About Us
Sebright Learning was founded on the principle that technology presents a revolutionary model for people to interact, teach, learn, and grow through their experiences. The majority of our collective experience very much revolves around the eLearning market; however, our passion for both learning and technology reaches beyond just the traditional academic definition of that term.
As the founders of Sebright Consulting, we (Pete Cassidy and Ben Schwarz) each have have over ten years experience in online teaching and learning.
Peter S. Cassidy, MA
Gardening
Pete is (almost) a Colorado native and has been teaching online courses at various institutions since 1998. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Colorado in English Literature and a Bachelor’s degree in English from Colorado State University. Pete originally got started teaching creative writing, essay and research writing, study skills and methods of argumentation in the higher education classroom and online at the University of Colorado. After Graduate school, he spent 4 years working for eCollege, doing course development work (coding HTML, JavaScript, ASP Forms, Flash, etc.), and as a Senior Instructional Designer.
After his time at eCollege, Pete spent 5 years at Westwood College Online as a Program Director and then as the Assistant Director of Education. He then directed the Online Tutoring program for the Knowledge Learning Corporation, Champions division and now teaches full time  and (of course) does consulting work through this company, Sebright Consulting, LLC. On a personal level, Pete enjoys hiking, snowboarding, fly fishing, and reading good novels. His family consists of his wife Aimee, an amazingly energetic little boy named Seamus, and beautiful daughter named Brigid.
Contact Pete at: pete@sebrightlearning.com
Benjamin W. Schwarz
Fun on the carousel
Ben is a Minnesota native who migrated to Colorado in 1998 to work for the online learning start-up company eCollege (formerly Real Education). In his career at eCollege, Ben held a variety of positions including Course Developer, Course Services Manager, and Account Executive. Ben’s experience includes online course design and construction, user education and training, personnel and financial management, and strategic business relationship management. Ben’s career has included leading numerous eLearning implementation projects around the US and abroad.
Ben holds a Bachelor’s degree, Magna cum Laude, in Business Administration from Regis University in Denver. He lives in the greater Denver area with his wife Adrian, his daughter Emerson, his son Blake, and Rufus the dog. Ben enjoys time with family and friends, cooking, traveling, sampling tasty wines, playing tennis, and watching sports (go Vikings!).
Contact Ben at: ben@sebrightlearning.com