Sean Putman, a partner in Learning Ninjas, has been an instructor, instructional designer, and developer for more than 15 years. He has spent his career designing and developing training programs, both instructor-led and online, for many different industries, but has had a strong focus on creating material for software companies. Sean has spent the last few years focusing on the use and deployment of the Experience API (xAPI) and its effect on learning programs. He has spoken at industry conferences on the subject and is co-author of Investigating Performance, a book on using the Experience API and analytics to improve performance.