Meet Our Staff

Max Bertola - Director and President
(Park City, Utah)

Max's dream has been to create an online learning experience that is superior to what students get in a face-to-face classroom.  Since 1995, he has been developing the curriculum for his online educational offerings.  Max developed the first online course offerings for Utah State University and Utah Valley University.   

Max holds a Masters of Science in English from Utah State University where he graduated from the Technical Writing and Professional Communications Program.  He teaches three to four English composition courses a semester at Utah Valley University where he developed an award winning web-based composition program.  In addition, Max was awarded the "Teacher of the Year" in the English program our of 90+ instructors.

Max also has taught for the past 4 years at the Corrections Academy for the Utah Deparment of Corrections where he instructs new officers the skills needed to write quality reports.  At the Department of Corrections, he spent time with the inmates developing an Inmate-to-Inmate literacy program where inmates taught other inmates basic reading, writing, and comprehension skills.  Utah Governor Mike Leavitt presented Max a Medal of Commendation for Max's work in developing this innovative program. 

Over the past six years, Max has developed the iInstructor Virtual Classroom technology as well as developed all of the student tracking software, course management software, and he has overseen all of the curriculum development for the school

Lance - Manager of Operations and Student Support Services
(Keokuk, Iowa)

Lance attended Utah Valley University where he specialized in Organizational Implementation of Technology.  He is a technology guru and understands how to manage an operation using state-of-the-art technology.  He also has developed the majority of our computer science offerings.

Lance and his wife and son live just fifteen minutes outside of Nauvoo, Illinois.  He is able to manage the operations of our school through the use of advanced video conferencing software that allows him to virtually be in our offices.

Shane - Manager of Finances and Student Admissions
(Orem, Utah)

Shane attended Brigham Young University with his focus on Business Finance and Strategy.  He manages the online databases tracking our prospective students.  He has also worked in developing our Adult High School offerings.

Wendy - Admissions Specialist and Student Support Services
(Orem, Utah)

Wendy has been called the "heart" of student support.  She works to assist parents in getting their students enrolled in just the right courses.  She also staffs the live support chat line.  She says she just loves her job and enjoys getting to know all of the parents and students.

Ayisha - Student Support Services Specialist
(Orem, Utah)

Ayisha is brilliant and answers course questions posed by students and parents through our live support chat or by phone.

Ayesha is attending Utah Valley University where she has earned her associates and is continuing to further her education. 

Mari - Admissions and Curriculum Specialist
(Park City, Utah)

Mari handles general admissions and support questions for the school.  She also is responsible for the admissions for our elementary and junior high offerings. Also, Mari handles all of the graphic design needs of the school.

Mari attended Utah Valley University where she specialized in graphics design. 

Mari is a mother of nine and a grandmother of nine. 

Mike - Instructor Social Studies (High School Certified)
(Orem, Utah)

Mike teaches full-time at Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah.  He is state certified in the social sciences that includes history, world history, geography, civics and government, sociology, and psychology.

Mike develops curriculum and works to answer student questions. 

Bob - Instructor Foreign Language - Spanish (High School Certified)
(Orem, Utah)

Bob has his Masters in Education and teaches Spanish at a local charter school.

Bob has worked diligently to provide an aggressive and engaging Spanish curriculum.