AUSTIN, TX (April 17, 2007) â CompassLearning, one of the nation's leading
providers of K-12 education software, announced today an expanded executive
team to meet the needs of the company's continuing growth.
New members of CompassLearning's executive team are Frank Ginac, Vice President
of Development; Mark Hammer, Vice President of Marketing; Steven Frers, Vice
President of Services; and Jill Lanman, Director of Human Resources. All four
have joined the company's executive leadership team, which also includes
Mike Humphrey, Executive Vice President of Sales, and Ann Henson, Vice President
of Curriculum & Instruction.
As Vice President of Development, Ginac, who was formerly Executive Vice President
of Products and Services at Scalable Software, LLC, will lead all of CompassLearning's
product development efforts. Ginac, who comes to CompassLearning with more than
20 years of experience, has also held product development positions at companies
including BroadJump, Dazel, Permeo Technologies and Dell.
CompassLearning has named Mark Hammer Vice President of Marketing. In his new
role, Hammer will be responsible for all corporate marketing, advertising, product
management, product marketing, market research and sales support. A former educator,
Hammer has more than 20 years of experience in education and software marketing
with marketing positions at companies including Green Mountain Energy Company,
Sagebrush Corporation and COMPanion Corporation.
As Vice President of Services, Steven Frers will manage CompassLearning's customer
service interactions. Prior to joining CompassLearning, Frers was Director of
MIS for two of Xerox Corporation's business units. His background also includes
more than 25 years of experience in the computing industry specializing in business
and systems management, customer service, networking, software development,
information security and corporate governance.
In her new position as Director of Human Resources, Jill Lanman will manage
CompassLearning's human resources department. Lanman, who comes to CompassLearning
with more than 20 years of experience, has held human resources positions at
companies including GSD&M, Public Strategies, Motorola and Texas Instruments.
In conjunction with the company's executive staff additions, CompassLearning
has also hired senior education advisor, Melanie Pritchett. Pritchett was formerly
Director of Literacy Initiatives for the University of Texas's Institute for
Public School Initiatives and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Educational System
Alignment. Her responsibilities include linking product development, sales and
service with state and federal policy issues and research.
"We are delighted to be adding Frank, Mark, Steve and Jill to our executive
team and Melanie to our growing staff of education experts," said Loeffel. "Adding
this group's 80-plus years of combined experience and leadership in the education
sector to the terrific management team that is already in place puts us in the
best possible position to reach our goal of becoming the nation's leading developer
of education software."
Since August 2006, when CompassLearning moved its headquarters to Austin, the
company has added 50 new employees to its Austin team.
About CompassLearning
CompassLearning is one of the nation's leading providers of K-12 education software.
With more than 35 years of experience in the field of research-based education
software, CompassLearning delivers standards-aligned curriculum, assessment
and comprehensive data reporting products that reduce what CompassLearning calls
"edu-stress," the stress associated with succeeding in today's complex education
environment. CompassLearning serves more than 11 million students in more than
20,000 schools nationwide. For more information about CompassLearning, visit
www.compasslearning.com
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