Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> October 21, 2002

Kevin Oakes – Click2learn Inc (clks)

KEVIN M. OAKES has served as Chief Executive Officer of Click2learn, Inc., since January 2000 and as President since September 1997. In May 2001, he was named Chairman of the Board. Prior to joining Click2learn, he was President and Founder of Oakes Interactive, an award winning technology-based training company in Needham, Massachusetts, which merged with Click2learn in 1997. Mr. Oakes is currently a Director of the ASTD, a Director of the Instructional Systems Association, a founding Director of the Digital Learning Organization, an Advisory Board member of Development Dimensions International and Longworth Venture Partners, a member of the MASIE Center's TechLearn Collaborative and an editorial advisor to Training & Development magazine. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of

Click2learn and an overview of the company as it is now?

Mr. Oakes: We're actually one of the oldest companies in the e-

learning sector.