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People on the Move
ANGELI PRIMLANI Joins Elearning! As Executive Editor Primlani join the editorial team of Elearning! Media Group March 2012. As Executive Editor, Angeli will lead content strategy and development for Elearning! and Government Elearning! brands, websites, conferences and social media. Angeli is an internationally experienced journalist and edi- tor who also worked in the e- learning industry for over five years. She has helped create online and instructor-led train- ing solutions for many compa- nies including Allstate, Underwriters Laboratories, Bank of America and Colgate- Palmolive. "Skills development is one of the most critical
Deals continued
SAFARI BOOKS- THREEPRESS Safari Books Online has acquired Massachusetts-based Threepress Consulting Inc, mak- ers of the Ibis Reader online e- pub reading system. The acqui- sition enhances Safari Books Online's capability to deliver customized subscription learn- ing content online.
As part of the acquisition,
Threepress co-founders Liza Daly and Keith Fahlgren and the rest of the Threepress staff will join the Safari Books Online engineering team, working from their East Coast and Bay Area locations. Daly will become the vice presi- dent of Engineering while
Fahlgren will assume the role of director of Engineering. Threepress' technology expertise — including e-pub tools, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript technology and digital publish- ing methodologies will support Safari's efforts to constantly improve browser-based and mobile delivery of a large digi- tal library of book, video and learning content.
KNOWLEDGENET-T.T.C.
Known for its revolutionary Web-based training platform, KnowledgeNet was the inspira- tion for the company known as The Training Consortium, which has acquired the rights to the
retired corporate brand. "The long and short of it is that The Training Consortium had outgrown its name," explains KnowledgeNet partner Rob Johnson. "We share the same guiding principles: inno- vation, service performance, and exceptional value. The name was available, so with the blessing of the original organization, we're proud to continue carrying on the tradi- tion of quality learning and customer support through our existing distribution channels." KnowledgeNet is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and can be found on the Web at www.KnowledgeNet.com.
LEARNKEY-PREDIX- LEARNCAST Learnkey, a provider of self-paced online and offline training, Predix, a company that identifies talents through behavioral awareness, and Learncast, a mobile push- ing platform joined forces to form Better Learning Systems in 2011.
The collaboration of these
three companies is hoped to provide clients with an oppor- tunity to optimize behavioral strengths, learn from premium courses that align to careers that leverage talents, and receive those courses through robust online and mobile learn- ing platforms.
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needs in our economy today," said Angeli. "E-learning is an increasingly important educa- tional tool for nearly every type of organization. This is an exciting field to cover and I am looking forward to being part of the Elearning! Media Group team." "We are thrilled to add Angeli to our team. With our growing portfolio, it helps to have an expert in e-learning and media to help hone our content and grow our brand value, reports Catherine Upton, Group Publisher, Elearning! Media Group. Contact Angeli via email at aprimlani@2elearning.com or 888-201-2841 x849. To learn more about Elearning!, visit: www.2elearning.com
DENNIS KAVELMAN has become the newest member of the senior executive team as chief operating officer at Desire2Learn. Kavelman brings years of experience as a previous member of the sen- ior executive team at Research in Motion (R.I.M.). During his 15-year career at R.I.M., first as CFO, and then as co-COO, he was instru- mental in helping the company grow from 20 employees to more than 15,000, from gener- ating $2 million to more than $15 billion in revenue.
KAREN BALCOMB has been appointed as senior solution consultant at Kineo U.S. She will be based in New York and will lead Kineo's East Coast sales. She joins Kineo from Brandon Hall, where she was a senior account execu- tive. She has extensive expe- rience of evaluating and developing e-learning solu- tions for clients.
Webanywhere Inc., a develop- er of Web-based business e-
learning solutions based on the Moodle and Totara LMS
platforms, have named LEE STAYTON, an expert in tech- nology-enabled learning, to its expanding staff as head of e- Learning Consultancy. Stayton brings over 20 years experi- ence from NSight, Verndale and LehmanMillet, most recently as vice president of e-Learning Services at NSight. A Montana native and a Navy veteran, Stayton's early work focused on pioneering appli- cations of decision-support systems for executives in finance, logistics, and manu- facturing.
ANDY WOOLER has been appointed as a senior learning technology consultant to lead Kineo's Totara LMS consultan- cy projects. He joins Kineo from Legal and General where he was HR Technology man- ager. He has more than 12 years experience in imple- menting LMS systems in large corporations, including Royal and Sun Alliance, and Legal and General.
