 Prior to joining WGU, he was general manager of IBM's K-12 education division.He also served as executive vice president for Jostens Learning Corporation.From 1980 to 1992, he was a founder, president, and CEO (from 1987) of Wicat Systems, Inc., a publicly traded company which was a leader in providing computer-based curriculum, instructional management and testing to schools, and technology-based training to government and industry.