About Joel Eaton

I specialize in the intersection of technology, creativity, and education, bringing over 18 years of experience in learning and research consultancy, interactive technology development, and educational leadership.

My career began in academia, but I now lead innovative customer-facing services and teams in the software industry, having worked with global tech leaders such as Arm, Unity, and Amazon. I have spoken at numerous industry events, such as Pulse Europe, on topics around Customer Education and Enablement in the SaaS sector.

In my spare time, I'm a long distance runner and continue to dabble in music technology for fun. I'm an England Athletics Coach in Running Fitness (Level 3), and I love supporting and coaching athletes through injury and adverse times I love supporting and coaching athletes through injury and setbacks, helping them return stronger and reach new endurance highs.

As a freelance consultant and practitioner, I have successfully delivered projects for diverse organizations, including Volvo, Barclays Wealth, The National Library of Scotland, and Smirnoff. My expertise spans delivering customer education programs, building bio-engineering systems for research and creativity, designing curricula and best practices for delivery of education and training, and implementing digital learning technologies and pedagogies at scale.

In addition to my professional work, I am an active reviewer for the BCI Journal, the Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research Conference, and the Leonardo Music Journal, which recognized me as an outstanding peer reviewer in 2020. I also had the privilege of chairing the 1st International Workshop on Brain-Computer Music Interfacing and the CMMR 2015.