Earned, Not Assumed
We don't assume trust — we earn it. Every engagement starts with listening, not pitching. We've never sold a program we didn't believe in.
About BLE TrainingTwenty years of
Twenty years of
doing the work.
We are a corporate training and consulting company with deep roots in enterprise performance — built for the mid-market companies and business leaders driving growth today.
Our Mission
“We exist to make teams perform better — through training that actually sticks, consulting that fits the business, and testing that meets the standard.”
Our Story
Built from the inside out.
Bedford, Louis & Ellicott, LLC — doing business as BLE Training — was founded in 2007 with a single conviction: that great training is something you feel, not just something you buy.
Over the past twenty years, we've worked inside enterprise organizations across financial services, automotive, and professional services — designing the onboarding systems, coaching frameworks, and organizational workflows that define high-performing teams.
That experience shaped everything. It's why our programs feel specific, not generic. It's why our consultants are matched by domain expertise, not availability. And it's why our clients stay.
Today, BLE is one company that does three things: we train teams, certify their skills, and provide the strategic consulting that helps businesses grow. Most firms specialize in one. We connect all three — because training without credentials is incomplete, and strategy without trained people is just a plan on paper.
Quick Facts
The company at a glance.
- Founded
- 2007
- Legal Name
- Bedford, Louis & Ellicott, LLC
- Specialty
- Mid-market and owner-led businesses (25–500 employees)
- Services
- Corporate Training, Business Consulting, Proctored Testing
- Testing Centers
- 6 locations nationwide
- Authorized Providers
- 8 (Pearson VUE, Prometric, PSI, Meazure Learning, Kryterion, ETS, Scantron, Examity)
- Industries Served
- Manufacturing, Healthcare, Logistics, Professional Services, Family Business
- Headquartered
- Pennsylvania, United States
What We Believe
Four principles we operate by.
Honest Over Comfortable
We'll tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. If training isn't the answer, we'll say so. That candor is what you're paying us for.
Built for Your Business
No off-the-shelf programs. Every training and consulting engagement is designed around your specific situation, culture, and goals — not a generic template.
Long-Term Thinking
We measure success in years, not workshops. Our goal is to build capability that outlasts our engagement — and ultimately make ourselves unnecessary.
Leadership
Brian T. Hammond
Founder & Chief Learning Officer
MBA, Louisiana State University
Learn more about BrianFounder's Note
The work before the work is the real product.
Brian founded BLE Training after more than fifteen years in corporate America — building teams, designing training systems, and leading organizational development at the enterprise level.
His work has taken him inside some of the country's most recognized organizations, where he designed the coaching frameworks and operational structures that turned good teams into high-performing ones.
At BLE, Brian's focus is simple: bring that standard to the leaders and businesses building what's next — with specialty depth for family-run companies that need relationship-aware guidance.
His MBA from Louisiana State University concentrated in entrepreneurship and family business — grounding BLE's consulting practice in both operational rigor and the relational dynamics that make owner-led businesses unique.
2007
Founded
PA
Headquartered
40+
Industries Served
6
Testing Centers