Irish Enterprise Awards 2021

EU BUSINESS NEWS /2021 Irish Enterprise Awards 19 , Best Online Assessment Management Platform: TestReach Established in 2014, TestReach is a unique cloud-based application that provides a scalable and cost-effective way to deliver any assessment online. Following its well-deserved success in the Irish Enterprise Awards 2021, we caught up with TestReach Executive Director, Louella Morton, to find out more. Feb21033 TestReach was launched to provide organisations with great technology to remove the strain, logistical headaches and the expenses of running face-to-face examinations. In a world with unprecedented global demand for education, qualifications, certifications, and compliance, TestReach offers a solution to the problem of running formal pen and paper exams at scale. To start, Louella provides a brief overview of the firm and offers more insight into its clientele, “TestReach was designed to harness cutting- edge technology to improve the whole assessment experience for both test-takers and examining bodies. As a relatively young company, we are currently growing at a fast rate due to the significant delta between the solution and other assessment systems currently available in the marketplace. While working with a range of professional awarding bodies, medical college and faculties, government departments, universities, and membership organisations, our wealth of experience allows us to deliver assessment solutions that truly make a difference”. Ensuring it remains at the forefront of the industry, TestReach includes a service called remote invigilation, as Louella goes on to explain. “While there are other companies in the world providing online assessment solutions, TestReach is a unique product because it is a comprehensive online assessment solution that includes integral remote invigilation, where exams can be invigilated over the web by TestReach supervisors using audio, video and remote screen share. This means that candidates can take assessments at any time and at any location, while examiners can be assured of the validity, authenticity and security of the test delivery mechanism”. Employing a diverse range of people in many ways has laid the foundations of the firm’s internal culture structure as Louella points out. “Recruiting different people has led to a work environment in which the power of teamwork is evident above anything else. In such an enjoyable work environment, our team are encouraged to take on new challenges and support each other along the way”. With the outbreak of COVID-19 causing major disruption to the assessment world, examining bodies who previously did not use any technology have had to scale worldwide as Louella explains further. “Examining bodies have had to quickly adapt and move online as paper-based examinations and people gathering to take them is just not possible at the moment with the pandemic”. Finally, Louella discusses the main benefits of the firm’s location before sharing some of its plans for 2021 and beyond. “Being based in Ireland is ideal as TestReach is an Irish company, which has received investment and support from Enterprise Ireland. Currently, the company is growing rapidly, and Ireland offers great potential to employ well trained and educated people from all over the world. As Ireland is in the EU, we can be a key supplier to EU public bodies. Additionally, we run examinations for many EU organisations including the European Medicines Agency, The Council of Europe, The European Asylum Support Office, The European Banking Authority and many more. Moving forward, as our clients scale their qualifications or recruitment processes around the world, our key focus will be to support them with quality solutions to run their online assessment processes. In addition, we will be aiming to continually exceed client expectations and expand the team in line with the company’s revenue growth”. Company: TestReach Contact: Louella Morton Email: [email protected] Web: www.testreach.com Address: 9-10 Nexus UCD Belfield Office Park, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4, Ireland D04 V2N9 Phone: +353 (0)1 513 4898 Pictured are TestReach Co-Founders: Louella Morton, Executive Director & Sheena Bailey, CEO