New shareholder in LearningGuide

LearningGuide
11/01/2006
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

New Horizons Michigan's CEO, Mark A. McManus, has joined LearningGuide's Board as a non executive director and shareholder.

Mark A McManus is known throughout the IT learning industry as CEO of New Horizons Computer Learning Centres of Michigan, which operates six training centres as part of New Horizons, the world's largest IT learning provider. Earlier this year, New Horizons Michigan announced a reseller partnership with LearningGuide and is quickly establishing itself as one of LearningGuide's most valued US partners.

Alfred Remmits, LearningGuide's CEO, said: "We're delighted to be working with Mark McManus. The investment Mark is making will extend our business development activities and establish LearningGuide internationally as a leader in the electronic performance support systems market. Mark's role as CEO of New Horizons Michigan and his experience in marketing learning solutions was of particular interest to LearningGuide in helping us to develop the vitally important US market."

Mark A. McManus said: "LearningGuide presents a strategically important opportunity for New Horizons Michigan. The market for performance support solutions is growing and will have a huge effect on the way people learn. Corporations are embedding learning deep into their processes, making learning a natural extension of workers' tasks and procedures. With LearningGuide, New Horizons Michigan will be at the heart of how this market develops.

Notes to editors

About Mark A. McManus and New Horizons Computer Learning Centres of Michigan
Mark A. McManus is chief executive officer and co-owner of New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Michigan, which he helped to found in 1992. New Horizons of Michigan is the leading provider of learning solutions for Information Technology, PC Desktop Applications, Project Management, and Business Skills training with six state-of-the-art locations, including East Lansing, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Livonia (headquarters), and Troy. With more than 45 instructors, 300 class offerings, and 54 classrooms state-wide, New Horizons of Michigan is a franchise of the world's largest independent computer training company. Mark A. McManus has received nine 'North American Franchise of the Year' awards since 1992 and serves on Microsoft's Certified Partner Learning Solutions' (CPLS) Advisory Council.

For further information contact:
Denise Zarra, VP of Marketing & Communications
New Horizons Computing Learning Centers of Michigan
dzarra@nhmichigan.com

About LearningGuide
LearningGuide provides workplace learning and support solutions that accelerate enterprise application ROI and improve the application of working procedures and reduce traditional training, e-learning and support costs. LearningGuide contains its own content authoring and publishing application, LearningGuide Manager, used for creating learning and support objects and publishing LearningGuides. LearningGuide customers include Astra Zeneca, Deloitte, Novartis, Organon, Royal Boskalis Westminster and TNT.

For further information contact

Rob Clarke
e-mail: rclarke@learningguide.co.uk

Marielle Buijink
e-mail: m.buijink@learningguide.nl