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C-Level View :: October 25, 2006

  • 10/23/06

From the Personnel Office

Former WebCT CEO Carol Vallone Joins Horizon Wimba Board

Horizon Wimba, the company specializing in Web-based collaboration applications, has announced that the former WebCT executive has joined their board of directors.

Vallone led WebCT from 1999 until the company was acquired by Blackboard Inc. in 2005. Under her leadership, WebCT’s customer base grew to include more than 1,800 institutions using the course management system. Tommaso Trionfi, CEO of Horizon Wimba commented that Vallone’s “global reputation in the education community, her expertise in education technology, and her fine strategic thinking are all extremely impressive attributes that will benefit Horizon Wimba…. Carol’s experience and thoughtful approach to education can only help Horizon Wimba serve better the instructional needs of faculty and students at educational institutions throughout the world.”

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