About us

Trilby is a well established business with 20 years of trading history and a huge back catalogue of successful UK and International projects. We have produced content for large corporates, national charities and local authorities in the UK and work with some of the worlds leading education and technology providers.

We work across the UK and have clients from Aberdeen to St Austell. Our skill set is recognised internationally and we have worked with organisations in South America, South Africa, North America and across Europe. In the past 12 months we have worked with International Schools in France, Turkey, Estonia, Lativa, Croatia and run sales training sessions for Apple in Milan, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Brussels and London.

We were pioneers in the early years of the web and Trilby has always been at the forefront of media and software development. Our team is constantly exploring different ways to make technology work better. A large proportion of our time is spent on research and development which allows us to bring to each project ideas and concepts that are leading edge.

We worked with the very first National Grid for Learning (NGfL). Based in Dudley, West Midlands the £55 million project was a partnership between British Telecom and Research Machines. We created online tools that pushed the limits of what the technology could do, getting students to create media rich content and work collaboratively across the borough on a scale not seen in education before.

When Birmingham City Council needed to roll out a city wide network of key skills training they choose Trilby to create, manage and maintain the system. The online learning and multimedia package called Birmingham Youthstart included Internet and CD-ROM based resources along with face to face training for young adults getting into the world of work.

Britain’s largest public services union, Unison, choose Trilby to build a health and safety training resource which was rolled out to all H&S union reps in the UK. The RiskWise CD-ROM takes learners on a multimedia learning journey, helping reps fully understand what is expected to be delivered in the workplace.

We manage and maintain the web services for the English School Football Association, ESFA, which governs and coordinates football matches and leagues across 1000s of UK schools. This huge competition has hundreds of entires which our system builds fixtures for and manages the league tables.

As passionate and experienced individuals with a good knowledge of technology, our role as consultants and trainers has expanded. We are happy to share what we have learned with others and continue to build our knowledge through continued innovation. More than a training organisation we create truly collaborative and long term relationships with the clients we work with.

With the addition of Neil Emery to the team we expanded our training focus. Neil ran one of Europe’s most successful Apple Authorised Training Centres and has built a reputation for high quality training delivery. We are now positioned as one of the leading training and consultation teams in the UK.

Benjamin Stanley

Director

Ben is Director at Trilby where he has spent 20 years developing educational technologies. From the early days of floppy disks and dial up modems he has always had a focus on applying ICT in practical and meaningful ways. He believes that technology should act as an enabler to help redefine our world rather than simply a substitute for existing practices. As an Apple Education Mentor and Apple Professional Development authorised trainer Ben works in many educational settings around the UK and beyond, advising and working on long term projects with staff and students. His passion is making sure that creative technology is used to maximum benefit wherever it can be applied.

Neil Emery

Director

Neil’s passion is education! He was involved in a recording studio where technology was a stable part of the day to day operation, but is still amazed when walking into schools to find various technologies unused and unloved. So now he works very closely with Apple and its partners making sure that those educational organisations looking to purchase Apple technologies are doing so for the right reasons. Neil is an accomplished presenter who brings any subject matter to life and makes learning easy, relevant and fun. 

Gavin Beardsmore

Lead Developer

Gavin leads our software development, his experience has seen him project manage and lead on a range of developments for education and corporate clients. Gavin’s ability to understand structures and systems has led Trilby to implement a range of projects from school websites through to multi user learning systems used by thousands. He joined the Trilby team in 2005 after completing a Computer Science degree. Prior to this Gavin worked as a Web Developer and IT Support Technician at a Further Education college. 

Nadine Kubalek

Studio Manager and Producer

Nadine has many years experience in leading software and media projects. She joined Trilby in 2006 and completed a MSc in Interactive Media in 2007. She is a highly creative, detail-oriented and motivated studio manager who has successfully managed several software developments and media projects for educational and corporate clients.

Ben, Neil, Gavin and Nadine are supported by a highly experienced team of trainers, programming, design and project management staff.