John W Scherer

Current

• CEO and Founder at Video Professor

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Connections

166 connections

Industry

E-Learning

Websites

• My Company
• My Website
• My Blog

John W Scherer’s Summary

John W. Scherer founded Video Professor, Inc. 22 years ago, producing his easy-to-use tutorials that have taught over 20 million people across the United States and Canada how to use their computers. Scherer has promoted Video Professor products through commercials and infomercials, the Internet and numerous appearances on news programs like FOX & Friends, FOX Business Channel and ABC World News Now. He most recently appeared in a series of promos for ESPN's Sports Nation.

Most recently, Scherer has been seen in a series of promos on ESPN for their new interactive show, Sports Nation.

It's estimated that over 100 million Americans have seen John on TV.

Video Professor is the leader in computing self-tutorials. The company's proven "what you see is what you do" award-winning lessons have taught millions how to use today's most important computer programs like Excel, PowerPoint, Windows, FrontPage, Quicken and Outlook. Plus the company offers lessons to get true value out of your computer with its popular Learn eBay, Investing Online and Online Travel lessons. The lessons are available on CD-ROM and also Online.

With Video Professor, you learn as you do. On your schedule and at your pace. But you learn.

Video Professor lessons have won numerous Aurora Awards, the company was inducted into the Small Business Administration Hall of Fame, has been recognized for its contributions to local economic development and is active in supporting numerous local and national charities. John Scherer and Video Professor just received the Freedom Team Salute from Army Chief of Staff General George W. Casey Jr. and Secretary of the Army Pete Geren and also the Distinguished Corporate Achievement Award from the USPS.

The company actively supports non-profits that include computer literacy programs around the world.

John W Scherer’s Experience

• CEO and Founder

  Video Professor

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  January 1986 — Present (23 years 11 months)

  Video Professor is proud to be America's first choice for easy-to-use computer software tutorials. Our "What-You-See-Is-What-You-Do" approach to training has taught 20 million people.
  
  John is a supporter of the Muhammad Ali Fight Night Foundation, the Fisher House Foundation, JeffCo Action Center, Salvation Army Angel Tree Project and Native American Chamber of Commerce Achievement Centers. John is also a member of the US Navy's Leaders to Sea Program. Video Professor employees are also active in supporting various non-profits in the community.
  
  John is active in social media with pages on Facebook, Flickr, Stickam, Twitter and Photobucket.

John W Scherer’s Education

• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

  BA ,

Additional Information

John W Scherer’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website
• My Blog

John W Scherer’s Interests:

John W. Scherer firmly believes that part of being a successful businessman is sharing his good fortune with the community. Although Colorado is now home for John W. Scherer and Video Professor, he currently funds eight fully endowed college scholarships—in honor of his parents—for graduates of their former high school in Naperville. Each year, one academic and one sports scholarship is awarded to a deserving student. John also funds a scholarship for his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. In addition to the numerous scholarships he funds, John W. Scherer regularly donates Video Professor tutorials to groups and organizations that support computer literacy as part of their outreach programs. The Chickasaw Nation Computer Literacy Project, the United States Peace Corps, a Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, and others have benefited from these donations.

John W Scherer’s Groups:

John W. Scherer’s philanthropic outreach does not end there, however. John W. Scherer and Video Professor also actively support various foundations including Fisher House and Celebrity Fight Night. Celebrity Fight Night is an annual dinner benefiting the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institute. Fisher Houser provides free housing for families of military being treated at VA military hospitals around the country.

John W. Scherer also encourages Video Professor employees to become active volunteers in the community, and he supports several local charities including the Jeffco Action Center, Denver Mission Homeless Shelter, the Soldiers’ Angels Project, and the Salvation Army Giving Tree.

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•    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
•    Alumni of UWW

John W Scherer’s Honors:

Corporate success and good citizenship have brought John W. Scherer numerous awards and honors. Video Professor is part of the Small Business Administration Wall of Fame, is recognized by Jefferson County in Colorado for the company’s contributions to economic growth and development, and is a member of the Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau. Video Professor products have earned coveted Aurora Awards for video production for three consecutive years, including this year as the Video Professor production team won Platinum Best in Show honors for the Learn eBay® tutorial.

Thanks to John W. Scherer’s focus on continuous growth and new markets, Video Professor was also recently awarded a central contractor registration by the General Services Administration (GSA) and may now use its computer tutorials to help train national and state government employees.

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