Director of Research and Emerging Technologies at The eLearning Guild
Greater New York City Area
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- Director of Research and Emerging Technologies at The eLearning Guild
- Past
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- Founder and CEO at Smilecast Systems
- Founder and President at WexTech Systems, Inc.
- Education
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- University of Miami
- Princeton University
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Steve Wexler’s Summary
• Started a company with one employee and initial investment of $5,000 and grew it to 25 employees and $3M+ in annual sales. Successfully sold major assets of company to other corporate entities.
• Managed all sales of enterprise products from initial pitch through closing.
• Excelled at understanding customers’ needs and building “proof of viability” demonstrations leading to both sales and subsequent implementation and consulting services.
• Negotiated six and seven figure deals with HP, Intuit, Microsoft, Autodesk, and Toshiba.
• Negotiated strategic alliance with Microsoft. Acquired source code and was hired to write important development kit leading to over $2M in sales.
• Effectively managed press relations yielding over 20 major industry awards.
• Designed, developed, and managed the world’s largest e-Learning data collection and analysis laboratory.
• Authored 12 industry-influencing e-Learning research reports, thereby amassing significant expertise in tools, techniques, modalities, and best practices in technology-aided learning. Report topics included Learning Management Systems, Mobile Learning, Immersive Learning Simulations, and Web 2.0 / e-Learning 2.0.
• Chief architect for one of Microsoft’s most successful CD-ROM training titles. Product went from conception to delivery in under 11 months.
• Developed patented localization technology enabling Microsoft to sell into dozens of additional markets.
• Created and marketed highly-trafficked knowledge base portal, generating significant press coverage and sales.
• Licensed dormant linguistic technology and generated sales in excess of $3M by launching a very successful natural language search technology that is used by millions of people worldwide every day.
• Consistently rated a top presenter at trade shows and conferences, including numerous keynote presentations.
• Written several best-selling computer books for Microsoft.
Steve Wexler’s Specialties:
Business intelligence, data visualization, e-Learning, performance support, Web 2.0, product evangelism, public speaking, survey development and analysis
Steve Wexler’s Experience
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Director of Research and Emerging Technologies
The eLearning Guild
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)
May 2006 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Designed and implemented a comprehensive data collection and analysis system allowing e-Learning professionals to contribute to, and interact with, mission-critical e-Learning data.
Managed ten different teams of industry experts in producing the Guild’s research reports. Report topics included Learning Management Systems, Mobile Learning, Immersive Learning Simulations, Synchronous Learning, Measuring Learning Success, and Web 2.0 / e-Learning 2.0.
Built scores of Tableau data visualization workbooks with thousands of different views that have revealed data correlations that have transformed the industry’s thinking on critical learning issues.
Was cited as definitive research source in articles published by the Wall Street Journal and Business Week.
Presented monthly webinars on research findings attended by thousands of e-Learning professionals.
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Founder and CEO
Smilecast Systems
(Consumer Electronics industry)
August 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 8 months)
Created a patent-pending product and service that allows people to e-mail pictures to a channel on a television set. Piloted system at an independent living facility where each resident was able to view a constantly-updated slide show of family and community pictures. Product was lauded for ease of use and for helping seniors stay connected with their families.
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Founder and President
WexTech Systems, Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
May 1985 — December 2004 (19 years 8 months)
Founded WexTech Systems, Inc. in 1985. Managed creation, development, marketing, sales, and training of all products, including Doc To Help, a single-source documentation authoring tool, and AnswerWorks, a natural-language question-answering engine. Successfully negotiated sale of WexTech’s major assets to two other companies.
Steve Wexler’s Education
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University of Miami
MA, Musiuc, 1980 — 1982
- Activities and Societies:
- Fellowship
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Princeton University
1976 — 1980
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Steve Wexler’s Interests:
Professional musician Tennis new technology
Steve Wexler’s Groups:
Harvard University Press
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.eduMarketer
Steve Wexler’s Honors:
Over 20 industry awards, including
Codie Award Finalist
Visual Basic Programmers Journal Editor's Choice
Top Developer Tool, Developer.com
Windows Magazine Top 100
Steve Wexler’s Contact Settings
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