Tutors

 

The WoolSafe Academy® course tutors and authors

Dr. Agnes Zsednai

Dr. Agnes Zsednai


Agnes is Managing Director of the WoolSafe Organisation and tutors the Fibre Care Specialist training course. She has a PhD in chemistry and runs the WoolSafe Approved product certification programme.


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Dr. Eric Brown

Dr. Eric Brown


Director of Cleaning Research International and the author and tutor of the Carpet Complaint Investigation Course for inspectors. Eric has also written numerous books. He has been involved in the investigation of carpet complaints since 1975 and has appeared in numerous cases as an Expert Witness.


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Ruth Travis

Ruth Travis


Director of WoolSafe North American. Ruth co-wrote the North American Fibre Care Specialist online course. Ruth is an IICRC-Certified Master Textile Cleaner and Instructor in Color Repair, Rug Cleaning and Senior Carpet Inspector. Ruth specializes in carpet color correction for major carpet mills.


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Colin Nation

Colin Nation


Developer and tutor of the Australian Fibre Care Specialist distance learning course. Colin is a carpet cleaning industry veteran with a technical background, who is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience to help individuals and companies achieve their goals.


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Adam Jankowski

Adam Jankowski


Adam is a consultant and consultant trainer with The Restoration Academy UK Limited. With over 28 years of experience, he is one of the most prolific trainers in the industry (in the UK) working with some of the most significant suppliers of products and services in the cleaning and restoration industry.


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Paul Pearce

Paul Pearce


Paul started his career in 1972 and has remained focused on the cleaning of the Indoor Environment. He has written numerous articles, spoken and taught internationally and cleaned for many well-known and respected prestigious clients.


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Lisa Wagner

Lisa Wagner


Lisa Wagner is a rug cleaner, a rug trainer, and founder of the Textile Pro Network. Her RugChick blog is the most referenced and visited consumer rug care resource on the web


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Mark Kennedy

Mark Kennedy


Mark Kennedy is the author of “Secrets of the Carpet Cleaning Super-Giants” and creator of the “Levels of Success Program,” a sales, marketing, and management system for cleaning and restoration companies.


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Allan Simmons

Allan Simmons


Allan started a cleaning business straight from college in 1988 and still runs a successful five van cleaning business in a hands-off capacity.


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Gabriel Andreca

Gabriel Andreca


Gabriel is a fibre care professional specialising in Persian and Oriental carpet cleaning, restoration and colour repair. He initially started as a carpet cleaner but soon discovered his passion for hand-made rugs, and colour repairs.

He has developed the Brio Dyes – acid dyes specifically formulated to make rug and carpet bleach spot corrections easier and has also put together a set of dyes for sisal and seagrass colour repairs. He is currently working on a set of natural dyes.


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Jim Bardwell

Jim Bardwell


Jim’s love of people and his need for a fast-paced, exciting, and merit-driven vocation naturally led him to a career in sales and marketing. He has spent the last 25 years working for, and with, some of the most successful, high-end textile restoration and protection firms in the world. Jim’s accomplishments in this field has led to opportunities to share his experience both as a consultant and a speaker.


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