Computer Curriculum Corp. Names Business and Strategy Development Executive.Business Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000 James Dougherty James Edward Dougherty (April 12, 1921 in Los Angeles, California - August 15, 2005 in San Rafael, California) was the first husband of Marilyn Monroe. Biography Dougherty was the youngest of five children of Edward and Ethel Dougherty, who had moved there from Colorado. to Head Development of CCC's New Internet-Centric Technology and Channel Strategies Computer Curriculum Corp. (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ), the leading provider of educational software and learning solutions, has promoted James Dougherty to the newly-created position of vice president of business and strategy development for CCC. An eight-year veteran at CCC, Dougherty will be responsible for identifying, developing and deploying the company's new technology initiatives, business opportunities and Internet channel The Internet Channel is a version of the Opera 9 web browser for use on the Wii by Opera Software and Nintendo.[1] On December 22, 2006, a free beta version (promoted as a "trial version") of the browser was released. strategies. He will also serve as a member of CCC's Executive Staff. &uot;Jim's energy, knowledge of the K-12 market, and his solid experience in the areas of advanced technology, product development and strategic marketing makes him the perfect fit for the unique challenges of this new position,&uot; stated Peter Jovanovich, chief executive officer of Pearson Education Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. Pearson Education is part of Pearson PLC. It is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. and acting president at CCC. In his most recent assignment as vice president, systems and technology products at CCC, Dougherty is credited with the first release of SuccessMaker(R) software on Windows(TM) 3.1. He also developed the company's open systems strategy, including its scalable peer-to-peer offering, as well as CCC's HomeReach, the industry's first School-to-Home-to-Community managed software solution. Prior to joining CCC, Dougherty held key technology positions at Xerox, where he co-developed the Xerox Document strategy, and at ASK/Ingres, where he developed Ingres Corp.'s desktop systems strategy and launched the first 4GL GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. development environment based on Windows(TM) 3.0. Commenting on his new assignment, Dougherty stated that &uot;In an era of Internet-centric partnerships and acquisitions it is essential that my first priority be to create a business development organization that focuses on exploiting new or untapped alternative channels of distribution for both Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , as well as non-Internet-centric elements of CCC's courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. and management systems.&uot; He added, &uot;As CCC successfully re-invents itself, it is critical that we remain focused on our core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
About Computer Curriculum Corp. Computer Curriculum Corp. is the leading provider of educational software and learning solutions to K-12 schools. CCC's software is installed in more than 16,000 schools and has been used by more than 10 million students worldwide. Computer Curriculum Corp. is the education technology group within Pearson Education, the global education publishing business of Pearson plc, the international media group. Pearson Education is the world's largest educational publisher, enlightening en·light·en tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens 1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to: and enriching the lives of students of all ages, everywhere, with books, multiple media, and learning programs in all major academic disciplines. Its leading imprints include Computer Curriculum Corp., Prentice Hall Prentice Hall is a leading educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher education market. History In 1913, law professor Dr. , Addison-Wesley, Scott Foresman, Allyn &Bacon, Macmillan, and Longman. For more information, please visit www.ccclearn.com. Reader Contact Information: Readers can call Computer Curriculum Corp. at 888/CCC-4KIDS, ext. 6189, or visit the company's Web site at www.ccclearn.com. Computer Curriculum Corp. and the CCC logo are registered trademarks of Computer Curriculum Corp. |
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