Our Team

At Pumkin Online English we are dedicated to improving children's English education. Our vision is to make English learning easier and more fun for children while maintaining our very high educational standards.

We know how to teach English because we learned the hard way - in the classroom. Our online English course is built out directly from the classroom. It is structured properly to create an effective and engaging English language learning experience for children.

Mateo Solares
Founder and CTO

BA(Hons.) Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK. Commercial and teaching experience in Taiwan since 1999; experience in leading new media agencies in London 1995-9.

Mark Pemberton
Founder

BA(Hons.) Philosophy and Politics, University of Warwick, UK. Commercial and teaching experience in Taiwan since 1994.

Thomas Hayton
Non-Executive Director

MBA, Cranfield School of Management, UK; BA(Hons.) Philosophy and Literature, University of Warwick, UK. Commercial and teaching experience in Taiwan since 2001, and Japan and Korea since 1996.

Jason Bakkum
Founder and Art Director

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Chinese language specialisation. Teaching experience in Taiwan since 1995.

Eric Wilber
Video Producer

MA in Experimental Psychology, St Bonaventure University, USA. University lecturer, Korea and Taiwan since 1995.