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Dov Seidman
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Since then, Dov has grown LRN into a highly successful company, whose clients include some of the world’s most respected businesses.

Disney, Dow Chemical, eBay, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Pfizer and Raytheon are among the hundreds of companies who turn to LRN to help management govern more effectively and workers do the right thing, even in the most challenging of situations.

Dov is recognized as a thought leader on a range of topics – from achieving significance in our new 21st century world, to the importance of trust in personal and business dealings to succeeding with both principles and profits in mind.

In 2004, he testified before the U.S. Sentencing Commission about the need for companies to develop ethical cultures instead of check-the-box, compliance-only approaches, and his views helped shape the amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

In 2007, his book, HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything in Business (and in Life), was published by John Wiley & Sons, detailing years of thought about business cultures, philosophy and success.  In the acclaimed book, Dov argues, out-behaving our competitors has become critical to out-performing them.  In our hyperconnected and hypertransparent world, it is no longer what we do that sets us apart from others, but how we do what we do that matters.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas L. Friedman prominently featured this thinking and excerpts from his interviews with Dov in the best-selling book, The World is Flat.  The updated edition, The World Is Flat 3.0, prominently features Dov’s philosophies as Rule #7 (proper use of outsourcing) and Rule #8 ("Hows Matter") in Friedman’s nine rules for companies to embrace in a flat world.

Dov is frequently invited to speak at leading industry events and to senior management and Boards of Directors.  His views have been quoted in hundreds of print and broadcast media.  Recent presentations include The National Press Club, The Milken Institute Forum, The Outstanding Directors Exchange and The Defense Industry Initiative’s Best Practices Forum.  Recent media appearances include ABC’s Good Morning America, BusinessWeek, Charlie Rose, Condé Nast Portfolio and The New York Times.  He has also been a keynote speaker at UCLA’s annual commencement.

Dov holds degrees in philosophy from UCLA, politics and economics from Oxford, and law from Harvard Law School.  He and his wife Maria live in Los Angeles, where LRN is headquartered.

Prior to joining LRN, Blackie served as group vice president of North American sales at Gartner, the technology industry's premier analyst firm. There, Blackie helped to increase Gartner's North American business more than five-fold, and was responsible for driving over $500M in annual revenue bookings. He also served as head of the sales division for Gartner Learning, a comprehensive provider of technology learning solutions. Prior to joining Gartner, Blackie served for seven years in numerous sales and management positions at Xerox Corporation. During his tenure at Xerox, he contributed to growth by successfully leading numerous sales teams and was a recognized as a top corporate performer in marketing new Xerox digital products.

Blackie holds a B.S. from Santa Clara University, and currently resides in Los Angeles.

An industry pioneer and seasoned technology executive, Burr brings more than 20 years of experience to LRN. Among his noted career achievements include his founding and leading a number of high-growth companies, innovating new markets and technologies, including the filing of close to 40 patents, and winning numerous industry awards and accolades.

Prior to LRN, Burr served as managing partner at Westlake Venture Partners, responsible for managing an investment fund of high net worth individual capital. There, he focused on early stage technology companies and served on the Board of Directors for many investment clients.

Earlier, he was a co-founder of NetZero where he served as Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer, leading the company through its early and rapid growth to its dominate position as one of the world's largest Internet Service Providers. During his tenure, Burr also served as President and a Director and was instrumental in NetZero's Goldman Sachs-led initial public offering.

Burr also served as Chief Information Officer at 5Sqaure Inc., which provides ASP technology solutions to the automotive industry, and Director and (pro tem) Chief Strategic Officer at Jambo, a leading pay-per-call Internet company. He also serves as Chairman of the Board at Loveday Inc.

Burr was also president of IMPACT Software, an international IT consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies. Prior to IMPACT, Burr held a senior technology consulting position for IBM, and held various management positions, including vice president of software engineering with Vault Corporation, an Allen & Co. venture-backed software startup where he started his career.

Burr has been named one of InfoWorld's "Top 50 IT executives at xSP's," one of Interactive Week's "25 Top Unsung Hero's on the Net" and one of "21 people leading us into 21st Century" by Response Magazine. Burr is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and his media appearances include CNN, MSNBC and various syndicated radio appearances.

Charow joined LRN after being with Fujitsu Consulting, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer responsible for finance, administration, IT and legal affairs. Prior to Fujitsu, he held leadership positions with Westburne Inc. and Deloitte & Touche. Charow has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, having completed more than twenty such transactions over his career both in industry and while in public practice on behalf of clients. Charow began his career in public accounting with KPMG.

Charow holds a Graduate Diploma in Public Accounting from McGill University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University, both in Montreal, Canada. He holds the title of Chartered Accountant and has lectured extensively in the graduate program of McGill University on topics ranging from financial reporting to financial engineering.

Greenberg joins LRN from Altria Group, Inc., where his tenure of more than two decades culminated in the role as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, heading Altria’s enterprise-wide efforts on compliance and integrity as one of only five senior vice presidents of the parent corporation. Prior to this, he held numerous senior positions at Altria and its operating unit Philip Morris International in the United States, Europe and globally, including responsibility for environment, social responsibility, government affairs and communications. Greenberg also was a partner with the law firm of Arnold & Porter, served as Legislative Director and General Counsel for the Consumer Federation of America, and was a legislative representative, organizer and writer for Ralph Nader.

Greenberg received a J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Law School/Graduate School of Business. He also attended Williams College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Nott-Kilfoil brings more than 20 years of experience as a human resources executive to LRN. Previously, she served in senior leadership positions for a variety of international, multi-site, growth-oriented firms, including J.D. Power and Associates, PDQuick (formerly PinkDot, Inc.), Air Touch Communications/Air Touch Cellular and Denny’s Inc. Her background and experience includes continuity planning, mergers and acquisitions, change management, employee relations and performance management.

Previously, Nott-Kilfoil was Vice President of Human Resources at J.D. Power and Associates, where she was responsible for reengineering the human resources function as part of a company-wide “superior infrastructure” initiative for the global marketing information services firm.  There, she established a cohesive set of policies and procedures that created internal equity for all employees, the first internal training department and world-class new associate orientation, and the first executive succession planning and high potential development program, among other accomplishments.

At PDQuick (formerly known as PinkDot, Inc.), where she also held the position of Vice President of Human Resources, Nott-Kilfoil established the human resources infrastructure for this privately held e-commerce home delivery company. Her work included the development of the PDQuick Belief System to focus the organization on the behaviors necessary to ensure the success of a nationwide expansion plans.

As Vice President of Human Resources at Air Touch Communications/Air Touch Cellular, Nott-Kilfoil redesigned the human resources function to provide more efficient and cost effective internal customer support for 1,600 employees in the Los Angeles market.  Her earlier experience included Director of Human Resources at BAX Global (formerly Burlington Air Express) and senior managerial positions at Bercor, Inc., Denny’s Inc. and Broadway Department Stores.

Nott-Kilfoil received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and has completed the Advanced Human Resource Executive Program at the University of Michigan Business School.