Apogee Interactive Inc. Names Randy Edwards Director of eLearning.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2004 Apogee apogee (ăp`əjē), point farthest from the earth in the orbit of a body about the earth. See apsis. The farthest point. Interactive, a leading provider of innovative eLearning and Internet solutions for the energy industry, announced today that Randy Edwards has joined the company as director of eLearning. Edwards will oversee expansion of the company's Internet-based curriculum and learning management system to service its clients including Southern Company, Florida Power & Light, Exelon, Georgia Electric Membership Corp., the American Public Power Association and many others. "Utilities have a pressing need to facilitate skills and knowledge transfer. They face 'generational divide' and 'brain drain' issues given the multi-generational dimension of their workforces and large retiring baby boomer baby boomer also ba·by-boom·er n. A member of a baby-boom generation. Noun 1. baby boomer - a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers" boomer segment," said Susan Gilbert, president of Apogee. "eLearning provides the conduit conduit /con·du·it/ (kon´doo-it) channel. ileal conduit the surgical anastomosis of the ureters to one end of a detached segment of ileum, the other end being used to form a stoma on the and context to keep an organization functioning through this change. Randy will direct the development of our online solutions to meet these and other challenges." Gilbert added the company plans to launch a new diversity course later this month and is further expanding its OrientaionExpress(TM) industry orientation course Noun 1. orientation course - a course introducing a new situation or environment orientation course, course of instruction, course of study, class - education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not that helps with "onboarding" employees who are new to the utility environment. Edwards brings nearly 20 years of energy and IT experience to his role at Apogee, beginning in engineering at Public Service Electric and Gas Company The Public Service Electric and Gas Company (commonly known as PSE&G, and originally known as the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey) (NYSE: PEG) is a regulated, publicly owned gas and electric utility company in the state of New Jersey, USA. and progressing into new product development and management roles at Kearny National, Schlumberger Industries and EnerLink Information Systems (originally a subsidiary of Southern Company and later acquired by Science Applications International Corp.) He most recently served as vice president of product development and management at RETX Inc., an Internet-based business service bureau for electric utilities and energy system operators. Apogee serves multiple disciplines within electric and gas utilities, including customer service, marketing and sales, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. and wholesale trading to enhance their communications, training and energy management initiatives. Apogee (www.apogee.net) is a full-service online solutions firm celebrating 10 years of service to major investor-owned utilities and many of the largest cooperative, municipal and public power systems and associations in the US. In addition to its Web-based portal for training (www.study-center.com), web design services and a full library of online energy efficiency content, Apogee also created and operates THE DEMAND EXCHANGE(R) trading program (www.demx.com), the largest Internet load reduction aggregation platform operating in the US and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . |
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