Brendan Connors believes in strategy, execution, and measurable results—particularly in service of unions, the construction industry, and the organized labor community throughout North America. Recognizing a gap in results-based learning and technology solutions for many membership organizations, Brendan founded Mosaic Learning in 2005 with the mission of delivering more advanced education programs and systems tailored to the unique needs of the union labor market. Today, Mosaic Learning’s enterprise platform helps organizations strengthen skills training, workforce readiness, and member engagement. Guided by a principle instilled by his father—to always remain focused on those you serve—Brendan has spent close to 40 years helping labor leaders, unions, and allied organizations achieve real, sustainable results. In addition to his work at Mosaic Learning, Brendan serves as CEO of MOSAIC, an integrated communications firm headquartered in Cheverly, Maryland.
Meet The Team
As Chief Executive Officer, Nathan Jennings is responsible for Mosaic Learning’s strategy, growth, and day-to-day operations. He brings direct, hands-on experience scaling go-to-market teams across a variety of industries, with a consistent focus on solving real problems for customers.
Nathan’s leadership philosophy was shaped as a teenager, knocking on doors to grow a lawn business. He learned early that people don’t like being talked at or sold to; they like being heard. That “them first” mindset has guided more than 25 years of building and leading teams across both large enterprises and high-growth companies.
Before joining Mosaic Learning, Nathan served as COO at Bushel and EVP of Sales at Call Box, where he helped scale commercial operations in agriculture and automotive technology. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at IBM, Oracle, and Optum, gaining experience across a wide range of industries and go-to-market models.
Nathan holds a degree in Computer Science and Business from Pepperdine University. Outside of work, he enjoys time with his family, fly fishing, and playing chess.
Mike deSimon is the Chief Product Officer of Mosaic Learning, an interactive online education and training development firm specializing in interactive media, virtual simulations, and online learning systems. Mike is also a hands-on multimedia expert with years of experience designing and programming for the web, producing video, and developing interactive computer-based learning experiences for adult students in all areas of life, from government and defense industry clients to corporate, Union, and non-profit agencies. Mike has presented at many conventions and conferences on subjects including active learning environments, blended learning classrooms, computer mediated learning, virtual reality, augmented reality, and other technologies in online learning.
Philip Youngworth has made a career being the bridge between the technological advancement of a company and the company’s business needs with over twenty years of experience, largely in the educational technology space. Philip oversees Mosaic Learning’s Engineering teams (DevOps, Software Development, Data, QA, Support and Security) with a dedicated staff of engineers, analysts and specialists. Managing large, diverse teams of technologists is nothing new to Philip, having managed teams of over well over 40 people in the past who were employed all over the globe. Philip has been instrumental in obtaining FedRAMP tailored and moderate certification in his previous organization and he brings passion, enthusiasm and a DevSecOps culture to a technology team in order to make a long-term vision a reality. In his spare time, Philip enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, and tinkering with new technology.
Chad McCoy brings projects to life. His attention to detail and extensive experience in multimedia development and rich media applications assures the highest quality output is presented to our clients. He has over 15 years of experience with cross-column knowledge in development. Prior to joining Mosaic Learning, Chad worked for advertising and design firms helping to build brands, design websites, and execute marketing strategies around web-based games. He also worked as a freelance designer/developer assisting numerous clients across the country. Chad graduated from Salisbury State University with a B.S. in Mathematics and a concentration in Computer Science.
