About Modern Training
Modern Training & Development, Inc. creates learning content for restaurants, retail, breweries, and hotels. We're located north of Denver in Loveland, Colorado, and partner with brands in the U.S. and Canada. We have off-the-shelf solutions for learning ready to go, and our custom training content always looks and feels like it was developed internally.
We spend a lot of time minimizing the message so it's more signal, less noise. We love video and eLearning, and when we develop print materials, we make sure they're stunning. No pre-packaged manuals and outdated training methodologies here - we create something special with every project.
Hopsonomy, the newest brand in the family, is breaking ground as the first online craft beer training platform created especially for teams. Continuously updated and curated content helps team members at restaurants, breweries, taprooms, distributors, and anyone who sells craft beer build confidence talking about beer with their customers.
We spend a lot of time minimizing the message so it's more signal, less noise. We love video and eLearning, and when we develop print materials, we make sure they're stunning. No pre-packaged manuals and outdated training methodologies here - we create something special with every project.
Hopsonomy, the newest brand in the family, is breaking ground as the first online craft beer training platform created especially for teams. Continuously updated and curated content helps team members at restaurants, breweries, taprooms, distributors, and anyone who sells craft beer build confidence talking about beer with their customers.
Our Team
Matt Nelson,
CEO and Founder
Matt Nelson is the founder and CEO of Modern Training & Development, Inc., a team that creates premium learning content and custom training programs for restaurants, retail, breweries, and more. With over 25 years of experience, he has helped multi-unit operators of all sizes create and evolve their learning experiences.
Matt is also the author of The Renegade Cook, a skill-building book for the Back-of-the-House. Speaking directly to BOH team members, The Renegade Cook goes beyond culinary skills to share how to become a better teammate and develop into a future leader. It's a great resource for restaurant leaders and trainers to elevate performance in the kitchen, develop a talent pipeline, and guide managers how to lead the BOH confidently.
Matt delivers exceptional presentations on leadership, operations, training, craft beer salesmanship, insights from The Renegade Cook, and more. Contact Matt here to learn more about the energy and expertise he can bring to your conferences and meetings.
Matt is also the author of The Renegade Cook, a skill-building book for the Back-of-the-House. Speaking directly to BOH team members, The Renegade Cook goes beyond culinary skills to share how to become a better teammate and develop into a future leader. It's a great resource for restaurant leaders and trainers to elevate performance in the kitchen, develop a talent pipeline, and guide managers how to lead the BOH confidently.
Matt delivers exceptional presentations on leadership, operations, training, craft beer salesmanship, insights from The Renegade Cook, and more. Contact Matt here to learn more about the energy and expertise he can bring to your conferences and meetings.
Korey Rahrle, Sales Director and Project Manager
Korey has been working in the beer business for as long as he’s been legally able to drink beer. Even before graduating college, he was known for showing up to house parties with a 6 pack of something special, rather than indulging in the mass produced beer that was readily available. As a Certified Cicerone, he’s taken it upon himself to not only learn more about the world of craft beer, but also share what he’s learned with others eager to learn. For the past 10 years he’s worked for regional and nationally distributed breweries, as well as spending time as a consultant for businesses looking to improve their craft beer sales.
Angela Beem, Lead Content Designer
From television to beer and everything in between, Angela’s passion is designing experiences that help people learn about what they love. She has dedicated the past ten years to developing and delivering effective and engaging sales and leadership training experiences for the television and broadcast industry. Angela has received several training industry awards including a silver Brandon C. Hall award for Best Sales Leadership Development Program as well as two gold Brandon C. Hall awards for Best Learning Program Supporting a Change Transformation Business Strategy and Best Use of Blended Learning.
Angela earned her Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing and Communications from Utah State University. On a warm evening, you will find her walking in Colorado’s natural beauty and looking at the stars with her telescope. When it’s time to head inside, she enjoys playing video and board games.
Angela earned her Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing and Communications from Utah State University. On a warm evening, you will find her walking in Colorado’s natural beauty and looking at the stars with her telescope. When it’s time to head inside, she enjoys playing video and board games.
Matt Korich, Content Designer
Matt is an avid gamer, and brings that spirit to the training and learning content he develops. He believes that learning can and should be fun. He started his career as an elementary school teacher and transitioned into training development after graduating with a master's degree in Instructional Design from Purdue University. Since then he has created training for the television and aviation industries and earned a Brandon C. Hall silver award, and special recognition from the CEO of a fortune 500 company for the training he developed.
When he's not developing training, he can generally be found playing a video game, a board game, or finding time to get his hands dirty in the wood shop or under the hood of his car.
When he's not developing training, he can generally be found playing a video game, a board game, or finding time to get his hands dirty in the wood shop or under the hood of his car.
Danny Harms, Creative Director
Danny is a Creative professional with over a decade of experience, a passion for making ideas happen, and a love of craft beer. He spent five seasons working for the Chicago White Sox in-house creative department, and most recently worked in the Brewers Association creative department for nearly three years.
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