NORWALK, Conn., May 4, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- Quelsys, a market leader in B2B e-learning, today announced the addition of Michael L. Dionne to its Board of Directors.
Peter M. Cholnoky, President and CEO of Quelsys, said, "We are very pleased to have Mike join our Board. Throughout his career, he has been a strong believer in the value and profit impact resulting from effective training and organization development. His extensive knowledge of corporate training and over twenty years of experience in managing sales, marketing and support, will help us achieve our goal of popularizing online training among business managers worldwide." Cholnoky added, "Mike will be a tremendous asset as we continue to expand our growth and seek our third round of funding."
Mr. Dionne was recently the Senior Vice President of World Wide Sales and Channel Marketing for Remedy Corporation, the leader in enterprise help desk and services management solutions. He was responsible for all aspects of Remedy's channel marketing and the worldwide sales force. Prior to joining Remedy, Mr. Dionne spent 14 years with Apple Computer, Inc. During his tenure at Apple, Mr. Dionne served as Senior Vice President of Apple USA, Vice President and General Manager of Marketing Operations and Vice President of Communications and Marketing Services, Worldwide. He also served as Senior Vice President of Sales, with responsibility for over $4 billion in annual revenue and 1,500 employees in 40 locations. Prior to joining Apple, Mr. Dionne was with Xerox Corporation for six years in a variety of training and sales management positions in the Office Systems Division. In addition, Mr. Dionne served for six years on the board of directors of PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS) the leading supplier of semiconductor chip sets to the networking and telecommunications industry.
About Quelsys
Quelsys is a privately held e-learning company offering SocratEase, a Web-based corporate training platform that allows managers to quickly create programs to share knowledge with employees, vendors, partners and customers. SocratEase includes a customized site, authoring tool, learning management system and an e-commerce feature that is scalable to e-learning projects of all sizes, from project-specific courses to enterprise-wide universities. Companies using SocratEase as their corporate training platform include Graduate School USDA, Critical Path, FedEx, Lucent, Etera, Compaq, OfficeMax, eBay, Mitel, SEI and Volvo. More information about Quelsys can be found at http://www.Quelsys.com or by calling (203) 852-4200.
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