Nathan has been involved in the digital media and eLearning industry for 24 years, running his own business for 10 years prior to joining iHasco. As MD at iHasco, Nathan is responsible for the overall management and long term strategy of our business.
Find out more about Nathan Pitman
When did you join iHasco?
I joined iHasco in a full time capacity in February 2015 as a Creative/Technical Director and then moved into my current role as Managing Director in January 2020. However I had worked with iHasco as an external digital strategy partner since 2005.
What do you do at iHasco?
I’m responsible for the overall management of our business, our vision and long term strategy for the future. I work with senior leaders in our business and across the wider Citation Group to ensure that we achieve our goals.
What did you want to do when you were at school?
At a Primary School age I distinctly remember a desire to become an automotive designer, I used to wake up early on Saturday mornings so I could spend as much time as possible drawing cars.
What do you get up to when you’re not at iHasco?
Between myself and my partner we have 5 children and two dogs so there's not much free time for anything else. When I do get a spare moment though I'm usually ogling cars on AutoTrader or dreaming up my next home improvement project.
Where in the world would you most like to go?
My parents house in the south of France. Lots of memories from my child hood… silence, sun and a swimming pool.
Favourite food?
Anything I haven’t cooked.
Tell us something we don’t know about you?
At college I was nicknamed 'The Guvner'. Something to do with the fact that I always took the lead in team projects I think. A fairly high percentage of the students and staff never knew my real name.
Favourite book or movie?
Book – has to be 'Rework' by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Movie – Has to be the Fifth Element by Luc Besson.
Recent articles by Nathan Pitman
Drag. Drop. Deliver. A custom course builder done right
There’s no dispute that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming an integral part of how we streamline processes in business. From chatbots that handle customer service queries to algorithms that help HR teams screen CVs, AI is transforming the way many organisations operate.
Big news: Careskills Academy is now part of our family!
We're excited to announce a significant expansion in our capabilities, making us not only larger but also substantially more robust in the Health and Care eLearning sector. That’s right – Careskills Academy is now officially a part of iHasco!
Q2 2020 Product Development Update
It hardly seems possible but a full 91 days have passed since our last quarterly product update and during that time everyone here at iHasco has been working at home after we closed the office at the end of March. You'll be glad to know that this hasn't stopped us from delivering a whole host of new features so without further ado here's your quarterly update on (almost) everything that's changed.
Our new organisational segments editor
Organisational segments provide a neat way to divide and categorise your users. You can also assign additional LMS administrators to manage particular segments. Previously segments could only include a single rule. As of today you can now create complex segments with ease using our new organisational segment editor.
Introducing user notes
We've just added a new feature to the LMS which gives LMS administrators the ability to record short notes against specific users on their individual user profile page. Notes are visible only to you and other LMS administrators.
Notice of changes to how we serve video
We offer clients a choice between using our primary video CDN (Vimeo) and our alternative video CDN (Amazon Cloudfront). Most clients find that there are no issues with Vimeo but on occasion we've seen technical problems with video playback via Vimeo for older devices and so have switched clients to use our alternative video CDN.
New automated reminder emails
Automated reminder emails have had an overhaul. We've added a whole bunch of new features to our reminders which mean you no longer need to manually chase users to start, complete or renew their training.
Changes to how user enrolments are managed in the LMS
We've been working on a couple of big changes to how we handle user enrolments in the LMS.
Upcoming improvements to how you enrol users in courses
We've been working on some significant changes to how you manage user enrolments in courses within the LMS. Starting early next month you'll see a new improved interface for managing enrolments in the LMS and a much simpler process for including enrolments in a CSV file import.
Upcoming improvements to automated reminder emails
Over the next few weeks, we will be starting to roll out improvements to automated reminder emails as part of an ongoing effort to provide a more comprehensive service which takes care of driving completion of training by employees on your behalf.