class.com Selects Wayne Kiewert as Vice President Sales; Senior High Technology Executive to Lead Sales Team For Internet-Based Online Education Market Leader.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2000 class.com, Inc. announced today that Wayne G. Kiewert has been named vice president of sales. class.com provides Internet-based, online courses for high school students throughout the world. Kiewert was most recently a member of the executive management team for Fujitsu Personal Systems, the market leader in Windows pen tablet A digitizer tablet that is specialized for handwriting and hand marking. LCD-based tablets emulate the flow of ink as the tip touches the surface and pressure is applied. Non-display tablets display the handwriting on a separate computer screen. See digitizer tablet and tablet computer. computing solutions and a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Fujitsu Limited. "Wayne is an outstanding sales and marketing leader with a proven track record. His experience is tailor made for class.com now and in the future," said John Blair
John Blair was one of the best-trained jurists of his day. , President and Chief Executive Officer, class.com, Inc. "We wanted someone with extensive experience in building and managing a sales force with a proven ability to produce results. We are pleased to have Wayne on board as a member of our executive team." "class.com is the market leader for Internet-based online education for high school students," said Kiewert. "I am extremely excited to join a company with products and services that have the potential to impact young people everywhere." Kiewert will be based out of class.com's Atlanta area office. During his Fujitsu Personal Systems career, Kiewert held positions as Senior Vice President Sales for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , as well as Business Development. As part of the sales and marketing team that established FPSI FPSI Focal Plane Science Instrument as the market leader with over a 60% share, he established a sales channel that included over 400 VARs and System Integrators. Prior to joining Fujitsu Personal Systems, Kiewert held sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a positions for GRiD Systems, Novell, National Advanced Systems, Wang Laboratories Wang Laboratories - Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994). , and Honeywell. About class.com, Inc. class.com represents the way of the future for providing courses without boundaries at anytime or anyplace. Using the Internet as a common and readily available delivery mechanism, courses can be updated on an on-going basis and delivered at the pace of the learner. School districts utilize class.com's on-line offering of over 30 fully accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. courses to serve segments of their population who are ineffectively served by traditional classroom programs. class.com courses provide a direct interaction between students and licensed, certificated teachers. Once a student is registered, they are assigned a teacher for each course. By using a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , students access course material that takes full advantage of advanced multimedia technologies. Instead of traditional text books, students view a combination of text, animated graphics, audio and video materials. A unique design and seamless navigational system encourages individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. discovery and learning. Downloading times are minimized by storing pictures, videos, and interactive graphics for offline access. An online binder or notebook allows a student to take notes and store course materials in both text and multimedia formats for later reference. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska with area offices in Atlanta and San Francisco, class.com is committed to providing quality education over the Internet using the most innovative and advanced technology available. For more information, class.com may be reached at 402-441-3050 or by sending a request to press_info@class.com. Note to Editors: All company and product names referenced are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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