Articulate Appoints Jack Makhlouf as Vice President, Customer Learning

New York City, NY (PRWEB) November 15, 2006

Articulate, the leader in rapid e-learning authoring tools, today announced that Jack Makhlouf has joined Articulate as Vice President, Customer Learning. In this role, Jack will be responsible for developing a broad portfolio of free and fee-based training offerings for Articulate's customers.

Training courses will be introduced over the next 90 days and include on-demand e-learning tutorials (built with Articulate tools), instructor-led webinars and on-premise instructor-led classes.

"Articulate's award-winning products are recognized by experts and customers alike for their powerful, yet easy-to-learn features," said Adam Schwartz, president of Articulate. "A comprehensive training program will further reinforce the great user experience our customers have with our products. We're thrilled that Jack has joined us to lead this effort."

"I've admired Articulate since their inception," said Makhlouf. "I'm looking forward to developing curriculum for Articulate customers that will enhance their productivity with our tools."

Prior to joining Articulate, Jack was the Vice President of Development with Learning Solutions International (LSI) where he led their rapid e-learning practice. Jack was a founding member of the industry-recognized AT&T Learning Services team. There he led the e-learning best practices and custom content development teams. He managed a team of 50 e-learning developers and played a vital role in helping elevate AT&T's Learning Services capabilities which achieved Training Magazine's yearly Training Top 100 award in 2003 (Ranked #10) and in 2004 (Ranked #7). Jack is a well known thought leader within the e-learning industry and is a regular speaker and contributor at e-learning conferences.

About Articulate

Articulate is the market leader in rapid e-learning software. Articulate products are used by organizations worldwide to quickly create rich and interactive learning content and communication resources. The company's Rapid E-Learning Studio Professional combines three premier products, Articulate Presenter 5, Quizmaker 2 and Engage, to give learning professionals and subject-matter experts an easy-to-use toolset to create e-learning courses, presentations, interactions, quizzes, and surveys. Morgan Stanley, FedEx, Dell, Target, 3M, John Deere, and Harvard Business School are among the thousands of corporate, government, and academic organizations currently using Articulate products for rapid e-learning. Articulate is ranked the 15th fastest growing technology company in North America by Deloitte on their 2006 Technology Fast 500 Rising Star list.

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