About the team members

After graduating, Sarah worked as an Operational Health Physicist in the UK Nuclear Industry. Sarah holds a post-graduate certificate of education, has several years' experience in industry training and has worked as a secondary school teacher.

Sarah migrated to New Zealand in 1994 and established her own business. She has worked as a technical writer, developing both paper-based and web-based documentation. Her industrial experience, together with the years she has spent working with clients, gives Sarah the ability to recognise opportunities and to develop high-value benefits for businesses.

She is experienced in task and needs analysis, project planning, quality control and team management.

Sarah Marsh
Managing Director
B.Sc. (Hons) (Physics), PGCE
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Heather is an experienced teacher and was awarded a distinction in her Teachers' College Diploma.

A highly proficient technical writer and web-developer, Heather has attended courses in design, journalism and small-business management. She has worked as a newspaper journalist and editor, and as a creator of educational resources. Heather has several years experience, in technical writing and in designing web-based learning packages, often to fulfil the criteria of national standards.

Heather has been actively involved in many community groups which utilise her skills in interviewing, research, liaison, publishing, public speaking and web design - to name but a few! She has even spent a term in local body politics.

Heather Sylvawood
Project Manager/
Instructional Designer
Dip. Distinction, Teachers College
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While studying for a Bachelor of Broadcast Communications, Jacqui gained skills in writing, video and sound production. She completed her internship and was later employed by Kids TV as a Set Decorator, Floor Manager and Production Manager. On returning to Christchurch, Jacqui completed her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Media and Film Studies.

After completing her training, she spent some time creating learning and assessment material based on NZQA unit standards for a variety of online learning packages. Jacqui has taken responsibility for content design, page layout and navigation as well as the editing of sound and video components. In addition to her experience in writing, web design and graphics, Jacqui has considerable skills in the use of relational databases, PHP and ASP scripting.

Jacqui Jeffrey
Database Designer/
Multimedia Programmer
B.A. (Media and Film), B.B.C.

Carolyn has had extensive experience in teaching adults and has also trained English language teachers for many years. She has taught in the UK, Algeria, China, Brazil, Paraguay, New Caledonia and Ecuador, working with a very wide range of learners - from students with low literacy levels through to university lecturers and scientists.

She has written five educational textbooks for adult learners, as well as distance teacher training materials, and is well known in the ESOL industry in New Zealand and overseas.

Her wide-ranging background in writing and training equips Carolyn to devise interactive, multi-media materials for learners at varying levels of literacy and subject knowledge.

Carolyn Catt
Technical Writer and Editor
BA (Hons) in English and Linguistics
MA (Distinction) in Applied Linguistics
Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults
Postgraduate Diploma (Merit) in Publishing

Sky has extensive experience in the Information Technology industry and has worked on projects with several multinational companies overseas as well as many New Zealand corporates in the banking, finance, agricultural and electricity industries.

In addition to being an experienced software designer and technical writer, Sky is a qualified practitioner of natural health, runs a tourism business and is a volunteer counsellor with a Christchurch counselling agency. Sky is particularly interested in document and web-site ergonomics and is a Director of epiText Ltd., a document production organisation.

Sky Williams
Technical Writer

Maya trained in illustration and graphic design. As a freelance graphic designer she has produced work for the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice, Transit New Zealand, Westpac and other clients in New Zealand and Australia.

Initially Maya concentrated on design for print-based projects but in 2004, before she returned to New Zealand from Australia, she decided to extend her talents into web design. Since joining the team at Edutech KM she has been exercising her skills in graphic design and publishing for print.

Maya Wypych
Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Publisher
B.Econ.