Our Company
Formed in January 2008, eThink Education is a rapidly growing, privately held corporation. The unique mix of technical and higher education knowledge has enabled the company to successfully manage the strategic eLearning goals of colleges and universities throughout the US and Canada. With more than 12,000 users and more than 2000 courses per term, eThink Education serves as an extension of your IT department leveraging the combined experience of all of our customers to provide you with the best eLearning solution available.
The expertise of eThink Education's management team is transforming eLearning into a solution accessible to all types of institutions of higher learning.
Brian Carlson - President & CEO
Brian comes to eThink with a unique mix of education and technology skills. Receiving a BS in Physics from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, he became very interested in different methods of teaching and learning. He spent two years as a teacher in the country of Vanuatu in the South Pacific where he experienced the challenges of delivering quality educational resources to students. Brian has worked for several technology startups. Most recently he spent six years working for SunGard Higher Education as a Senior Technical Consultant for the PowerCAMPUS Administrative Suite. In this capacity, he had the opportunity to work with over eighty small to medium sized colleges and universities. Brian left SunGard Higher Education to begin eThink Education because he saw the benefit and impact of open source Learning Management Systems for colleges and universities.
Cheryl Kauvar - Chief Operating Officer
With over nine years experience in the fields of technology and education, Cheryl brings to eThink a reputation for bridging the gap between the technical and functional aspects of education technology. She spent six years at SunGard Higher Education as the Principal Consultant and then Technical Consultant for the PowerCAMPUS Administrative Suite. In this capacity, she worked directly with users at over eighty-five colleges, experiencing first hand the challenges of driving institutional change with technology. Prior to that, Cheryl spent three years as a Software Engineer at Verizon where she received the Verizon Excellence Award for exceptional service. Cheryl holds a BA in Communication from The George Washington University and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
If you would like more information or have questions about how eThink Education can assist your institution, please email us at sales@ethinkeducation.com.