Every cohort is led by someone who does this work for a living, not a full-time lecturer. Each instructor is a verified practitioner, chosen for real, current expertise in the subject they teach.
Our instructors
Travis Janko
CEO & Co-Founder · GSD Coach & Recruiting
25+ years leading sales teams and hiring, developing, and coaching high-performing talent across high-growth companies. After that the last 10 years CEO of GSD Coach & Recruiting.
25+ years leading sales teams and hiring, developing, and coaching high-performing talent across high-growth companies. After that the last 10 years CEO of GSD Coach & Recruiting.
Travis Janko is CEO and Co-Founder of GSD Coach & Recruiting. He spent more than 25 years in sales and sales leadership before building GSD Coach & Recruiting over 10 years ago, where he works primarily with founder-led SaaS companies on hiring, sales leadership, and building high-performing teams.
Travis has personally hired more than 500 people and brings an operator’s perspective to recruiting and talent assessment. He also leads practical workshops for founders, executives, sales leaders, and hiring managers focused on building better hiring processes, interviewing effectively, and making stronger hiring decisions.
Credibility highlights
Personally hired more than 500 people throughout his career.
10+ years helping companies recruit and build high-performing teams.
25+ years of sales and sales leadership experience.
Led sales teams through companies acquired for $317M and $3.5B.
Training experience
Regularly lead practical hiring, interviewing, sales, and leadership workshops for founders, executives, sales leaders, and hiring managers. My training is highly interactive and built around real-world examples, discussion, and practical application.
Markets & audiences
US & CanadaFounders & CEOsExecutivesSales LeadersHiring ManagersRevenue Teams
Hana is a strategic HR and organizational development leader with 13+ years of experience partnering with CEOs, executives, and people leaders across technology, aerospace, and global organizations.
Through LEADERIS Consulting, she helps organizations and leaders strengthen leadership capabilities, manager effectiveness, communication, feedback, psychological safety, and team dynamics.
Her work combines hands-on HR and organizational development experience with behavioral science, executive coaching, and practical learning experiences. Her focus is on helping leaders turn knowledge into practice, build stronger leadership habits, and navigate the people challenges that come with growth and change.
Credibility highlights
13+ years in HR and organizational development, leading programs for 150+ managers globally.
Built leadership and manager-development programs for organizations from 100 to 10,000+ employees.
Guided CEOs and executive teams through growth, M&A, and organizational change.
Creator of RiseBud, an AI platform where managers practice real workplace conversations.
Training experience
Facilitates leadership and manager-development workshops, executive sessions, and coaching for managers through senior leaders, both in person and virtual, across global technology organizations.
Digital Marketing & AI Adoption Strategist, Corporate Trainer & Curriculum Designer · The Training Group
25+ years’ experience helping organizations improve digital capability, marketing performance and practical AI adoption.
AI Adoption & ImplementationDigital Marketing StrategyAI ProductivityCorporate Training & Curriculum Design
Irma Karsten is a digital marketing and AI adoption strategist, corporate trainer and curriculum designer with more than 25 years’ experience.
She helps organizations improve digital capability, marketing effectiveness and practical AI use across teams. Her work includes AI productivity training, workflow design, digital and content strategy, LinkedIn social selling, SEO/AEO/GEO, analytics and curriculum development.
She works with corporate clients, agencies and training organizations internationally, with a strong focus on practical application, responsible AI use and measurable business value.
Credibility highlights
25+ years’ digital marketing, training and strategy experience
International trainer for Unilever’s Marketing Foundation Program since 2019.
Designs and delivers AI adoption programs for corporate and professional teams.
Former digital agency Strategy Director and COO of a digital marketing academy.
Training experience
Designs and runs practical workshops and executive sessions across multiple markets. Focuses on helping corporate teams, agencies, and professionals apply digital marketing, AI tools, and workflow improvements to real business tasks.
Markets & audiences
South AfricaUK & USEurope & Middle EastGlobal Teams & ExecutivesMarketing & Sales TeamsProfessional ServicesCorporate Learners
Trainer assignment for this cohort is currently being finalized. UpskAill confirms instructors based on subject relevance, practitioner experience, live facilitation capability and availability for the scheduled cohort.
Once confirmed, the instructor’s full profile, expertise and professional background will be added here before the course begins. The course program, learning outcomes and practical structure remain unchanged, with each instructor bringing their own practitioner context and facilitation style to the live sessions.
Credibility highlights
Selected for direct relevance to the course subject
Practitioner experience is a core trainer requirement
Full trainer profile published once availability is confirmed
Training experience
UpskAill selects trainers for relevant practitioner experience and proven ability to lead live professional learning.
Markets & audiences
USUK
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