Irish firm Prodigy Learning, which delivers IT certification programmes and online learning solutions to customers across Microsoft, Adobe and Autodesk technologies, has been announced as the Certiport EMEA Partner of the Year for 2017.
The
Partner of the Year award recognises Certiport partners who are
dedicated to advancing certification and supporting students and
educators in their region. This is the second consecutive year that
Prodigy Learning has been recognised as a Certiport Partner of the Year,
building on the success of 2016, when Prodigy Learning was the first
ever European partner to be recognized as the Global Partner of the
Year.
Prodigy Learning was established in Dublin in 2000. Having
built up a significant presence in the Irish market, the company
successfully expanded into the UK in 2008, with both geographies now
core components of the business. Export is a key driver of the Company’s
growth, now representing over 70% of the business.
Prodigy Learning’s customer base includes top tier academic, commercial and public sector institutions. The Prodigy Learning team work closely with these customers to meet their digital learning requirements. Prodigy Learning’s customers range from secondary schools to prestigious universities such as the London School of Economics and the University of St. Andrews, government departments including the NHS in the UK and SOLAS in Ireland and corporate bodies including large professional bodies such as the ACCA: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
The company has recently expanded to 15 employees between Dublin and London and has plans to continue growing the team due to increasing demand from core markets and further international expansion. Certiport, a Pearson VUE business, is the world leader in performance-based certification exams and practice test solutions for academic institutions, workforce and corporate technology markets, and delivers more than 3 million certification exams each year around the world.
Speaking about the award win, Andrew Flood, (CEO, Prodigy Learning) said: “This
award win is a recognition of the hard work of all the team here at
Prodigy Learning but also an endorsement of our overseas growth
strategy.” He continued: “Digital skills are critical to the UK
economy. Our range of certification and learning products develop and
validate these digital skills, improving employability for students and
productivity for employees. As our UK operations go from strength to
strength, we plan to further expand the business both in existing and
new markets in the coming months.”
Aaron Osmond (General Manager, Certiport) commented; “Prodigy
Learning is one of our longest standing partners, and Andrew Flood and
his team have been dedicated to advancing certification in the UK and
Ireland for many years now. They exemplify everything we would want in a
partner – staying aggressively focused on sales, putting customer
satisfaction above everything else and exploring creative ways to grow
the business.”
As Certiport’s Solution Provider for the UK and Ireland, Prodigy Learning is exclusively responsible for managing the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA), Autodesk Certified User (ACU), Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP), IC3 Digital Literacy (IC3), Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS), and Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) training and certification programmes. These certifications deliver job-ready skills, improving employability for students and productivity for employees.
Image: Pictured at the Awards Ceremony are Billy Breen (Country Manager – Ireland, Prodigy Learning), Andrew Flood (CEO, Prodigy Learning), Aaron Osmond (General Manager, Certiport), Andrew Griggs (Country Manager – UK, Prodigy Learning) and Mounaim Makhtari (Sr. Director of Sales – EMEA, Certiport). Click here for more pictures from the Awards Ceremony.
About Certiport
Certiport, a Pearson VUE business, is the leading provider of certification exam development, delivery and program management services delivered through an expansive network of over 14,000 Certiport Authorized Testing Centers worldwide. Certiport manages a sophisticated portfolio of leading certification programs including: the official Microsoft Office Specialist certification program, the Microsoft Technology Associate certification program, the Microsoft Certified Educator program, the Adobe® Certified Associate certification program, the Autodesk Certified User and Autodesk Certified Professional certification programs, the Intuit QuickBooks Certified User certification program, and the IC3 Digital Literacy certification. Certiport reliably delivers over three million tests each year throughout the secondary, post-secondary, workforce, and corporate technology markets in 135 countries and 26 languages worldwide.
