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The Modern Training Team

Matt Nelson
CEO and Founder

Matt Nelson is the founder and CEO of Modern Training & Development, Inc., a team that creates premium learning content and custom training programs for restaurants, retail, breweries, and more. With over 25 years of experience, he has helped multi-unit operators of all sizes create and evolve their learning experiences.

Matt is also the author of The Renegade Cook, a skill-building book for the Back-of-the-House. Speaking directly to BOH team members, The Renegade Cook goes beyond culinary skills to share how to become a better teammate and develop into a future leader. It’s a great resource for restaurant leaders and trainers to elevate performance in the kitchen, develop a talent pipeline, and guide managers how to lead the BOH confidently.

Korey Rahrle
Content Director

Korey has been working in the beer business for as long as he’s been legally able to drink beer. Even before graduating college, he was known for showing up to house parties with a 6 pack of something special, rather than indulging in the mass produced beer that was readily available. As a Certified Cicerone, he’s taken it upon himself to not only learn more about the world of craft beer, but also share what he’s learned with others eager to learn. For the past 10 years he’s worked for regional and nationally distributed breweries, as well as spending time as a consultant for businesses looking to improve their craft beer sales.

Angela Beemer
Learning Design Director

From television to beer and everything in between, Angela’s passion is designing experiences that help people learn about what they love. She has dedicated the past ten years to developing and delivering effective and engaging sales and leadership training experiences for the television and broadcast industry. Angela has received several training industry awards including a silver Brandon C. Hall award for Best Sales Leadership Development Program as well as two gold Brandon C. Hall awards for Best Learning Program Supporting a Change Transformation Business Strategy and Best Use of Blended Learning.

Angela earned her Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing and Communications from Utah State University. On a warm evening, you will find her walking in Colorado’s natural beauty and looking at the stars with her telescope. When it’s time to head inside, she enjoys playing video and board games.

Shante Bryan
Learning Content Designer

Shante strives to build engaging content that promotes lasting behavioral change. She believes that impactful learning doesn’t happen by chance. For her, it happens from intentional planning and execution. How learners engage with the content is considered at each step of her design process. As a former educator and healthcare worker, Shante loves to create learner-centric solutions that combine best practices with innovative software. Her enthusiasm for technology has inspired her to dabble into responsive design and usability. When not focused on projects, Shante likes to spend her free time playing video games, browsing online artwork, and trying out new Instant Pot recipes.

Cristina Vazquez
Learning Content Designer

Cristina has a passion for finding creative and engaging ways to teach new material to all types of learners. As a former hospitality and culinary arts educator, she has merged her vast knowledge of these two industries to make an impact in training and development. The experience of managing her own cafe and cake business has also been instrumental in giving her understanding of the hospitality industry.

Cristina has a culinary degree and Masters degree in Hospitality Management and Leadership. In her spare time, she loves to take hikes with her dog and continues to bake pastries for family and friends. You might even seen her competing on Food Network!

Sean Malvey
Content Coordinator

Sean grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado, not too far from our offices. He is new to the L&D industry but brings fresh ideas and a great eye for detail to every project. Sean is involved with every project, reviewing source materials, storyboarding, and providing quality assurance feedback to the rest of the content team.

Alex Torres
Content Coordinator

Since way back to her time of crayons and naps, Alex has been striving to find ways to help the people around her work better together. She is new to the L&D field, but Alex is eager to share her interpersonal skills with the team. Alex is confident that her years of experience in retail, food service, and manufacturing will provide helpful insight into building thoughtful, meaningful content for our clients. In her free time Alex enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and two daughters.

The Modern Training Brand Family

We develop content from mobile courses to video to print materials and how they all fit together. We believe training should be fun, visually stunning, and easy to manage.