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Nuance Wins Silver Excellence in Learning Award

Contributed to by Nuance Communication

Nuance Communication, Inc. wins Silver Award.

BURLINGTON, Mass., – December 6, 2013 – Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions, today announced it won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Silver Award for Excellence. This award was won in the Best in Extended Enterprise Learning Program category for Nuance’s work with SeerTech solutions.

The entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group Sr. Analysts and Executive Leadership based upon the following criteria: fit the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation, and overall measurable benefits.

SeerTech and the Nuance Customer and Partner Education team, partnered in 2011 to create Nuance University, a customer facing Learning Management System (LMS). This LMS allows Nuance training teams across all divisions to manage their training through one system. And it allows Nuance customers to get the right training at the right time. To date over 20,000 people have been enrolled in a variety of classroom, online and self-paced training offerings!

“Creating and managing the customer facing Nuance University LMS was and is a true team effort. We couldn’t have gotten to where we are today without the work of Nuance’s IT department, all of the various Nuance professional services teams, and of course our partner SeerTech. We are very happy to have been awarded Brandon Hall’s Silver Award for Excellence”. Arthur Harrington, Sr. Manager, Nuance Customer and Partner Education.

About Brandon Hall Group

Having worked with more than 10,000 clients globally and after 20 years of delivering world-class solutions, Brandon Hall Group is the preeminent research and analyst organization focused on developing research-driven solutions to drive organizational performance for emerging and large organizations. Brandon Hall Group has an extensive repository of thought leadership, research, data and expertise in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Sales Effectiveness, Marketing Impact, and Executive Management. (www.brandonhall.com)

About SeerTech

Seertech Solutions is the company behind iLearning PLUS, the industry leading LMS platform used by some of the largest companies in the world. By focusing exclusively on iLearning we have been able to offer a feature set geared to the training needs of most businesses. The company started life in March 2003 when Paul Hardwick and Scott Mahoney delivered hosted and support services to ANZ Online Learning Services, a startup founded by ANZ Bank. The company used Oracle’s iLearning platform and, over time, the Seertech team added the enhancements and configuration options that formed the basis of the iLearning PLUS product today. Over the years Seertech has met the needs of many Oracle iLearning customers, offering hosted (software as a service) options and enhancing the core platform with the iLearning PLUS extension.

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Mike Cooke

Mike Cooke

Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group Mike Cooke Prior to joining Brandon Hall Group, Mike Cooke was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of AC Growth. Mike held leadership and executive positions for the majority of his career, at which he was responsible for steering sales and marketing teams to drive results and profitability. His background includes more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, management, and operations in the research, consulting, software and technology industries. Mike has extensive experience in sales, marketing and management having worked for several early high-growth emerging businesses and has implemented technology systems to support various critical sales, finance, marketing and client service functions. He is especially skilled in organizing the sales and service strategy to fully support a company's growth strategy. The concept of growth was an absolute to Mike and a motivator in starting AC Growth, in order to help organizations achieve research driven results. Most recently, Mike was the VP and General Manager of Field Operations at Bersin & Associates, a global analyst and consulting services firm focused on all areas of enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition. Tasked with leading the company's global expansion, Mike led all sales operations worldwide. During Mike's tenure, the company has grown into a multi-national firm, conducting business in over 45 countries with over 4,500 multi-national organizations. Mike started his career at MicroVideo Learning Systems in 1992, eventually holding a senior management position and leading all corporate sales before founding Dynamic Minds. Mike was CEO and Co-Founder of Dynamic Minds, a custom developer of software programs, working with clients like Goldman Sachs, Prentice Hall, McGraw Hill and Merrill Lynch. Also, Mike worked for Oddcast, a leading provider of customer experience and marketing solutions, where he held a senior management position leading the company into new markets across various industries. Mike also serves on the Advisory Board for Carbon Solutions America, an independent sustainability consulting and carbon management firm that specializes in the design and implementation of greenhouse reduction and sustainability plans as well as managing the generation of carbon and renewal energy and energy efficiency credits. Mike attended University of Phoenix, studying Business Administration and Finance. He has also completed executive training at the Chicago Graduate School of Business in Chicago, IL.

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