Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 26, 2004
RONALD C. ELLIOTT is Chief Executive Officer of Excelligence Learning
Corporation. Previously, Mr. Elliott served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Earlychildhood LLC, a company he founded in 1985.
With more than 18 years of retail and catalog experience, Mr. Elliott
has grown Earlychildhood into a leading nationwide developer,
manufacturer and retailer of educational products. Under his direction,
the company experienced tremendous growth and now sells thousands of
educational products and supplies, as well as a variety of proprietary
products through catalogs, a field sales force and online. The company
targets early childhood educators at over 90,000 preschools, elementary
schools and child care centers nationwide. In 1999, Mr. Elliott
facilitated the acquisition of Educational Products Inc., a premier
distributor of school supplies and educational products to the
elementary school market through school fund-raising programs. Mr.
Elliott holds a degree in Broadcast Journalism from NYU. Profile
Learning Corporation and a picture of the things you're doing at the
present time.
Mr. Elliott: The company started out in
