Bio:

Lester became addicted to reading at the age of 17 when he read his first full book as a requirement in English class in order to graduate from high school. Eventually, he realized that there are many learners like him who need to be engaged in order to experience Fun-Learning. Lester is the founder of IDLD Creatives, LLC (formerly Instructional Technology and Performance Improvement Consulting, LLC). He is a multidisciplinary methodologist who has an MBA with a leadership concentration and an Ed.D with a specialization in Instructional Technology and Distance Education. He has over 10 years’ experience as a freelance project manager.

Lester is also a professor who has taught leadership (BA) as well as project and team management (MS) courses since 2010. He won the 2012 Faculty Member of the Year award for the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. He is a Certified Scrum Master and has a General Assembly UX Design certificate.

Lester pioneered a pirate-themed, literacy-based educational video game called Plunder, which was a Serious Games Challenge Finalist at the I/ITSEC Conference. He has presented on topics such as using educational video games to reinforce learning outcomes at conferences such as FETC, USDLA, APSCU, Serious Play, Pearson Cite, and OrlandoiX. His philosophy is: If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it—but if it can be improved, modify it—and if it doesn’t exist, build it! Let’s build educational technologies (EdTech) together to facilitate Fun-Learning, and leadership development for students and employees!