AvidLearn Founder & CEO Ed DuCoin to Speak at South Jersey High-Tech Summit, Thursday Oct. 5 at Rowan University.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers CHERRY HILL Cherry Hill, township (1990 pop. 69,319), Camden co., W central N.J.; name was changed from Delaware township to Cherry Hill in 1961. Largely residential, Cherry Hill has been marked by great development and housing growth, especially since the 1970s. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 Ed DuCoin, the founder and chief executive officer of AvidLearn, Inc., will be a guest speaker at the South Jersey High-Tech Summit, scheduled for Thursday, October 5 at Rowan University Rowan University is a public university located in Glassboro, New Jersey comprising 49 buildings. There is also a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School with the mission to train public school teachers. (Glassboro, NJ). DuCoin will be a member of the panel discussion, "How does South Jersey get what it's missing, and capture a bigger share of high-tech investment." That panel, scheduled from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., also includes: Mel Baiada, Chairman of Bluestone bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone. Consulting; Robert Carullo, Project Leader, Naval Air Warfare Center The Naval Air Warfare Center was a former U.S. Navy military installation located in Warminster, Pennsylvania and Ivyland, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Navy purchased the grounds to establish this facility from the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation following its bankruptcy in the ; Samuel G. Cianfrani, President, S.G.C. Consulting; Henry Debham, Vice President of Technical Operations, Lockheed; Scott DiCristofaro, Fastnet Corporation; Jim Gunton, Edison Venture Fund; Pete Fontaine, Southern New Jersey Development Council; Ann Harlan, Director, FAA Technical Center; Matt McGovern, co-CEO, Richardson Company; and New Jersey State Senator John Matheussen (R-4th District). Marlene Asselta, president of the Southern New Jersey Development Council, will moderate the panel. AvidLearn is a leading provider of online seminars, customized training solutions, and continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). for individuals and corporations through its web site, http://www.AvidLearn.com. The company was founded by DuCoin, a successful entrepreneur who previously launched teleservices industry leader IMPACT Telemarketing while only 18 years old. IMPACT Telemarketing was selected to Inc. Magazine's list of 500 fastest growing companies in the United States for three consecutive years (1993-1995). In 1998, DuCoin's company merged with COMPASS International Services Corporation and completed a successful initial public offering later that year (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CMPS CmPS Community Problem Solving (education) CMPS Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies CMPS Compare Word String CMPS Center for Management and Policy Studies CMPS Common Mapping Production System CMPS Compartmented Mode Processing System - news). DuCoin continued as co-president of the Compass TeleServices division and became an active member of the company's Board of Directors, focusing on integration strategy for new acquisitions. Compass was purchased by NCO Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCOG NCOG NCO Group (stock symbol) - news) in late 1999. About The South Jersey High-Tech Summit The South Jersey High-Tech Summit is a Millennium project jointly sponsored by the Courier-Post, Rowan University, the Southern New Jersey Development Council, Prosperity New Jersey and the consulting firm CAGT CAGT Center for Advanced Genomic Technology (Boston University) CAGT Collaborative Advanced Gas Turbine . The event will be conducted at Rowan University's Student Center Ballroom. For further information, contact Laurie Stuart (Courier-Post) by phone at 856/486-2942. About AvidLearn, Inc. AvidLearn, Inc. offers online seminars, customized training solutions, and continuing education for individual users as well as corporations through its Internet site, at http://www.avidlearn.com. This new Internet resource, which went live on June 1, 2000, features over 75 experts in their individual fields, delivering seminars, lectures, and interactive presentations on more than 40 areas of recognized interest. These live, online sessions feature full audio and video functions, as well as message boards, post-seminar discussion groups, and archived re-broadcasts of prior seminar sessions. AvidLearn is headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ. |
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