Carol Bleyle, the marketing lead of Pract.us, began her career teaching English and linguistics at the university and community college level. She later moved into the speech recognition software industry and developed training courses and workshops for commercial software as well as her own services company. She writes extensively about the cognitive basis of learning, work-based learning, and employee development. Since 2013, Carol has partnered with Mike Bleyle, founder and CEO of Pract.us, to share the vision of guided informal learning. Carol holds a MA in linguistics.