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'''Stephen Gilfus''' (born May 24, 1970) is a founder of [[Blackboard Inc.]] and [[CourseInfo LLC]]. |
'''Stephen Gilfus''' (born May 24, 1970) is a founder of [[Blackboard Inc.]] and [[CourseInfo LLC]]. |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Stephen Gilfus grew up in [[Pittsford, New York]], attended [[Pittsford Mendon High School]] and graduated from [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, New York]] in 1997 as an academic scholar with a Bachelors of Science degree from the undergraduate business program within the [[Cornell University Department of Applied Economics and Management]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} While at Cornell, he focused on the development of new businesses through his studies as a part of a burgeoning new series of studies within Cornell's Entrepreneurship Personal Enterprise program. In 1997, during his senior year at Cornell University, he co-founded [[CourseInfo LLC]], a small [[e-learning]] company focused on the development of an innovative [[course management system]].<ref>http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/97/10.16.97/Web_company.html</ref> |
Stephen Gilfus grew up in [[Pittsford, New York]], attended [[Pittsford Mendon High School]] and graduated from [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, New York]] in 1997 as an academic scholar with a Bachelors of Science degree from the undergraduate business program within the [[Cornell University Department of Applied Economics and Management]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} While at Cornell, he focused on the development of new businesses through his studies as a part of a burgeoning new series of studies within Cornell's Entrepreneurship Personal Enterprise program. In 1997, during his senior year at Cornell University, he co-founded [[CourseInfo LLC]], a small [[e-learning]] company focused on the development of an innovative [[course management system]].<ref>http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/97/10.16.97/Web_company.html</ref>. As a founder and as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for CourseInfo he directed the businesses initial vision, writing the companies first business plan and developing its foundational sales and marketing strategy. - The Scientist : UCLA Taking A Leading Role In Mandating ... "It's a Web course-management tool," explains Stephen Gilfus, CourseInfo's vice president for marketing. "The entire structure is set up to provide areas... [http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/17849/] |
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| ⚫ | In 1998, ''CourseInfo LLC'', founded by Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus, and ''Blackboard LLC'', founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky merged to form Blackboard Inc. The first line of e-learning products was branded Blackboard CourseInfo, but the CourseInfo brand was dropped in 2000. Gilfus was one of the primary designers and inventors of the CourseInfo and Blackboard Learning System products as head of corporate and product strategy for the company and published the companies [http://www.deakin.edu.au/itl/research-eval/lms-evaluation/BlackboardRoadmap.pdf Blackboard's Product Strategy and Roadmap.]. As the company expanded it's market and business relationships Stephen along with Matthew Pittinsky (both company co-founders) jointly wrote a [http://www.ldc.usb.ve/~vtheok/cursos/ci5321/BlackboardBuildingBlocks.pdf Blackboard Product Strategy & Vision White Paper on Building Blocks (B2) Initiative] outlining the launch of a "Building Blocks Initiative" introducing new thought concepts to extend the Blackboard Platform and allow for greater extensibility of the technology as an open platform for allowing for technology extensions. Pittinsky, Matthew & Gilfus, Stephen. (2000) Product Strategy and Vision White paper on (B2) Initiative Washington DC<ref name="Building Blocks">{{cite web|last=Gilfus| first=Stephen| authorlink =| coauthors =Pittinsky| title =Product Strategy and Vision White paper on (B2) Initiative | publisher=Blackboard| date =2000-01-01| url=http://www.ldc.usb.ve/~vtheok/cursos/ci5321/BlackboardBuildingBlocks.pdf| accessdate =2006-11-20|format=PDF}}</ref> |
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As a founder and as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for CourseInfo he directed the businesses initial vision, writing the companies first business plan and developing its foundational sales and marketing strategy. - The Scientist : UCLA Taking A Leading Role In Mandating ... "It's a Web course-management tool," explains Stephen Gilfus, CourseInfo's vice president for marketing. "The entire structure is set up to provide areas... [http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/17849/] |
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In 1998, ''CourseInfo LLC'', founded by Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus, and ''Blackboard LLC'', founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky merged to form Blackboard Inc. The first line of e-learning products was branded Blackboard CourseInfo, but the CourseInfo brand was dropped in 2000. Gilfus was one of the primary designers and inventors of the CourseInfo and Blackboard Learning System products as head of corporate and product strategy for the company and published the companies [http://www.deakin.edu.au/itl/research-eval/lms-evaluation/BlackboardRoadmap.pdf Blackboard's Product Strategy and Roadmap.] |
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| ⚫ | As the company expanded it's market and business relationships Stephen along with Matthew Pittinsky (both company co-founders) jointly wrote a [http://www.ldc.usb.ve/~vtheok/cursos/ci5321/BlackboardBuildingBlocks.pdf Blackboard Product Strategy & Vision White Paper on Building Blocks (B2) Initiative] outlining the launch of a "Building Blocks Initiative" introducing new thought concepts to extend the Blackboard Platform and allow for greater extensibility of the technology as an open platform for allowing for technology extensions. Pittinsky, Matthew & Gilfus, Stephen. (2000) Product Strategy and Vision White paper on (B2) Initiative Washington DC<ref name="Building Blocks">{{cite web|last=Gilfus| first=Stephen| authorlink =| coauthors =Pittinsky| title =Product Strategy and Vision White paper on (B2) Initiative | publisher=Blackboard| date =2000-01-01| url=http://www.ldc.usb.ve/~vtheok/cursos/ci5321/BlackboardBuildingBlocks.pdf| accessdate =2006-11-20|format=PDF}}</ref> |
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Stephen Gilfus | |
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| Born | Stephen R. Gilfus May 24, 1970 |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of Blackboard Inc. |
| Website | www.gilfuseducationgroup.com |
Stephen Gilfus (born May 24, 1970) is a founder of Blackboard Inc. and CourseInfo LLC.
Biography
Stephen Gilfus grew up in Pittsford, New York, attended Pittsford Mendon High School and graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1997 as an academic scholar with a Bachelors of Science degree from the undergraduate business program within the Cornell University Department of Applied Economics and Management[citation needed] While at Cornell, he focused on the development of new businesses through his studies as a part of a burgeoning new series of studies within Cornell's Entrepreneurship Personal Enterprise program. In 1997, during his senior year at Cornell University, he co-founded CourseInfo LLC, a small e-learning company focused on the development of an innovative course management system.[1]. As a founder and as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for CourseInfo he directed the businesses initial vision, writing the companies first business plan and developing its foundational sales and marketing strategy. - The Scientist : UCLA Taking A Leading Role In Mandating ... "It's a Web course-management tool," explains Stephen Gilfus, CourseInfo's vice president for marketing. "The entire structure is set up to provide areas... [1]
In 1998, CourseInfo LLC, founded by Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus, and Blackboard LLC, founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky merged to form Blackboard Inc. The first line of e-learning products was branded Blackboard CourseInfo, but the CourseInfo brand was dropped in 2000. Gilfus was one of the primary designers and inventors of the CourseInfo and Blackboard Learning System products as head of corporate and product strategy for the company and published the companies Blackboard's Product Strategy and Roadmap.. As the company expanded it's market and business relationships Stephen along with Matthew Pittinsky (both company co-founders) jointly wrote a Blackboard Product Strategy & Vision White Paper on Building Blocks (B2) Initiative outlining the launch of a "Building Blocks Initiative" introducing new thought concepts to extend the Blackboard Platform and allow for greater extensibility of the technology as an open platform for allowing for technology extensions. Pittinsky, Matthew & Gilfus, Stephen. (2000) Product Strategy and Vision White paper on (B2) Initiative Washington DC[2]
In 2001 the Blackboard Inc. began to explore "mobile learning" initiatives and Stephen joined a Mobile Steering Committee established and led by the President and CEO of McGraw-Hill Ryerson to answer the question "What can “ anytime, anywhere” access to learning material contribute to the education experience?" Results where published in the following report: "Harvesting Fragments of Time" - Mobile Learning Pilot Project (Evaluation Team Report) Further to Blackboard's development path Stephen led the companies initiatives to introduce new learning standards as the Head of Corporate and Product Strategy collaborating with NDU, the National Defense University, and the ADL Co-Labs to design, implement and deploy a free Blackboard SCORM 1.2 through Blackboard Building Blocks. SCORM (Sharable Content Object Repository Model) is a specification of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, which comes out of the Office of the United States Secretary of Defense.
During this time, around 2004, still with Blackboard, Stephen began to assemble data from the experiences of 1000's of Blackboard customers and authored the "Educational Technology Framework" a model used to contemplate organizational, technological, and social impact of educational technologies on academic institutions – sometimes referred to as “The Gilfus Model of Educational Technology Adoption”.[3]. The model was recently updated in 2010 - "Educational Technology Framework".
From 2004 to mid 2008 Gilfus was Vice President of Blackboard's Education Consulting Practice where he led a team of professionals focused on integrating and extending the Blackboard Platform. Serving over 450+ academic institutions in integrating into PeopleSoft, Datatel, SCT and other SIS applications as well as creating custom applications. Gilfus worked closely with several customers and was one of the key strategists behind Fairfax County Public Schools launch of the Blackboard platform for Fairfax 24/7 Learning. He also led a core team of individuals that designed and implemented Pearson's Course Compass, a private-label version of Blackboard for Pearson Education.
Gilfus worked cross-organizationally within Blackboard holding key leadership positions throughout the company in Marketing and Sales, Product Management/Development, Strategic Development, Global Services, and the Office of the CEO as a facilitator and change agent and over the many years he has had various titles throughout the organization with his final initiative as a lead to Blackboard's K12 strategy
In February 2007, Gilfus left Blackboard to found Gilfus Education Group, an independent consulting and management company based in Washington, DC. In mid-2007, Gilfus founded Gilfus Venture Partners and joined New Market Venture Partners as an investment partner. He is also an "Entrepreneurship@Cornell" advisory council member.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/97/10.16.97/Web_company.html
- ^ Gilfus, Stephen (2000-01-01). "Product Strategy and Vision White paper on (B2) Initiative" (PDF). Blackboard. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Ellis, Cathy. "Benchmarking Blackboard– From Champions To Transformers". Retrieved 2009-02-29.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ http://vivo.cornell.edu/individual/vivo/individual30609_1_2