Ralph Alter
Ralph Alter is the Managing Partner at Colorkeys Inc. Over the last 6 years, he has taken his Colorkeys method books and created an interactive software program geared for school curriculum. Currently, the program is being used by thousands of public and private school students in North America- gaining great notoriety as a instrumental music program for grades 3 through 6.
Graham Porter
Graham is a musician, teacher and product manager. After studying composition at Simon Fraser University, he spent several years working in the software and telephony industry eventually becoming a product manager and overseeing dozens of developers. In 2007 he returned to music and developed a successful private teaching practice. Graham currently teaches with Colorkeys at a variety of schools, gathering insight into ways that the program can be improved. He also works in R & D, researching and designing the next wave of features Colorkeys will offer to it’s customers. Graham sees Colorkeys as a unique opportunity to use technology to deliver an amazing learning experience to anyone in the world with a computer and a desire to play.
Jamie Edwards
Jamie is a teacher and musician by training. Educated at University of Toronto and Queen’s University, Jamie holds degrees in music and education. He has been a part of the Colorkeys team for 4 years in a variety of roles. His experience using the Colorkeys software in the classroom has enabled him to offer guidance and suggestions to the programming team. Jamie’s current role includes offering assistance to teachers and schools using the Colorkeys software, working with the programming team to develop a user-friendly and pedagogically sound learning method, and software testing/QA. He is excited to grow Colorkeys and to reach more budding musicians.
Yehoshua Bendah
Yehoshua Bendah is a senior game programmer. He has experience developing a range of different types of games, as well as AI techniques and language recognition. Over 20 years experience in development of high performance, robust and scalable software solutions that extend beyond industry requirements. Strong Object Oriented foundation, an emphasis on Design Patterns, with special attention given to encapsulation, information hiding, loose coupling, variable naming, short methods, composition, event based architecture, efficient debugging techniques, refactoring, and separation of model and view.
Rob Schaumer
Rob Schaumer, a serial entrepreneur who has been building businesses on and off line for over 20 years. Over the past 5 years he has switched his focus from building his own business to helping others build theirs. He is a Partner at Pamensky, Schaumer & Associate, an elite business coaching and marketing consulting group dedicated to helping business leaders build successful business while living a healthy and balanced life.
Ariel Remer
Ariel Remer is a creative professional and entrepreneur working in web design, graphic design, marketing, and social media, currently running three businesses. When Ariel is not hanging around the Colorkeys office trying to figure out why the cats from Aristocats are better at playing the piano than him, he can be found on tumblr, twitter and with his awesome family. He enjoys a good single malt scotch and survived Tough Mudder with minor scrapes and bruises.
