Andy has been in the Project Management industry since 1983.  Working as a customer support manager for the Pertmaster system, he was responsible for pre-sales and post-sales technical advice to new and existing customers.  For the same organisation, Andy became the training manager, establishing training and consultancy services to supplement the company's growing product offerings.  As product marketing manager, he was then in charge of managing new releases of software products, together with sales and marketing initiatives.  Andy then joined Deepak Sareen associates in 1993 and became responsible for the company's sales initiatives on their Project Management and time recording applications.  He left them in 1994 to establish Project Learning Limited.

In addition to being certified as a Microsoft Project User Specialist, Andy was commissioned by Microsoft to write the certification exam for Microsoft Project 2002.  Andy was a Vice President of the South East of England chapter of the Microsoft Project Accociation (MPA) prior to migrating to New Zealand in 2007.

Diane started in Project Management in 1985 as a Project Analyst for the International Stock Exchange in London, working on large software development projects to support the main arm of the business. 

Following five years with that organisation, Diane attained the role of Senior Project Analyst, before leaving to join Hoskyns plc in a Senior Training Consultant role.  In this role, Diane was responsible for linking recognised methodologies and estimating techniques to the software tool, Project Manager Workbench (PMW).

Since then, Diane has worked for major consultancies and training providers primarily as a Senior Training Consultant, advising major organisations how to implement Project Management and the related tools more effectively.  On one assignment, she was seconded to the European Space Agency.  Whilst working in Holland, Diane was responsible for implementing best-practice Project Management procedures, which included documentation and change control procedures.

In 1999, Diane attained a First Class Honours Degree in Project Management from Leeds Metropolitan University, following two years of distance learning study.  Diane is now a fully-fledged PRINCE2 Practitioner and is currently working towards becoming a PRINCE2 Accredited Trainer.