Convene.com Appoints Dr. Jeanne Nolan Chief Strategy Officer; Education, Business and Corporate Training Expert to Optimize eTeaching and eLearning Strategy.

Business/High-Tech Editors, Education Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2000

Jeanne Nolan, Ph.D., has been named chief strategy officer at Convene.com, a leading eLearning application services provider for corporations and universities.

"I am honored to be part of the most experienced distance learning company in the industry and to actively create the next generation of eLearning," said Dr. Nolan. "I'm also excited about translating Convene's success with universities like Stanford, Berkeley and Harvard to the corporate sector, both nationally and abroad.

"While corporations have been leading the way in applying new eLearning technologies to corporate learning challenges, there is still a tremendous opportunity to embellish and move much of the classroom instruction to a multidimensional learning experience combining eLearning with traditional face-to-face classroom instruction.

"In corporate training and knowledge management, I learned firsthand how important the instructor and subject matter expert is to learning and to overall company performance. Convene's new eLearning solutions enable these experts to transfer knowledge to their audience in a quick and easy way. I believe this is a perfect example of a 'Killer Application' to which John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, referred when describing the importance of learning in relation to corporate success."

Before joining San Francisco-based Convene.com, Dr. Nolan served as vice president at PeopleSoft University, the education and training division at the third-largest software company in the world, PeopleSoft. Prior to that, she acted as assistant vice president of worldwide customer education at BEA Systems Inc., assistant vice president of worldwide sales training at NCR, and assistant vice president at AT&T's GIS Education Systems Group. During the past 15 years, she has held P&L responsibilities for education revenues exceeding $150 million.

Complementing her corporate track record, Dr. Nolan's extensive academic background provided the foundation for her solid understanding of educators, trainers and their professional requirements. Dr. Nolan has held faculty positions at the Universities of Southern California, Illinois and Nebraska after having received her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Nebraska and her M.S. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University.

"We are particularly pleased to welcome Jeanne as chief strategy officer at this pivotal time of expansion," said Dan Klein, CEO and president of Convene.com. "Her business savvy and academic acumen will be instrumental as we develop the next generation of eLearning solutions, expand our strategic alliances and further establish Convene.com as the premier eTeaching and eLearning solution for both universities and corporations. Dr. Nolan will play a key role increasing our national and international client base."

About Convene.com

Since 1993, San Francisco-based Convene.com has delivered over a quarter-million online training and education courses to employees, customers and students through its 300 corporate and university clients. Easy to learn, launch and use, Convene.com's web-based solutions focus equally on an instructor's need to develop and deliver courses, and an audience's need to quickly and thoroughly master complex information. The offering includes collaborative and self-paced eTeaching and eLearning tools, customized course development services, customized web sites, 24/7 live technical support and client training. To learn more about how Convene.com can maximize knowledge capital by leveraging in-house expertise of instructors, subject matter experts and trainers, contact a Convene.com representative at 888/CONVENE or visit http://www.convene.com/.