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Speaker Bio:
Jay Cross
A veteran of the software industry and the training business, Jay Cross coined the term "eLearning" in 1998. He is CEO of eLearning Forum, a 1200-member think tank and advocacy group, and founder of Internet Time Group. The Group helps organizations learn and perform on Internet time. Breath-takingly fast.
Jay helped SmartForce position itself as “the eLearning Company.” He worked with Cisco e-Learning Partners to help them implement and market their initial web-based certification programs. Today he coaches corporate executives on getting the most from their investments in eLearning, collaboration, and visual learning. More than a thousand people visit www.InternetTime.com every day to receive Jay’s insights on eLearning. He is co-author of the recent book Implementing eLearning.
In previous lives, Jay sold mainframes the size of SUVs, designed the University of Phoenix's first business degree program, and joined the Inc 500 for taking a start-up to prominence in less than three years.
Jay has spoken at Online Learning, Training, Online Educa, Image World, Instructional Systems Association, eLearning Guild , eLearning Forum, Learning Objects Symposium, ASTD International, Training Directors Forum, and many other events. He delivered the inaugural keynote to the first meeting of the Online Banking Association. He is the author of numerous articles and white papers on eLearning and business effectivness. He is a founding fellow of the Meta-Learning Lab.
Jay was born in Hope, Arkansas, (in the same room as Bill Clinton) and grew up in Virginia, France, Texas, Rhode Island, and Germany. He lives with his wife Uta and two miniature longhaired dachshunds in the hills of Berkeley, California.
He is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, and has subsequently studied instructional design, systems analysis, programming, leadership, information architecture, decision-making, direct marketing, and design.
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Contact information:
Jay Cross
jaycross@internettime.com
Internet Time Group
30 Poppy Lane
Berkeley, California 94708
1.510.528.3105