Robert Szabó, M.Ed (Applied Linguistics), is Learnship’s Vice President of Learning Sciences.  Based in Cologne, Germany, Rob is an education manager, writer, and speaker. He has presented papers and given talks on Business Language and Communication Training, systemic functional linguistics and communicative competence at IATEFL associate events and corporate functions in Europe and Asia. In addition to his responsibilities at Learnship, Rob is an Editorial Advisory Committee member at the peer reviewed, open-access GiLE Journal of Skills Development. Robert is also a former committee member of the IATEFL Business English Special Interest Group (BESIG).