Viviance new education Attracts High Profile International Board Members.Business Editors & High-Tech/Education Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Board Member Photos and Company Logo are available in a Smart News Release(tm) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000 Global Online Education Service Provider Gains Veteran Expertise, Valuable Relationships to Extend Lead in the eLearning Industry and Reinforce Company's Momentum and "Education First" Philosophy! Viviance new education, the premier global online Education Service Provider (ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. ) for business, consumer and student markets serving the eLearning industry, today announced the appointment of four notable international executives to its board of advisors. The new board members are: Ulrich Bremi, industrialist and politician (president of the Swiss National Parliament 1990-1991), and former chairman of the board of directors Swiss Re in Zurich; John Hanley, chairman emeritus of Scientific American, New York; Professor Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber, minister for research and technology, and member of the German Parliament (Bundestag), Federal Republic of Germany; and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc., engineer and inventor of the Apple II. Viviance new education creates effective and dynamic Web-based education and learning solutions for unique companies seeking a competitive advantage and/or new revenue stream. The new board members reinforce the company's momentum and "Education First" philosophy as it heads for major service launches and announcements of new customers and partners. "We are extremely honored to have Messieurs Bremi, Hanley, Prof. Dr. Riesenhuber and Wozniak on our board," said Ursula Suter-Seuling, co-founder and president of Viviance. "The rapid growth and acceptance of Viviance's `Education First' philosophy around the world creates the need for an advisory board with a global perspective as well as international business experience at the Fortune 500 level. With these gentlemen on our team, Viviance gains tremendous expertise and deep relationships throughout the international business world." Ignatz Heinz, Viviance co-founder and president added, "Our board's leadership and hands-on experience in corporations and governments is extremely valuable. Their expertise and knowledge combined with our unique business model, emphasizing partnerships with companies and organizations in a risk/reward co-development approach to Web-based education, sets Viviance new education apart," said Heinz. Ulrich Bremi Ulrich Bremi, 70, recently retired as chairman of the board of directors of Swiss Re, a globally leading Reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. Company. During the last decade, he was also chairman of the boards of directors of the Zurich Newspaper "Neue Zurcher Zeitung", George Fischer Ltd., (Technologies), in Schaffhausen, and the Zurich Airport Real Estate Company. He currently serves as chairman of the National Advisory Board of Credit Suisse Group and serves on several foundations in the field of education. In May 2000, he was promoted to Honorary Senator of the University of St. Gallen The University of St. Gallen (in German: Universität St. Gallen) is both a research university, a vocational university and a business school based in St. Gallen, Switzerland. , the leading School for economics in Switzerland. From 1963 to 1975, Bremi was a member of the Zurich Cantonal Parliament and was its president from 1973 to 1974. From 1975 to 1991 he was a member of the Swiss National Parliament, where he served as president from 1990 to 1991. John J. Hanley John J. Hanley, 60, has recently become chairman emeritus of Scientific American, New York, which is a subsidiary of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group based in Stuttgart, Germany. He was previously responsible for all scientific, technical and medical publishing in the United States and Germany for the Group, as well as college publishing. Scientific American Magazine is the oldest continuously published consumer magazine in the United States and has 11 foreign editions with subsidiary companies in Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Japan. Hanley serves on the boards of directors of the Association of American Publishers (body, publication) Association of American Publishers - (AAP) A group engaged in standardisation efforts in document preparation. , The MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press and Princeton University Press. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Medical Society's Committee on Publications, which oversees The New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. and other publications. In the recent past, Hanley was also responsible for W.H. Freeman and Company, Worth Publishers, St. Martin's College, and Bedford Books in Boston, as well as Gustav Fischer Verlag and J.B. Metzler Verlag in Stuttgart, and Spektrum Verlag in Heidelberg. Prior to his joining Scientific American Inc. in May 1992, Hanley was president and co-founder of Hanley & Belfus Inc., a Philadelphia medical publisher that continues to report to him. He is also a former president of W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, where he worked for 17 years. Professor Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber Professor Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber, 64, was the minister for research and technology, Federal Republic of Germany, from 1982 to 1993. As a Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Union (CDU) German political party advocating a free-market economy, limited social-welfare programs, and close relations with the United States. member of the German Parliament representing Frankfurt, Dr. Reisenhuber has been one of Germany's most effective ministers and played a very important role in the unification of the eastern and western German science and technology communities. As an experienced industrial chemist, he fashioned a research policy emphasizing what he defines as creative research -- that is, research stimulated by market forces rather than by projects designed to elicit federal support. He holds a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Frankfurt University of Frankfurt may refer to two (or three) German universities:
Steve Wozniak Steve Wozniak, 50, is the co-founder of Apple Computer, engineer and inventor of the Apple II and is the current president of UNUSON. Wozniak is an industry pioneer who was recently been admitted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that honors important inventors from the whole world who have lodged a domestic American patent. The only prerequisite of induction is being named an inventor on a US patent. Posthumous induction is allowed. . In 1985, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the president of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. . Known as the Wizard of Woz, Wozniak, along with Steve Jobs, founded Apple Computers Inc., in 1976 and started a computer revolution that has yet to slow down. Wozniak and Jobs introduced the Apple II, which was one of the first personal computers originally aimed at medium to large size businesses. Wozniak did volunteer work in Silicon Valley kindergartens, teaching local Hispanic children. Wozniak, along with other computer industry pioneers, also founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation See EFF. (body) Electronic Frontier Foundation - (EFF) A group established to address social and legal issues arising from the impact on society of the increasingly pervasive use of computers as a means of communication and information distribution. , which advocated the extension of the First Amendment to electronic media and was a legal defense fund for `hackers.' From 1976- 1985, Wozniak was with Apple Computer Inc., as co-founder and vice president of research and development. From 1973-1976, he worked at Hewlett-Packard as an engineer, and from 1985-1987 he was president of Cl9. Wozniak received a Bachelor's of Science Computer Science, and a Bachelor's of Engineering Electrical Engineering, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Berkley, 1982. Viviance new education's recent international partner-clients include companies and organizations such as ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s (Swiss Exchange:ABBN ABBN Affiliated Business Brokerage Network, LLC ABBN Americas Broadband Broadcasting Network ), Alcatel Space Industries, 3Com (Nasdaq:COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ), EpicEdge, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :EDG EDG Emergency Diesel Generator EDG Electronic Discussion Group (IMF) EDG Endothelial Differentiation Gene EDG Electronic Dot Generation (printing/graphics) EDG Employment Department Group ), De Agostini Publishers, Klett, Linuxcare Inc., Ministry of Flemish Community, Personal Systems Training, Seimans Business Services, Stamps.com (Nasdaq:STMP STMP - Did you mean SMTP? ), and other leading users of Web-based education services. About Viviance AG new education Viviance new education is the global online Education Service Provider (ESP) serving business, consumer and student markets within the eLearning industry. Our goal is to partner with our customers helping them realize their eLearning business vision and opportunity for a competitive advantage, market leadership or even a new revenue channel. We deliver custom eLearning environments specific to your content and your learner's knowledge and certification needs. We are a global company serving the eLearning markets in over 10 countries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, Austria and the United States. For additional information please visit our Web site at www.viviance.com or call (toll free in the United States) 877/4-NEW-EDU. Note: Photos are available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.120600/bb4 |
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