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ABOUT US

We’re hooked on learning, teaching, and squeezing every bit of progress out of small-group magic.

Each of us—from seasoned software architects to dev mentors—brings a unique spark: obsessing over developer workflows, experimenting with new tech stacks, obsessing over micro-feedback loops, tailoring sessions to your team’s context.

We believe that people learn best from people, from doing,  from making mistakes, from feedback and from questioning.

We believe that time can be hugely cut down by mimicking experiential learning in intensive micro-workshops led by an expert practitioner.

Skiller Whale was created to be something very different:

Learning that is core to how an engineering team operates, not a fringe add-on or an after-thought.

Learning that aligns with team-level priorities and changes what the team is capable of.

And we’re called Skiller Whale because…well, our love of puns knows no bounds.

Meet the team

Our leadership

Hywel

Co-Founder / CEO

Hywel has led a wide range of dev teams for the past decade (including two VC-backed start-ups), and is a published curriculum author. He wrote his first program in C aged 9, and is currently building an 8-bit computer. He also plays saxophone for a funk band.

Dave

Co-Founder / CTO

Hywel has led a wide range of dev teams for the past decade (including two VC-backed start-ups), and is a published curriculum author. He wrote his first program in C aged 9, and is currently building an 8-bit computer. He also plays saxophone for a funk band.

Hayley

Co-Founder / CMO

Hywel has led a wide range of dev teams for the past decade (including two VC-backed start-ups), and is a published curriculum author. He wrote his first program in C aged 9, and is currently building an 8-bit computer. He also plays saxophone for a funk band.

Fred

Head of Platform

Hywel has led a wide range of dev teams for the past decade (including two VC-backed start-ups), and is a published curriculum author. He wrote his first program in C aged 9, and is currently building an 8-bit computer. He also plays saxophone for a funk band.

Meri Williams

Advisor

Hywel has led a wide range of dev teams for the past decade (including two VC-backed start-ups), and is a published curriculum author. He wrote his first program in C aged 9, and is currently building an 8-bit computer. He also plays saxophone for a funk band.

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Since 2021, we've helped tech teams grow with confidence and clarity.

Our Values

What's important to us

(and what's not)

We strive to be intelligent, playful learners, like our Orca, Ada (yes, we love a Lovelace reference).

These principles define who we are, not only as a company providing a product, but also as a group of people working together.

We strive to be intelligent, playful learners, like our Orca, Ada (yes, we love a Lovelace reference).

These principles define who we are, not only as a company providing a product, but also as a group of people working together.

We strive to be intelligent, playful learners, like our Orca, Ada (yes, we love a Lovelace reference).

These principles define who we are, not only as a company providing a product, but also as a group of people working together.

Our Company Values

Athlete winning a race
Athlete winning a race
a group of people in a room with a projector screen
two men sitting at a table playing a board game
man in black suit jacket figurine
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Concetrated triathlete grayscale

Intelligence

We think deeply about our product. We don’t think it’s too much to expect that every single hour of learning should have at least one moment where you lean back and say “aha!’ mind. blown.”

We value deep thinking and clever solutions in our team, and we would often choose smarts over experience.

Athlete winning a race
Athlete winning a race

Playfulness

Our product's effectiveness is due in part to the fact that it's fun. We emphasise the enjoyability of learning new concepts. We think it’s important to create a human environment in which learners feel comfortable asking questions and making mistakes.

And, as a team, we play games during lunch and compete to make the best whale puns.

Coach explaining something to an athlete
Coach explaining something to an athlete

Constant learners

As a learning company, we lead from the front. This means we all learn new technologies on a regular basis.

It’s also important to us that we learn from mistakes and trends, so we’re able to quickly adapt to our customers’ changing needs.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Our Culture

We believe that diversity makes us stronger and are dedicated to building a company that represents society as a whole. We value marginalised people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort.

We believe that diversity makes us stronger and are dedicated to building a company that represents society as a whole. We value marginalised people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort.

We believe that diversity makes us stronger and are dedicated to building a company that represents society as a whole. We value marginalised people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort.

We believe that diversity makes us stronger and are dedicated to building a company that represents society as a whole. We value marginalised people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort.

We believe that diversity makes us stronger and are dedicated to building a company that represents society as a whole. We value marginalised people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort.

We believe that diversity makes us stronger and are dedicated to building a company that represents society as a whole. We value marginalised people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort.

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Careers at Skiller Whale

Careers at Skiller Whale

Careers at Skiller Whale

We're dedicated to building a diverse company that represents society, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. It's also important to us that our team can bring their full selves to work, and be included and recognised.

We're dedicated to building a diverse company that represents society, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. It's also important to us that our team can bring their full selves to work, and be included and recognised.

We're dedicated to building a diverse company that represents society, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. It's also important to us that our team can bring their full selves to work, and be included and recognised.

Careers

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team members group photo

Since our launch, Skiller Whale has helped over 500 companies across 20 countries improve their employee satisfaction scores by an average of 32%. We're proud to be trusted by both innovative startups and Fortune 500 companies in their quest for happier, more productive workplaces.

HYWEL, FOUNDER

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