Ms. Carol Vallone

Chairman, President & CEO, WebCT, Inc.

Carol Vallone launched the company, initially named Universal Learning Technology (ULT), in 1995. Following the May 1999 merger with Vancouver-based WebCT, ULT adopted the name WebCT, Inc. to reflect both its installed base and strategic direction. As CEO, Vallone oversees all aspects of the business, and brings to WebCT more than 20 years of experience managing technology companies and bringing new software products to market. Before founding ULT, Vallone served as President of Information Mapping, Inc. (IMI), a company specializing in research-based methodologies for developing granular text and computer-based curriculum. Prior to that, she was Director of Marketing at both UCCEL Corporation and Carleton Corporation, and was a manager at Software Arts, Inc., Honeywell Information Systems, Inc., and International Data Corporation.

A member of the National School-to-Work Advisory Council, reporting to the U.S. Secretaries of Labor and Education, Vallone currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Software and Internet Council. She is also a board member of Silicon Chalk, a company founded by WebCT founder Murray Goldberg. Vallone has also served on the Board of Directors of Tufts Associated Health Maintenance and of the Small Business Association of New England. In 2000, she was named one of the most influential women in science and technology by Women in Technology International (WITI). Vallone was twice invited to speak before the US Congress Web-based Education Commission on The Internet, Distance Learning and the Future of the Research University. In 2002, Mass High Tech named her to their annual list of "Top Ten People to Watch" and she was also honored by the Massachusetts eComm Association when they selected her as one of the year's Mass eComm 10. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Delaware.