About Brandon Hall, PH.D

Brandon Hall, Ph.D., is a leading independent expert in e-learning, helping organizations make the right decisions about technology through his writing, advising, and presenting. With more than 20 years as a training professional, Dr. Hall is the Chairman of Brandon Hall Research and author of the groundbreaking "Web-Based Training Cookbook."

Since 1992, Brandon Hall Research has been providing independent expert advice in the form of published reports and phone consultations on the tools of e-learning: LMS, LCMS, authoring tools, content providers, and other tools that help organizations develop successful e-learning solutions. Dr. Hall participates regularly as a featured speaker in conferences such as ASTD and Online Learning. He earned his doctorate in educational psychology and has served on the faculty of San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program.

Dr. Hall's clients have included Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, GE, Motorola, Kraft/General Foods, Hewlett-Packard, Goldman Sachs, Westinghouse, and the U.S. Army, among others. He has been the editor of Technology for Learning newsletter, a columnist for Online Learning, and a contributing editor to the American Society for Training and Development's (ASTD) Training and Development Magazine. As an internationally recognized researcher and speaker on e-learning, he has been interviewed by Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes ASAP, InfoWorld, Training, and HR Executive, among others.

In addition, Dr. Hall chairs the annual Excellence in Learning Awards, now in its twelfth year and the first recognition program dedicated entirely to the e-learning industry.