Jeffrey A. Elliott — President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Elliott joined Advanced Academics in 2002 serving as Chief Operating Officer until September 2003 when he was named President and Chief Executive Officer. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Elliott was with Seattle-based Wright Group, where he served as Vice President of Business Development overseeing three divisions of this leading educational publishing company. While at Wright Group, he successfully integrated and managed international acquisitions, including publishing operations in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. In 1996, Mr. Elliott joined newly formed Tribune Education Company as Director of Strategic Planning and Development. There, he was responsible for the company’s strategic planning as well as identifying and executing acquisitions and joint ventures. From 1983 to 1996 Mr. Elliott rose through the ranks at Chicago Tribune Company in a variety of management roles. Mr. Elliott is a graduate of University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Dale F. Jordan, Jr.— Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Jordan has more than 18 years experience in acquisitions, financing and pro forma modeling. Mr. Jordan comes to Advanced Academics after serving six years as CFO for Dominion Venture Group of Edmond, Oklahoma, a global conglomerate in the real estate development, construction, textile manufacturing, and aviation industries. In 1985, Mr. Jordan graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration, with a major in Accounting, from Texas Christian University. Mr. Jordan is a certified public accountant both in Oklahoma and Texas, and he has a long, distinguished record of involvement and membership in several professional and community groups including Oklahoma Venture Forum, Oklahoma City Arts Festival, Junior Achievement, and United Way.

Rob York — Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
In addition to leading our national sales force, Mr. York also oversees product development initiatives, leveraging one-on-one customer imprint, industry partnerships and the latest technology. Mr. York joined Advanced Academics after serving as Vice President of Sales for San Francisco-based Simpata Group, an Application Service Provider (ASP) offering an HR Management and Benefits Transaction platform for the small-and mid-sized employer market. From 1999 to November 2002 he managed a direct sales team of 22 that helped secure more than 1,000 customers in first two years, garnering approximately 15% market share. From 1996 to 1999, he founded Concourse C developer of www.education-world.com, the leading Web site for K-12 educators. Mr. York’s successful business development efforts included profitable partnerships with Microsoft, Cisco, Discovery Channel and Education Associations. His career began with American Fidelity Group in 1984, where he led the national sales effort for the Education Services — the company’s largest division — marketing insurance products to more than 5,000 school districts nationwide. Mr. York graduated Summa Cum Laude from San Diego State University.

Faith Carriere — Vice President Operations
From September 2000 to August 2001, Ms. Carriere served as Advertising Director for McGraw Hill Children’s Publishing where she was responsible for overseeing marketing materials for multiple brands. From 1998 through 2000, Ms. Carriere was Advertising/Public Relations Director for Instructional Fair Group, a division of Tribune Education. From 1996-1998, Ms. Carriere was Special Marketing Director for RAFFI, the leading children's entertainer in North America. From 1991-1996, Ms. Carriere was Vice-President of Moyers, the largest educational dealer in Canada where she directed all purchasing and marketing functions. Prior to 1991, she was a successful music teacher. Ms. Carriere is a graduate of The Royal Conservatory of Music at The University of Toronto with an ARCT - Organ Performance (Gold Medalist) and an ARCT - Piano Teacher.

Ted Robinson — Vice President Sales
Mr. Robinson has nearly thirty years of success working in the education arena. Most recently, he served as Vice President, Western Region for Achieva College Prep Services. From 1997-2000 Mr. Robinson was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for NeTel Educational Systems, where he had a significant impact on the company’s growth. From 1993-1997 he was Vice President of Sales for Creative Publications where he increased sales from $20 million in 1994 to $45 million in 1996 and established relationships with the education and curriculum commissions in California and Nevada. Mr. Robinson has also held sales positions at Macmillan/McGraw Hill and Simon and Schuster Company. He started his career in 1973 at Pomona USD where he taught Physical Education for grades 7-9 and coached 9th grade football and baseball. From 1975 to 1986, Mr. Robinson taught Social Studies for grades 7-8 and coached JV and Varsity football and basketball at Our Lady of Assumption School in the LA Archdiocese.

Steve Franklin - Vice President of Information Technology
Upon graduating from the University of Tulsa in 1997, Steve went to work for Comark Inc. as an IT liaison with the Williams Companies in Tulsa, OK. He left Tulsa to become a consultant in Oklahoma City working with a variety of clients. From there, he became a Senior Developer at Worldcom Inc. building on demand graphing applications for their various frame relay and ATM services. After leaving Worldcom, Steve went to work for Advanced Academics as Director of Information Technology where he helped to design and oversee the development of two versions of their custom learning management system. He has been involved with Advanced Academics ever since. Over the years, Steve compiled a broad range of experience working with different companies and eventually decided to found a technology consultancy. Thus Roundcore Technology was born in 2003. Steve spent the next four years building Roundcore Technology working with clients of all sizes and technology needs until mid 2007 when he took the opportunity to return to Advanced Academics as Vice President of Information Technology.

Kevin Jones, Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Kevin Jones, has been working in education for more than ten years. His experiences include teaching in the traditional classroom, in a distance education setting and online as well as developing and managing both traditional and online curriculum. Kevin was a teacher for ASTEC Charter School in Oklahoma City during its founding year and then worked for Western Heights Middle School in Oklahoma City where he was a science teacher and a member of the VISION (Virtual Internet School In Oklahoma Networks) development team. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Science from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Education degree in Instructional Technology from American Intercontinental University.