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Under Frank Russell�s direction, GeoLearning has grown to be the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service learning management platforms and training services to corporations and government agencies around the world. The company has grown over 320% the past three years, boasting more than 375 customers and an average annual growth rate better than 100%. The company�s success has been recognized with several awards, including ranking on the Inc. 500 list of America�s fastest-growing private companies for three consecutive years (2004, 2005 and 2006), inclusion on the Software 500 list (2005 and 2006),Training Product of the Year" from HR Executive Magazine, several American Business Awards (including "Most Innovative Company), and TrainingOutsourcing.com�s list of the Top 20 Companies in the Training Outsourcing Industry for three successive years (2004, 2005 and 2006). Frank himself was named 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Des Moines Business Record. He was voted to Training Industry�s 2007 list of the Most Influential Training Professionals by his peers in the industry. In 2005 he was the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipient in the Business Services category for the Central Midwest Region, and named Small Business Person of the Year for the State of Iowa by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Frank has more than 25 years of experience in the training and learning technology industries. Prior to founding GeoLearning, he was president and co-founder of Excellence in Training Corporation, a leading producer of video-based training. Frank�s extensive experience in the computer-based training field also includes research at the Center for Advanced Computation at the University of Illinois where the first Internet browser was invented. He worked for Control Data Corporation in the late 1970s with the Plato System, which was the first commercially viable CBT authoring system. He has also been the director of training for a Fortune 500 company and head of training for the State of Iowa. | 