Course Advisor Names President

Online education directory adds experienced startup executive to management team.

Wakefield, MA (PRWEB) October 25, 2005 -- Course Advisor Inc. (www.courseadvisor.com), an online research directory of colleges and universities, continues to strengthen its management team by naming Carlos Cashman to the post of President. Carlos will have responsibility for taking the company into its next phase of growth, building staff, extending the CourseAdvisor network or providers and partners, and increasing profitability.

Mr. Cashman brings to CourseAdvisor more than twelve years of leadership experience in startups in the high tech hardware and software industries. Prior to joining CourseAdvisor, Carlos was co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Asset Performance Technologies Inc., an economic based maintenance software company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico (www.assetperformanceinc.com). Prior to APT, Mr. Cashman was co-founder and CTO of Opus360 Corporation, a publicly traded software company sold to Artemis International in 2001 (NASD: AMSI.OB). Mr. Cashman has consulted for numerous global companies in various industries on e-business strategy and execution; he has also served as an expert witness in software technology and development and currently sits on the advisory boards of two international technology and services outsourcing companies. Mr. Cashman graduated from MIT, attending on full scholarship from AT&T, where he spent summers as a software developer.

“Carlos is a proven executive who has been a key member of teams that have raised over fifty million dollars in private equity capital; he has taken his software company public on the NASDAQ, and has been an investor and advisor in numerous IT businesses in the US and abroad,” said Greg Titus, CEO of Course Advisor Inc. “We’re excited to have him on our team.”

About Course Advisor Inc.

Course Advisor is an online research directory for education and training resources featuring information about colleges and universities, language courses, lifelong learning, technology and professional training programs, continuing education classes, online degree programs, professional certifications, education financing, and test prep. Course Advisor Inc. is privately held and based in Wakefield, MA. For more information, visit www.courseadvisor.com or www.studentadvisor.com.

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