Cincinnati, Ohio (PRWEB) June 26, 2013
Knovation, the leader in advanced, customized finding out options, has appointed Todd Schmid as Vice President of Sales. In his new role, Schmid will be focused advancing Knovations mission to decrease the barriers to understanding and transform education from a one-way, a single-size-fits-all technique to a personalized studying knowledge by bringing Knovations platform, solutions and solutions to marketplace. Schmid is a veteran sales executive, who has spent his 14-year career in the education technologies marketplace, where he has managed complicated sales cycles for enterprise software in K-12 college districts about the country.

Ideal known as the top creator of digital content material and curriculum options for the classroom like flagship solutions netTrekker and icurio, Knovation leads the market in the management and delivery of digital learning resources. In addition to gearing up to launch its next generation customized finding out solutions, Knovation will also be focusing on a stand-alone version of its foundational resource personalization platform, which delivers curated, contextualized and aligned understanding sources at the point of need to have. This platform will extend beyond person classrooms to K-12 districts, state departments of education, ed tech remedy developers and content material providers. Knovation will also be expanding its skilled understanding and implementation solutions. As the organization prepares for the launch of its expanded offerings, Schmid will lead the sales and delivery method and implementation for each current and new solutions and solutions.

Todd has established himself as a leader in the education technologies community for nearly 14 years. The timing of Todds hiring couldnt be greater as we bring our next generation resource personalization platform, applications and solutions to industry. There is no doubt that Todd will be a tremendous asset to the Knovation team as we work to provide a more customized, engaging reality for every learner, stated Joe Grieshop, president of Knovation.

Schmid joins Knovation after 5 years at Blackboard Inc., in Washington D.C, most recently serving as the head of sales for the national K12 sales group, which delivered a multi-million dollar annual recurring income stream. Schmid spent an further two years at Blackboard earlier in his profession, serving as the companys Northeast Regional Sales Manager. Prior to his most recent engagement at Blackboard, Schmid spent two years at FirstClass, a division of Open Text Corporation, where he focused on promoting the companys flagship online learning item line as the regional sales manager for the Southeast region. Earlier in his profession, Schmid also spent five years with Open Text Corporation, achieving record-setting sales income milestones focused on finish-user sales. Schmid also served as Vice President of Company Development at Tungsten Understanding.

Schmid earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organization Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Knovation is poised to take bold actions forward as we introduce our expanded platform, application and service offerings, explains Randy Wilhelm, CEO of Knovation. Todd represents the bold and passionate leadership that will aid us take these options to market place, ultimately delivering them to the students and educators we are passionately committed to serving.

For far more data about Knovation, please check out http://www.knovationlearning.com.

About Knovation
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Knovation is devoted to transforming education from a 1-way, 1-size-fits-all method to a learner-centered approach that minimizes environmental, emotional, functional and stylistic understanding barriers and is customized to the exclusive demands of each learner. A mission-driven group of academic, technologies and enterprise professionals passionate about producing a difference in the lives of learners and these who make finding out possible, Knovation delivers standards-primarily based, personalized, digital content material solutions that empower learners to unlock their curiosity and prospective. The Knovation solution portfolio contains icurio, the flagship digital curriculum content solution for customized understanding and netTrekker, the companys legacy educational digital content answer. Knovation also gives specialist learning solutions that market the effective use of digital studying sources in instruction. Founded in 1999, Knovations digital content options and platform currently serve millions of students in thousands of K-12 public and private schools across U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The vision of Knovation is to Ignite the hope of knowing by reducing the barriers to understanding. For more information, please speak to Knovation at 1.855.KNOVATE (566-8283) or pay a visit to http://www.knovationlearning.com.





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