Curtis Morley

Curtis J. Morley is a Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, 5x entrepreneur, educator, speaker, writer, thought leader, innovator, businessman and previous Director of the Kahlert Initiative on Technology at the University of Utah. He’s recently changed his focus to bringing to light the principles behind his new book “Counterfeit Emotions.” He’s now sharing this life-changing message with individuals so they can find peace and joy.

In his spare time he loves to run, compete in triathlons, ski, climb mountains, compose and perform music and spend as much time with his loved ones as possible. He recently married the love of his life, Patty. Curtis is father to five kids (stepdad to seven) and Sasha the Goldendoodle.

Curtis was formerly the President and Chief Growth Officer of eLearning Brothers(eLB), one of the fastest growing companies in Utah for six straight years. Because of the quality of the eLearning Brothers offerings, 96 of the "Fortune 100" have accounts. Some of the delighted customers include PWC, KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, EY, Walmart, NASA, Apple, Disney, Intel, eBay, Microsoft, Adobe, AT&T, Coca Cola, Proctor and Gamble, State Farm, BP, NHS, Barclays, Tesla, and Mercedes Benz.

While leading eLB it was recognized as an International Company of the year by Learning Technologies. The company is a global provider of eLearning templates, Customizable Courseware and customized eLearning design, and training for eLearning professionals. The eLB custom development team has also received multiple awards including a Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Award for Best Use of Games and Simulation in Learning. The company has been recognized by TrainingIndustry.com, LearnX(out of Australia), Business Q Magazine, Horizon Awards, and many more.

Curtis is a sought after speaker and has keynoted and presented at events around the globe including Adobe Max, NAMM, TTIX, RPMDA, GCCCE (Global Chinese Conference for Computing in Education), CLOXchange, and E-learning Dev Con.

Prior to eLearning Brothers, Curtis founded several successful multimillion dollar companies. Curtis' companies include one of the world's premiere award winning interactive agencies, the world's first interactive digital sheet music company and an Executive Coaching company to help bring Entrepreneurs to the next level in their businesses. In between his entrepreneurial ventures Curtis was head of Corporate and Global marketing for Franklin Covey which included the FranklinCovey brand, all digital marketing, trade show strategy, worldwide marketing management, and the strategy for getting the Franklin Covey books on the bestseller lists.

While leading his full-service agency Curtis was recognized as the #2 Flash developer in the world and has a passion for sharing knowledge with others. Curtis has taught at three universities including instructing students in the Master's program at the largest private University in the country.

Curtis also created and holds the patent for the world's first interactive digital sheet music player that spawned his second entrepreneurial venture. Before founding his companies he worked at one of the top ten web properties in the world, Ancestry.com

Curtis has been honored with many awards and recognitions including the Reed Smoot Entrepreneur of the Year, Utah Business Magazine 40 under 40, Utah Valley Magazine 40 under 40, Flashforward Film Festival Finalist, Webby Worthy Award, Flash in the Can Award, Adobe Site of the Day x3, and Big Business and Technology Award – Best Technology, among others.

Curtis sits on several boards and advisory committees of corporations, Universities and nonprofit foundations.

Recognition:

Wall Street Journal Bestseller - 2021

Inc. 500/5000 - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Inc. 500 #6 Fastest Growing Education Company in U.S.

Inc. 500/5000 Hall of Fame

Business Q - Fastest Growing Company in Utah Valley - 2014 #1, 2015 #7, 2016 #7 2017 #10?, 2018 #20

Utah Business Magazine - Fastest Growing Company in Utah - 2014, 2015, 2016

Mountain West Capital Fastest Growing Company - 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

MarCom Award - 2016

Big Business and Tech award - 2015, 2016

Peak 100 Entrepreneurs - 2015, 2016

Hot 100 Companies - 2015, 2016

Brandon Hall Gold, Silver, Bronze - 2015, 2016

Best of State, Education - 2016

Tech X Top 10 - 2014, 2015

LSDemoFest - 2015, 2016

Dev Learn Demo Fest - 2013, 2016

Tech 10 - People's Choice, Experts Choice, Best Sales Traction - 2015, 2016

Training Magazine Learning Design Challenge - 2016

Fab 40 - 2017

Learning Technologies Awards - 2017

AVA Digital Awards Gold - 2017

International Company of the year - Bronze 2018