Our Story
Experts in Learning. Partners in Growth.
Since 2004, ORVEO has been designing, teaching and scaling education that moves people and industries forward. What began as a focused effort to elevate professional learning in the real estate, finance, and project management industries has evolved into a global movement across all industries– one that has reached more than 10,000 learners across 12 countries and has defined a new standard for e-learning.
Our Mission
We believe education should be as dynamic as the people it serves – designed with precision, delivered intentionally, and built to innovate as fast as the world around it.
Our Values
Pursue Global Excellence
We pursue global excellence by collaborating with leading industry experts to provide relevant, real-life education that exceeds expectations across industries and geographies.
Empower the Learner
We strive to empower the learner. We respect the learner’s time, experience and autonomy. Our programs are efficient, practical and accessible, designed to help learners thrive in their work, explore their curiosities, and achieve their goals at any stage of life.
Innovate with Discipline
We live at the intersection of entrepreneurial imagination and disciplined methodology. We move quickly, think boldly, and draw on our extensive history of proven experience designing experiential, performance-focused learning.
Build Human Connection
We believe learning is most powerful when it is authentic. We design experiences that connect people to ideas, experts and to each other to build human connections.
Shape the Future
We aim to shape the future. We prepare learners and industries for what comes next. Our work anticipates emerging skills, evolving careers, changing technology, and shifting global realities.
Measure What Matters
Our courses have a proven track record of success – and that drives our team daily. Our students consistently achieve higher test scores, prep-exam success and learner outcomes that directly advance their careers.
Our Leadership
Jason
Director
Jason Hardy has spent more than 22 years helping shape the future of education and active learning through his work at the Haskayne School of Business as a lecturer, thought-leader and advisor and as a Director of the Real Estate Development Institute (REDI). Beyond his work in academia, Jason is widely regarded as an expert in the areas of marketing, real estate and technology through his various business interests and board positions. Throughout his career, one challenge became increasingly clear: learning opportunities have had a hard time moving as fast as industry. Solving this challenge through ORVEO’s approach to agile, practical and engaging learning is at the core of Jason’s leadership philosophy for ORVEO.
John
Director
John has spent his career at the intersection of business and education — as a lifelong learner, and as a lecturer and instructor for the Haskayne School of Business and the Real Estate Development Institute (REDI). His leadership experience in industry, time in academic institutions, work advising various levels of government, and several board positions gave him a front-row view of where the traditional education model falls short for professional learners. That insight is what drives ORVEO’s vision and strategy today, as he and the ORVEO team work to set a new standard for the Future of Learning.
Kirsty
Director
Kirsty has dedicated her career to advanced education, managing programs and student experience across universities, colleges, and polytechnics. With both and undergraduate and graduate level education in learning, Kirsty brings a traditional and rigorous approach to ORVEO’s programs, blended with her passion for innovative learning experiences – integrating technology with storytelling and hands-on learning opportunities. At ORVEO, Kirsty leads operations and programs.
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