serves as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has extensive experience as an educator and learning designer in the field of digital education. Passionate about the dynamics of learning, Spice focuses on how educators can shape student experiences using available institutional resources and objectives.

With over 20 years of experience, she has worked in both academic and commercial settings, covering K-12 and higher education. Her expertise includes educational research, design, development, and leadership in digital learning.

Currently, she is employed at the Centre for Educational Innovation & Development at RMIT University. One of her ongoing projects aims to leverage her expertise in pedagogy, digital technologies, and academic practices in higher education to offer guidance on assessment across various learning environments, including standard blended learning, industry-partnered learning, and online open courses.

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Edward Webster

Edward Webster

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I am uniquely placed with my campaigning for e assessments at secondary schools aged pupils and changes to how school exams are run in the UK.
I am actively involved in commercial assessment deployment. Including thought leadership in the media around the national exam policy for secondary schools.

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Byt Centres 2012 - 2019
The ExamHouse 2019-2023
Maidenhead Tutorial College 2023

It would be a privilege to drive and shape the future e assessment in the UK. We have a golden opportunity to drive productivity across the UK with the effectiveness of E assessments as they replace and improve most current paper based exams, including at secondary school age.

The E assessment association with the right leadership can be at the heart of the forthcoming revolution in AI and the societal consequences that it brings.

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Matt Wingfield

Matt Wingfield

With over thirty-four years’ experience within the education market as a teacher and working in a variety of roles for technology providers and exam awarding bodies, Matt has built-up significant understanding of the issues relating to the use of technology enabled assessment within education.

Matt is a founding member of the eAssessment Association, having joined its first board in 2010, becoming Chair in 2012, a position he held until being appointed interim CEO in 2021. Under his guidance, the association grew significantly to 3,200+ members, with increasingly profitable annuity revenues from a growing number of sponsors.

Matt now works as an independent consultant within the educational technology sector, supporting technology providers with market strategy development and exam awarding bodies and educators in maximising the positive impact of assessment technologies.

He believes that the association has a clear remit to support and inform policy-makers, providers and educators around the world in the use of technology enabled assessment as an everyday part of learning.

Given his longstanding involvement with the eAA, Matt remains committed to working closely with other members of the board and its operational team to deliver this remit and to help the association deliver meaningful value to its members.

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The Nominees for the Three Corporate Board Positions

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Hannah Ciborowska

British Council

Hannah Ciborowska

I have over 15 years’ experience in education and assessment. Currently I am part of the Global Exams Services team with the British Council, the United Kingdoms’ international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We are the world’s most trusted exams services partner providing account management to more than 140 assessment and educational organisations each year.

In my current capacity I am responsible for building tailored solutions for clients to help them successfully offer their examinations internationally. This involves supporting digital assessment transformation initiatives and implementation in global markets. As a result, I bring unique insights having worked with many of the leading education and assessment technology providers and a diverse range of awarding organisations.

With a truly global perspective and a passion for problem-solving, I regularly collaborate to exploit opportunities, tackle challenges and improve educational outcomes for everyone. I enjoy keeping up to date with the latest trends and thought leadership in assessment and technology. I am keen to get more involved by serving on the EAA board to further promote the value of the association and support the building of strong connections across the global assessment community.

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Alistair Fryer-Bovill

PSI

Alistair Fryer-Bovill

I am an accomplished marketing strategist and practitioner, with extensive experience in learning and assessment technologies dating back over 30 years. I contribute regularly to thought leadership discourse including speaking at assessment-related conferences.

As Vice President of Global Marketing for PSI, I have responsibility for coordinating efforts across all markets to drive awareness of PSI’s solutions, articulate its vision and values, build brand equity and maximise sales opportunities. Being the principal architect of PSI’s recent brand positioning project, I have been particularly focussed on emphasising PSI’s commitment to putting the test taker at the heart of everything we do. This approach has helped align PSI more closely still to the values and aspirations of our test sponsor clients.

A long-term supporter of the e-Assessment Association and co-opted board member in 2021, I am keen now to contribute more directly to its future success. I believe bringing additional marketing experience to the board, at this pivotal moment in the association’s history, will positively impact the next phase of evolution. In particular, growing membership and engagement across both geographies and sectors of the e-Assessment community. I feel my experience of both the US and European markets will be of significant value here.

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Anna Phelan

Eintech

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Hi all! I’m Anna Phelan, Head of Product at Eintech for the end-to-end digital assessment management platform Rogo.

I enjoy leading a fantastic cross functional team to plan, build, launch, manage and iterate world class solutions; currently delivering millions of assessments annually in over 180 countries.

I have many years experience in product development with a particular passion for assessment; it has been a pleasure to realise the requirements of many awarding bodies of differing sizes, regulated by different bodies e.g. FRC & Ofqual.

I believe the end user is key to software development and at Eintech we look to ensure both candidates and awarding bodies have a seamless experience using the platform. We are engaged in consistent research when it comes to the pain points of our user base and technology in the assessment space at large.

I regularly engage with many of our candidate users through my monthly column in PQ magazine.

I would relish the opportunity to join the board, contribute to the continued growth of e-assessment, and collaborate with this thriving forward thinking community

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Virah Shah

TCS iON

Virah Shah, TCS iON

Viral Shah is one of the key founders and innovators of the TCS iON business group.

He heads the Products and Solutions Engineering at TCS iON. He also heads TCS iON International Business since 2017, which has expanded in 7 countries under his leadership. Coming from a very strong product and technology background, Viral has been a key stakeholder in TCS iON’s decision making and conceptualization of unique IT-as-a-Service business model.

TCS iON is a market leader in assessment solutions space in India catering to K-12 segment, Education Boards, Corporates, Affiliated Institutes and Universities. TCS iON is leading initiatives to introduce cutting-edge eAssessment solutions in the international markets under the tutelage of Viral, an expert practitioner of digital assessment solutions.

He is the key innovator and architect of very large portfolio of TCS iON Solutions, which includes close to 70+ products and solutions. Viral has filed nearly 100+ patents and 15+ design patents worldwide.
He has won the most prestigious award of “Serial Innovator” at TATA Group level for his continuous innovations and research and have won 9 prestigious TATA Innovista Awards in last 12 years.

Viral was the board member for eAssessment Board in UK in the last tenure.

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Adarsh Sudhindra

Excelsoft Technologies

Adarsh Sudhindra

Adarsh holds the position of Vice President for Growth and Strategy at Excelsoft Technologies, a renowned Assessment Technology firm with a global presence. Additionally, he is the Founder and CEO of EnhanzED Education, another enterprise in the EdTech sector.
With a rich experience exceeding 15 years in Education Technology, Adarsh specializes in developing Digital Education Products, particularly in Assessment and Learning.
At Excelsoft, he plays a pivotal role as an Evangelist for Assessment and Remote Proctoring products and actively participates in relevant forums and associations, indicating his commitment to these domains. In his role at Excelsoft, he has helped in transforming the digital assessment strategies for several large organisations around the globe.
Adarsh is also at the forefront of a group of EdTech enthusiasts, exploring the integration of AI in Assessments and Learning, showcasing his interest in leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance educational methodologies and assessment strategies. He demonstrates profound knowledge and leadership in EdTech, aiming for continual growth and innovation in digital education solutions.

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Emily Worthington

Emily Worthington

Pearson VUE

Emily Worthington

Emily Worthington joined Pearson VUE in 2015 and has been Head of Programmes since 2021. She leads a highly skilled team of programme management experts, who work closely with assessment owners across a range of industry sectors.

Emily has responsibility for the implementation of testing solutions that support secure exam delivery, while striving to ensure that clients’ exam programs grow and evolve with new capabilities. She has extensive experience with a variety of exam programmes both in the UK and across EMEA (often with very complex testing requirements and specific regulatory challenges to navigate).
Emily provides well-rounded perspective on the lifecycle of assessment; everything from exam set-up and delivery, to the candidate’s testing experience, through to content development and measurement services. Her strong leadership and management skills effectively balance the needs of a range of stakeholder groups.

Emily is passionate about the future of the global assessments industry and is always looking at how she can support the next client challenge and share best practice. She is excited about the vision of the eAA and being a part of an assessments community with the collective goal of promoting the positive impacts of technology.
Emily’s role and involvement with assessment owners provides a well-rounded perspective of what is important to the various stakeholder groups involved in assessment; from content development and measurement services, delivery, candidate experience and certification. Her strong relationship & programme management skills serve well in balancing the needs of these stakeholder groups and keeping everyone working towards a common goal.

Emily is passionate about the future of our industry and always looking for her next challenge. This thirst for advancement both personally and professionally drives her in her ambition to join the eAA Board, to help support its objectives now and in the future.

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