Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 15, 2000

Kevin Oakes – Click2learn.com Inc (clks)

KEVIN OAKES is the President, CEO, and Director of click2learn.com, the market leader in e-Learning solutions. Prior to joining click2learn.com, he founded and served as President of Oakes Interactive, an award- winning technology-based training company in Needham, Massachusetts that merged with click2learn.com in 1997. Currently, Oakes is also the President and Director of the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council, one of the largest interactive trade associations in the country. In addition, he is a Director of the Training Media Association, a founding member of Digital Learning Organization, and an editorial advisor to Training & Development magazine. Profile
TWST: Could we start out by your giving us a brief overview and history

of click2learn.com?

Mr. Oakes: Yes, sure. We were the first company that Paul Allen founded

after leaving Microsoft back