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1. Service and Technology Solutions
Business Development and Partnerships
An International Technology and Development Leader
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2. Partnering with GlobalScholar
“The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and
never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before. “
-Vita Sackville-West
Shall we garden together today?
3. GlobalScholar at high levels
Major Financiers: Knowledge Universe, Ignition Venture Capital and Peter Neupert
C-Level Leadership:
Kal Raman, CEO of GlobalScholar.com. Prior to joining GlobalScholar.com, Kal was the SVP of WW hardlines at
amazon.com since Aug 2004. At amazon.com, Kal was in charge of the world wide hardlines business and also in
charge of retail technology and online marketing for the entire company. Kal held variety of jobs at drugstore.com
from 1998-2004. He was the CEO of drugstore.com from 2001-04 and also served as COO and CIO. While Kal was the
CEO of drugstore.com, the revenues grew 70% to $246 M and the company achieved EBITDA profitability for the first
time in Q4, 2003. Prior to drugstore.com, Kal has served as the CIO of NationsRent and Senior Director of Technology
at Blockbuster and as Director of Technology at Wal-Mart
Muru Subramani, CTO of GlobalScholar.com. Prior to joining GlobalScholar.com, Muru was a Research Software
Design Engineer at Microsoft Research. While at Microsoft Research, Muru was involved in a variety of research
projects and published numerous research papers as part of the Adaptive Systems and Interaction Group. Muru holds
a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from University of Madras, India.
John Hults, CFO of GlobalScholar.com. Prior to joining Globalscholar.com, he founded Blue Jean Images, LLC in 2006
and continues as Chairman of this Beijing and Seattle based digital content production company. John was VP
Financial Planning & Analysis at Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE:GYI) from 2001 to 2006. Prior to Getty Images, John spent 7
years in the wireless telecom industry. He led the Seattle market as VP/GM for WinStar Telecommunications
(NASDAQ: WCII) following a series of financial analysis and process design roles at WinStar and wireless industry
pioneer McCaw Cellular/AT&T Wireless. John served 7 years at sea and ashore as a US Naval Officer, and then earned
his MBA at the JL Kellogg School at Northwestern University. He is a proud member of the US Naval Academy class of
‘83.
Board Members:
Michael Milken, Lowell Milken, Brad Silverberg(Ignition, formerly Microsoft - ran Windows group), David Shaffer
(former COO of Thomson), Peter Neupert (VP at Microsoft, former Chairman drugstore.com), Jonathan Stearns
(Managing Director of AIG Global Investment Group, New York)
Company Information:
Currently serving over 10,000 institutions and 4 million students. Clients from the 4th largest school district in the
United States to a complete end to end e-commerce solution for the largest supplemental education provider in the
eastern hemisphere with 700 centers in 20 international countries. Have serviced client orders from 5k web
development order to multi-million dollar engagement for platform development and content. 1 million unique
visitors to the PIV Portal from a pre-qualified channel.
Part of the $4 Billion KUE family of companies in education and technology solutions and services.
Company Mission: quot;Empowering the World to Learnquot;
Technology, Education, Services, Partnerships, Enabling Others to Innovate the Future and the World.
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4. GlobalScholar Suite of Tools
•Virtual Classrooms •Content and Curriculum
•Voice/Chat Enabled Development
Whiteboard •Digitization of Content and
•Learning Management Tools Curriculum
•Synchronous Learning •Tutoring
Environments •Education and Technology
•Flash Content Development Consulting
•Technology Solutions
Technology
Augmented
and Learning
Learning
Platform
Services
Solutions
Client
Market Place
Centric Long
Site and e-
Term
Commerce
•Content and Curriculum Sale
Partnerships •How we can help:
•Partnering for technology
•Asynchronous and
Synchronous Learning •Synchronous learning
environments
•Self Paced Learning
•Integration with partners
•Content and Curriculum
technology
offer within Private Label
Platforms and vice versa •Integration with partners
•Content and curriculum
development
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5. GlobalScholar Offerings & Strengths
Technology and Learning
Platform Solutions
Augmented Learning Services
Marketplace Site to offer
Content and Curriculum
Client Centric Relationships
for Long Term Partnerships
6. Technology and Learning Platform Solutions
Platforms for real-time virtual interaction
Voice/Chat enabled whiteboard solutions
•1:1 (Single Model)
•1:Many (Classroom Model)
•1:1:Many (Study Cubbies Model)
Synchronous environments
•Training and learning environment
•Virtual meeting spaces
•Assessment tools within the environment
•Digital content library
•Flash records all interactions
Educational management tools
Flash development
•Specialized content
•Units of study for training
•Interactive media usages
•Digitization of client materials
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7. Augmented Learning Services
Content and Curriculum Development
We are not in publishing, but support content
development
Third party contracts for content
development
Third party contracts for corporate and
government training programs
Digitization of Content and Curriculum
Contracted to turn existing content into
Flash or other digitized format
Contracted to convert traditional content
into interactive learning modules for use
online
Tutoring – all levels - bulk hours ability
Publisher contracts to offer as supplements
to text sales and implementation
Subscription support services
Augment training services and support
Education and Technology Consulting
International Educational Expertise
Domestic Educational Expertise
Web 2.0/Web Technology Expertise
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8. Tutoring/Training Services
Delivered 40,000+ hours of tutoring to K-12 students in different states in
the US and currently 2,500+ tutoring hours per month
Cost effective supplemental tutoring /training combining off shoring
efficiencies, appropriate instructional design elements and standardized
curriculum over internet
ADDIE based content development for corporate training contracts
Tutors in Management, Math, Science and Medicine, Engineering are post
graduates. All others at minimum are Bachelor degree level
Test Prep services include PSAT, SAT, GRE and Advanced Placement (AP)
Bulk tutoring fulfillment capabilities – Delivering results for opportunities
like OHVA, Co1 and tutor outsourcing fulfillment for US based tutoring
orgs like Braxton
Online tutoring services to K-12 and college students using global tutor
talent pool of 55 in-house tutors and 115 virtual tutors available 24x7
9. Client Centric Long Term Partnerships
E-learning for training and
educational purposes
E-commerce development
Sensitive to unique client needs and
markets
Long term engagements and
relationships
Ability to aggressively pursue
deadlines for contract fulfillment
Experienced 40 member team
200 plus man years of experience
Strong account management
Fixed bid agreements and contract
to order development
Target-Scope and
Target-Cost Models
Use and subscription based models
depending upon platform
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10. Content Development Services
e-Learning enablement for education and training – Digitization,
Assessments, Courseware migration and unit development
Spec to order contract capacity, multiple market experienced
A strong end to end turnkey delivery capabilities with a 40 member
team with a combined 200 Man years of e-learning experience
Project Management, Technology resources, Instructional Designers,
SME’s, Creative artists and Copy writers
An established and proven model for outsourced development services
Current focus solely on education related development services for K-12,
College level and corporate training purposes
Ability to ramp up for new projects
Exceptional quality and on-time delivery record – foundation for our
customer retention success
11. Content Development Services
Digitization (Graphics /Animation)
Our IDE, SME , Animators and Graphic designers have helped publishers and educational
content providers convert their printed content to a ‘access anywhere’ online available
digitally rich content
Skilled and innovative team of graphic designers, 2D/3D animators, a state of art
animation studio with latest multimedia technologies help increase interactivity of existing
digital content
Move from no animation to 2D or 2D to 3D and enable porting to LMS
Courseware Migration
Organizations with extensive content libraries in different formats benefit from our
Courseware Migration Experience to standardize form, format and increase delivery channels:
Instructor led Training (ILT) to Computer-based Training (CBT) or Web Based Training (WBT)
ILT or CBT content to (WBT) or Blended Learning (combining ILT /CBT / WBT)
Assessments
Expert tutors/trainers, pedagogy specialists, a strong content dev team with IDE and
creative members helped us create accurate assessments mapped to any state standard
/curriculum in K-12 or corporate curriculum.
Revamp of existing assessments and realignment to standards or QA services to check
alignment also offered
View Demo http://elearning.classof1.com/demo/labs.html
12. Market Place Site and e-Commerce
PIV Portal with 1 million unique visitors in
a pre qualified channel
10,000 courses in K-12, College and
Corporate levels and markets
Digital Content and Curriculum Sales
Reseller Partnerships
Value Added Partnerships
Uboost (Reward Systems)
OaSES (SES Management Systems)
KLC (Content Development)
KLC (Platform Services)
EF (Lead Gen and Platform Services)
LOT (Platform Services Reseller)
Global Market Presence
Domestic offices in WA, CO, MI, OH, IL
International offices in India, Singapore
Clients in more than 30 countries
Business development partners world wide
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13. Marketplace for Content/Curriculum
Statistics:
Over 10,000 courses offered in K-12, College
preparation and Corporate training space
Access to over 4 million students
Capabilities:
Content and Curriculum
All Levels and All Subjects
Asynchronous and Synchronous Offerings
Self Paced Purchase Offerings
15. We can help…
Provide synchronous environment technology
Expand content reach into Supplemental Learning Space through
Marketplace and Private Label inclusion
Develop or digitize exisiting content
Develop digital content to order
Bulk offering of tutoring for publishers, bulk training supports, others
Provide outsource development work
Flash- animated content
Virtual labs
Online learning games, etc.
Other custom development
Integrate to exisiting technology solutions, provide innovation & flexibility
Open to all possibilites with experience quot;thinking out of the boxquot; to met
customer needs
Client-Centric Long Term Partnerships is Our Goal
16. GlobalScholar Confidence
Proven Product Market Leader
Proven C-Level Leadership
Proven Teams Experience – Dev, Implementation,
Accounts, Management, Technology, QA
Proven Innovation to lead the market
Future thinking, reality grounded to achieve
We can start with a pilot effort and expand based
on demonstrated value.
Confidence in production, value and delivery
Demonstrated Client Centric Partner for long term
mutually beneficial relationships
17. Questions? Next Steps?
Justin Smith
GlobalScholar Director of Private Label Services and
Technology
(Phone) 425-460-7078
(Internationally) 011-1-425-460-7078
(Fax) 425-977-9727
jay@globalscholar.com
jay@globalscholar.com 1-425-460-7078
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