“GeoMaestro’s Software as a Service business model enables us to effectively reach our diverse nationwide workforce. Initially we’ll use the LMS to standardize learning, help our workforce manage its professional growth and celebrate its successes. In the future, we’ll use GeoMaestro’s robust multi-domain capabilities to deliver learning opportunities to client and volunteer audiences as well.” Jackie Meadows, Director of Human Resources National Multiple Sclerosis Society
“We selected GeoLearning’s learning management system based on the company’s solid track record of integrating content and custom courseware from numerous vendors. GeoLearning also offered tremendous reporting capabilities to track training delivery.” Richard L. Ferguson, CEO & Chairman ACT
“We required a single e-learning partner capable of providing a complete solution, including a hosted LMS platform to manage our development curriculums which are at the heart of BankAtlantic training. GeoLearning was the ideal fit because of their system’s flexibility and ability to design a learning environment congruent with our organizational workflow.” Susan McGregor, Executive Vice President of Human Resources BankAtlantic
“GeoLearning’s ‘software as service’ model offered the ease and speed of deployment that we absolutely required. And their unique approach to integrating and hosting courseware to act as a single-source provider for their clients gives us access to thousands of courses from the industry’s best content providers.” Debra A. Valenti, Assistant Vice President of Organizational & Employee Development First Niagara Financial Group
“From a compliance perspective, we found that using GeoLearning and their dynamic reporting engine just to be an amazing resource for us, to see who accessed the course, if they finished or not and even how long they were in there. We can track to make sure people are getting the knowledge they need in a timely fashion and to make sure they have truly reviewed it.” Eamon Mulholland, E-Learning Manager PHH Mortgage
“The GeoMaestro learning management system allows us to better streamline training processes and provide consistent training resources and tools across the company. The system also features quick and easy access to high-quality training for our employees, which supports our message to them of being the “CEO” of their careers. And because of this, our customers and other key stakeholders will continue to experience our employees’ commitment to providing outstanding customer service.” Jo Spellman, Performance Learning Consultant Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
“Starting a corporate university “from the ground up”
is a challenge for any organization. But GeoLearning and KESDEE
have a lock-solid integration that enabled us to assemble a best-of-breed
solution. Their strong partnership helped make our new company-wide
learning initiative a real success.” Steve Rue, Head of Training & Organizational Development Western Asset Management Company
“The GeoMaestro platform and its assessment-related features have fully met expectations. We now have the ability to reach out to thousands of first responders in an immediate way.” Norman J. Easton, Training Coordinator State of New Jersey - Attorney General’s Office
“We selected GeoLearning for their ability to seamlessly manage all aspects of our e-learning initiative. GeoLearning integrates LMS, LCMS, collaboration tools and knowledge management functionality that will be accessible by our audiences 24x7x365. Our LMS will be a critical tool in developing the knowledge economy for South Carolina.” Jim Bryant, Chief Information Officer State of South Carolina
“We chose GeoLearning because of their extensive experience working with the government on high-profile learning management initiatives. Equally impressive is the cost-effectiveness of their hosted model, the ease of deployment, and reputation for being customer-focused. These factors made outsourcing our learning management initiative to GeoLearning the clear choice.” David Dobson, E-Learning Program Manager State of Washington Department of Personnel
“Working with GeoLearning on our course development was a new experience for us at AORN. We had never outsourced our development to a large company. They met our expectations and delivered more than we asked for. They met every deadline and delivered a high-quality product that our nurses are raving about. We truly value our new relationship with GeoLearning.” Cathy Halterbaum, Instructional Design Manager Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
“GeoMaestro provides us with the ability to configure our LMS to meet the performance, regulatory compliance and technical training needs of our organization. We also expect to drive best practices by creating and uploading our own custom learning content. This will allow learning to be a catalyst for performance within our organization.” Betsy Kennally, Director of Professional Development HealthQuest
“We selected GeoLearning because of their unique position as the leading managed learning services company. Throughout the GeoMaestro implementation process, they delivered on their promise by providing our organization outstanding service and meticulous attention to detail.” Mark Kochanowski, VP of Human Resources HealthQuest
“GeoLearning’s ASP-hosted solution can manage training and administration
for contingent and contracted workers 24x7 with no extra effort
or employee resources on our end.” Karen Ford, Senior Manager of National Training Kaiser Permanente
“After a rigorous evaluation process our technology committee
concluded that GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro was the best choice
due to its scalability, integration capabilities, customer focus
and proven track record. We were also impressed by the GeoLearning
team’s breadth and depth of expertise. They are a vendor partner
that will help us leverage and exponentially expand what we already
have in place.” Mary Daniels, Director of Training & Development MedAssets, Inc.
“We researched LMS vendors for over two years and chose GeoLearning out of all competitors for their product flexibility and strong market lead.” Cheri Cornelius, Director of Organizational Development SwedishAmerican Health System
“The GeoLearning LMS is scalable and will allow us to add users at incremental cost as we acquire them. It requires little support, so one administrator is able to handle all feedback email, with next-level technical support available through GeoLearning.” Steve Suarez, Director of Performance Solutions US Oncology
“The GeoLearning staff expressed a real desire to work with us to achieve specific business goals, and they’ve delivered. Together we’ve created a blended learning system that supports an atmosphere of continuous on-demand learning and successfully meets our delivery, reporting and administrative needs.” Jim Serenbetz, VP of Technology Markets & Learning Anixter International
“In working with GeoLearning, we found a partner who truly valued traditional instructional models and processes. At the same time though, we also found a partner who understands the nature of business, and the need to be flexible. Having worked with partners in the past who could only see their own models and not our long-term needs, the relationship we have with GeoLearning is one that we genuinely appreciate.” Bridget Plitt, Black & Decker University Manager
Black & Decker
“GeoLearning came out on top after a thorough evaluation and selection process that started with seven vendors. We chose GeoLearning because of their unmatched ability to consolidate e-learning content from a wide variety of producers, integrate with our existing systems and procedures, and provide superior end-user technical support.” Steve Gilmore, Director of Management & Organization Development Harris Corporation
“The number and complexity of new product introductions continues to grow at an accelerated rate, and our global sales force requires immediate access to product knowledge in order to effectively service our customer base. This new method of training has enabled us to reduce our training costs by 75%.” Robert Grant, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing International Rectifier
“We chose GeoLearning’s hosted solution after an exhaustive selection process that included a thorough review of more than 20 LMS and training management vendors.” Stephen Bieglecki, Director of Technical Education United Technologies Corporation
“Selecting GeoLearning was easy because of all of the support options available. I was pleased that the company doesn’t outsource its technical support and that actual GeoLearning employees answer our learners’ technical questions. And with a multitude of choices, GeoLearning offers technical and end-user support worldwide and for all time zones.” Rena Fishman, Senior Manager of Sales Training ZLB Behring
“We went to GeoLearning with a strategic business challenge and they used their Managed Learning Services model to develop a plan that would meet our requirements. With the success we realized implementing GeoLearning’s LMS, it made sense for us to build on those results. GeoLearning has the know-how, processes and systems that allow us to expedite this mission critical learning initiative.” Rich Thompson, Vice President of Training & Staff Development Ajilon/Adecco
“We have numerous learning business examples where GeoMaestro has enabled us to deliver effective training across our nationwide workforce. Whether it is a new hire that needs proper and consistent inception training or training for the tenured colleague who has taken the initiative to enhance his or her skills to prepare them for a transfer or promotion, we’ve found GeoMaestro delivered on-demand reduces overall training costs, improves time to competency and offers us consistency of delivery.” Rich Thompson, Vice President of Training & Staff Development Adecco
“As our business continues to grow and evolve, our e-learning program must also be flexible and scalable. When taking our training to a global market, we needed a system to handle diverse communication and financial issues. With GeoLearning we were able to put a system in place that has helped us to take our learning to a whole new level. We look forward to leveraging future learning opportunities using GeoMaestro’s robust capabilities.” Robert Rose, Director of Global Services Operations Altiris
“We chose GeoLearning for their proven ability to provide first-class customer service. We were also impressed with the power and flexibility of the Dynamic Reporting Engine, as well as the usability and deep integration of the LCMS with the GeoMaestro system.” Sarah Kaiser, Senior HR Manager—Training Cabela’s
“When searching for a LMS to provide e-learning to our clients, we needed a provider that understood small business and could get clients up and running quickly. GeoLearning’s LMS was the perfect fit. GeoMaestro contains the functionality and features that our current and future clients will find beneficial. Among the many reasons we chose GeoLearning were the ability to tailor the LMS to our diverse client base, its ease of use, and the security safeguards in place.” Steve Leon,President & CEO HighTop Company LLC
“We want to provide our Employee-Owners with the structure and tools to enhance their performance which will in turn improve the financial strength of our organization—and GeoLearning’s GeoExpress will enable us to accomplish those goals. GeoExpress offers a robust content library, learning plan management and flexible reporting capabilities making it the best solution for our performance management requirements.” Randi Kline, Director of Training Holiday Builders
“We selected GeoLearning because they offered us the whole package at very good value and enabled us to deal with just one vendor to provide the entire solution.” Judi McDonald, Senior Manager of E-Learning, System Implementation & Documentation Hudson’s Bay Company
“In order to keep pace with our company goals to grow revenue and improve profit margins, it was critical that we switch from our current LMS to GeoMaestro. In a side-by-side comparison we found that the unique combination of GeoMaestro’s robust feature set, scalability and best-of-breed partner business model will be the best fit for us as we work to achieve our learning business goals.”
Dale Towery, Director MSN University Medical Staffing Network
“We selected GeoLearning because the GeoExpress solution met all of our needs. We didn’t have to make customizations because all the functionality we needed was already there. In addition to the usable, feature-rich LMS, GeoLearning offered us single-source vendor and partner management. We see tremendous value in allowing GeoLearning to manage those services for us.” Sharon Blanchard, Distance Learning Coordinator Oreck
“The ability to strategically manage learning content will help us accomplish
our training objectives given the diversity we have in our team-member
base. Delivery via e-learning using GeoLearning’s hosted LMS
will help Pilot ensure that a consistent message is delivered enterprise-wide,
making it a practical solution for our business.” Mark Romano, Director of Human Resources Pilot Travel Centers
“Our learning requirements demanded that we have the ability to create custom “degree programs” and curricula to recognize employee commitment to performance and professional growth. We looked at other vendors and concluded that the GeoMaestro 5 Series was the only LMS in the market that contained the features and advanced functionality that we needed to execute a scalable, flexible learning and performance program.” Peter Andrachuk, Manager, Recruitment & Training Ryzex, Inc.
“We were involved with the rollout of a new LMS platform and we got to see GeoLearning at its best. We are incredibly pleased with the personal service we have received before, during and after our implementation. Working with GeoLearning is a pleasure.” Peter Andrachuk, Manager, Recruitment & Training Ryzex, Inc.
“GeoLearning’s Software as a Service delivery model
allows us the flexibility to create unique learning experiences
without the headaches and hassles of a traditional behind-the-firewall
e-learning software implementation. We have the ability to create
mini-LMSs for our training audiences and they benefit from a personalized,
user-centric learning experience. The GeoMaestro LMS offers us the
scalability to meet our customer’s diverse sales training
needs.” Rick Judson, Director of E-Learning Services Sales Performance International
“GeoLCMS offers us unlimited flexibility to create robust custom sales training content. The content reusability and intuitive environment enables our content development team and SMEs to access centralized assets and collaborate to streamline content development best practices. Our content creation and update process is rapid, reliable and scalable.” Rick Judson, Director of E-Learning Services Sales Performance International
“We chose GeoLearning after an exhaustive selection process. Their robust system, ASP hosted format and total value proposition made GeoLearning our clear choice.” David Smith, Manager of Organizational Development Securitas
“The impact on our business in terms of speed-to-market, recruitment and retention, employee performance, and the direct cost savings we’ve experienced from reduced administrative time, travel and materials has been considerable. GeoLearning has helped learning and development make a significant positive impact to SITEL’s bottom line.” Jessica Hochstein, Director of Worldwide Human Resources SITEL Corporation
“GeoLearning’s single-source approach to enterprise learning is unique in the industry, allowing us to pick and choose best-of-breed content without having to manage multiple vendors.” Glenn Fernandez, Director of Talent Development Arbitron
“GeoLearning understood the needs of our small but emerging organization. Our training audience has varying degrees of computer skills. So the ease of navigation and user-friendly design of the GeoExpress LMS enables our employees to quickly and easily register and launch courses for certification. With GeoLearning’s e-learning solutions we’ve seen increased performance on the job, and this in turn has improved overall customer satisfaction.” Jennifer Schwartzberg,
Training & Development Manager Audio Visual Innovations
“Our learning business requirements demand that we automate manual and decentralized training processes. We need to be able to push training in an affordable format. We chose GeoLearning’s hosted performance and learning management suite because their Software as a Service model fits the needs of our diverse employee workforce.” Jim Richmond, Director of Training & Development Cellular South
“Based on our learning business requirements, we determined that we needed a powerful LMS that was easy to use and simple for our global business partners to access. We chose GeoLearning’s Software as a Service delivery model for the flexibility and scalability that it offers our global associates and learning network partners.” Cindy Jensen,
Training Team Leader Trojan Technologies
“We are excited to have built this initiative with GeoLearning, and in doing so leveraged their deep knowledge of Web-based enterprise learning management. In taking advantage of the Web as a training tool, we are enhancing the value we provide to our business partners by making it easier for them to become Vertical experts and exploit the comprehensive features of the Vertical product suite for their customers.” Anne Brames, VP of SMB Customer Support Vertical Communications
“The robust feature set and innovative approach to learning management make GeoLearning’s LMS an excellent addition to WebEx’s growing network of WebEx Connect partners. With GeoLearning, the capabilities of our core WebEx Training Center product are significantly expanded, adding capabilities for existing customers and opening collaborative learning management systems opportunities for new customers.” Gary Griffiths, VP of Products WebEx
“We chose the GeoLearning professional services team to create and execute our management training program because they offered unparalleled flexibility. We did our due diligence and spoke extensively with other vendors. GeoLearning came out on top because they wanted to understand our business requirements and create a learning solution that was flexible, scalable and met our learning business requirements. Jim Mulvenna, Director of Training RUAN Transportation Management Systems
“Our research shows that companies who use the hosted model have higher customer satisfaction. GeoLearning, a very fast-growing LMS company, took the lead in many satisfaction measures because of the company’s strong focus on meeting customer needs.” Josh Bersin, Principal & Founder Bersin & Associates
“GeoLearning provides far more than LMS services: the company is willing to help customers with content integration, LMS administration, vendor services, and much more. This “total solution” approach lets GeoLearning understand their clients’ total learning requirements and provide outsourced services to meet a wide variety of training requirements.” Josh Bersin, Principal & Founder Bersin & Associates
“[True ASPs] are differentiated from other LMS providers in that their only offering is as an ASP. So their business, technology, and operational structure is optimized for delivering learning management as a service-not a product. An example of a vendor in this category is GeoLearning.” Chris Howard, Principal Analyst Bersin & Associates
“We were especially pleased with the vast number of reports included with GeoMaestro, as well as the ability to customize reports. Wizards help administrators and others create new reports fairly easily, and the reports can be output to PDF, Excel or XML, or can be sent directly to the printer. The high-level reporting functionality is driven by an OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) database, which allows for fairly complicated reports—useful for those who want very specific information.” brandon-hall.com 2007 LMS Knowledgebase
“We highly recommend this system for organizations that want to go with an externally hosted solution. It would also be a top consideration for any organization considering switching to an outsourced learning model, whether you want to outsource just your LMS or you are taking steps toward outsourcing the entire learning side of the organization. We also recommend this system to organizations looking for a quick implementation that prefer a good deal of ongoing support.” brandon-hall.com 2007 LMS Knowledgebase
“We also liked the high level of attention given to back-office interoperability, and GeoLearning has experience integrating at a fairly high level with such systems as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Ceridian, Lawson and others. A dedicated API layer works to integrate the LMS with back-office systems like these, and GeoMaestro provides several single-sign-on mechanisms, including e-authentication, used by the federal government.” brandon-hall.com 2007 LMS Knowledgebase
“The GeoMaestro system is modular and scalable, so you can choose the pieces of the suite you need as you go, a good option for companies that might not have the budget to implement a full-blown LMS/LCMS suite. Also a benefit for small or medium-sized companies, which might not have the resources to staff a help desk, is GeoLearning's 24/7 support, including support for end-user learners.” brandon-hall.com 2007 LMS Knowledgebase
“GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro software is the best new product to combine the experience of classroom education with the efficiency of computer-based training. The software personalizes training in an engaging and creative manner. And because it is a hosted service, GeoLearning eliminates in-house IT concerns.” Call Center Magazine
“GeoLearning’s ASP model enables customers to more cost-effectively scale their e-learning systems and resources to match both employee and enterprise demand for e-learning solutions. This business model serves to differentiate GeoLearning in the LMS marketplace and provides a clear value proposition to prospective customers.” Eduventures, Inc. The Eduventures 100: Leading Businesses Transforming the Education Economy
“I was able to create content quickly and easily using commercially available tools. They helped me select content to get started, and the site was up and operational within a week of signing the contract. I continue to be impressed. Technical support is amazing. GeoLearning makes continuous improvements and developments in response to customer needs. Hosted is the way to go, and GeoLearning has mastered it.” Nomination Submission 2006 Best of E-Learning! Awards E-Learning! Magazine
“In the highly competitive field of learning management systems, GeoLearning stands out. It has a comprehensive product line with a well thought-out design and interface leading to functional transparency and ample ease of use.” Training Media Review
“GeoLearning’s founder and CEO, Frank Russell, has done a tremendous job of building an organization that knows how to leverage technology with outsourced training services.” Doug Harward, President & Founder TrainingOutsourcing.com
“GeoLearning has distinguished itself as a unique learning outsourcing service provider that delivers best-in-class technology solutions along with unprecedented customer service and support to its many clients. The company’s long-standing success can be attributed to its focus on providing sustainable value from its learning services and its demonstration of the positive impact of training on the business performance of its clients. GeoLearning is a training company that is going to be at the forefront of the industry for a long, long time.” Dr. Jim Hanlin, Chief Operating Officer TrainingOutsourcing.com
