Boston University's TrainingTrack Expands Network In Southeastern United States.

Business/Technology Editors

TEWKSBURY, Mass. & NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2002

Nashville's ATHENA Computer Learning Center Is

Latest Network Member; New Affiliate To Offer Boston

University's Corporate Project Management Training

TrainingTrack, Boston University's innovative international training network, today announced that ATHENA Computer Learning Center has become the newest TrainingTrack network affiliate and is now offering the industry-leading corporate project management/critical skills program from Boston University (BU). ATHENA Computer Learning Center has been a leader in IT training and certification programs in the Southeast since 1987.

Boston University's (BU's) project management/critical business skills programs, courses and seminars, which have been developed within the guidelines of the Project Management Institute's (PMI(R)) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R)). PMI, the world's leading nonprofit, professional, project management association, establishes standards in project management, includes more than 85,000 members in 125 countries around the world and has been experiencing an annual growth rate of 30% over the past five years.

"BU has been developing high-quality, leading-edge programs consistently, for more than 15 years. Adding its corporate project management programs to ATHENA's offerings will help us to develop better technology managers and better business leaders for our clients," said Brenda Clark, CEO of ATHENA Learning Center. "Providing critical corporate skills training empowers ATHENA in a number of ways. It enables us to offer additional opportunity for current and former students. It provides us with new resources to tap into a whole new vertical corporate technology market. And, it empowers us to go beyond the technology arena and target other industries that need to control project costs and timing issues, while still maintaining high standards of quality."

"Boston University has a strong and proven project management curriculum. Athena has an exciting history of providing professional training in Middle Tennessee. I am excited to see this partnership come together in this area," Wesley Lankford, PMP President, PMI Nashville Chapter said.

BU's project management seminars cover topics including Managing Information Technology (IT) Projects, How to Assess & Manage Project Risk, Estimating & Managing Project Costs, Project Quality Management, Effective Project Scheduling & Control and many more.

"The ATHENA and TrainingTrack affiliation is a win-win for us both," said Andy Kelly, CEO of TrainingTrack. "ATHENA gets the project management tools to offer more educational depth to current IT students, to court new markets outside the technology field and to reach beyond its geographic boundaries and accommodate clients in additional locations. We get a reliable, high quality southeastern extension to our US network."

TrainingTrack is building a select network of affiliates based on best-of-breed content. Currently, its network of regional training companies and academic institutions spans 10 states and two international locations. TrainingTrack provides these affiliates with BU programs, products and services that enable them to achieve market leadership through best of breed standardized content. Its offerings include: project management seminars and certificate programs, IT programs for career changers, vendor neutral IT seminars and manufacturer authorized education programs. Currently TrainingTrack has affiliates in: New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Missouri, nationally, and Canada and the Caribbean internationally.

Initially, ATHENA intends to offer the BU Project Management programs at its locations in Nashville, then roll the program out to its Centers in Memphis, Birmingham, Alabama and Jackson, Mississippi, respectively.

About ATHENA

Since 1987 ATHENA Computer Learning Center has been a leader of Information Technology (IT) training and certification for emerging technologies in the Southeast. ATHENA brings experience, knowledge of business work processes and integration skills to its customers. Offering classes in Microsoft, Novell, Certified Internet Webmaster, Cisco, and CompTIA and Corporate Project Management, ATHENA has been chosen by software developers, vendors, corporations and government agencies, alike, to be their training source. The courses offered prepare individuals for professional certifications such as Certified Novell Engineer and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, or Internet Security Specialist. ATHENA`s Computer Learning Center headquarters are located in Nashville, with additional Learning Centers in Jackson, Mississippi, Birmingham, Alabama and Memphis, Tennessee. To learn more about ATHENA, visit the web site at www.ATHENAclc.com.

About TrainingTrack

TrainingTrack is a new venture from Boston University that provides IT and management development training products and services internationally. Led by a senior management team that was instrumental in making Boston University's Corporate Education Center New England's leading IT training and project management provider, TrainingTrack is developing a network of regional training organizations and academic institutions that offer the proven IT and project management curricula from Boston University. In addition to award-winning programs, affiliates gain access to marketing, recruitment and career changer support services developed at Boston University. TrainingTrack affiliates can act as resellers of Boston University-delivered programs under their own brand or they may choose to deliver training using "Boston University Official Curriculum" courseware, and TrainingTrack's program and marketing support. Affiliates will also have the opportunity to distribute their own in-demand, quality programs through the TrainingTrack network. TrainingTrack is on the Web at www.trainingtrack.com and can be contacted at [phone].