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Leadership Bios

CEO
Noel Vallejo

Noel Vallejo is TestOut's visionary architect. In this capacity he leads the Company's strategic initiatives, identifies market opportunities, and drives product direction. In tandem with providing insight for the creation of new product set offerings, he answers to "no one but the bottom line" with his responsibilities of managing the Company's strategic assets, profitability, and capital ventures. Vallejo incorporated TestOut in 1991 with the vision of combining interactive training curriculum with information technology to develop tools that would improve the way people learn and retain information. This experienced-based training (EBT) remains the foundation from which all TestOut's solution set offerings stem. Prior to founding TestOut, Vallejo worked as a market analyst at Novell Education. His expertise in interpreting market needs have been instrumental in the creation and continued growth of TestOut's technology offerings. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

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PRESIDENT
Douglas Edwards

Douglas Edwards directs TestOut’s finances and operations including oversight of corporate growth, management, technology and accounting systems. He is also a member of TestOut's marketing committee, which defines and develops new business markets. Edwards joined TestOut in 1993, when in addition to supervising finance, he also managed marketing, sales, and product development. Prior to joining TestOut, Edwards worked for WordPerfect Corporation where he was responsible for managing client operations. Before WordPerfect, Edwards was part of a development team charged with identifying and developing new markets for SkyMall, publishers of in-flight catalogs. He holds a bachelor's degree in Chinese languages from Brigham Young University and received an MBA with an emphasis in international business and technology from Utah State University.

VICE PRESIDENT
Don Whitnah

Don Whitnah is responsible for TestOut's research, product development, and marketing. He is instrumental in not only creating new training product strategy but actually developing it. Whitnah is a veteran to course development with over 15 years' course development experience including computer-based training (CBT) design, multimedia product development, and simulation development for testing and training environments. Whitnah's strengths lie in both his ability to understand complex technology and to translate that into effective learning. Whitnah holds a BA in Near Eastern Studies (Magnum Cum Laude), from Brigham Young University and a Masters of Instruction Science also from BYU. Through his years with TestOut, Whitnah has accumulated dozens of certifications including: CNA, CNE, CNI, MCP, MCTS, MCITP Server and Enterprise Administrator, A+, Network+, Security+, CCNA, and CISSP (inactive).

SALES MANAGER
Daniel Bird

Daniel Bird joined TestOut in 2009 to expand and lead the sales team. A goal-oriented sales manager with over 15 years’ experience developing and managing customer relationships, Daniel has spent 12 years in the computer training industry. Daniel worked for New Horizons Computer Learning Centers in California, Oregon, and New Mexico as an Enterprise Sales Manager and also for CompUSA in western Washington, as a Technology Market Training Manager. Daniel managed enterprise sales and developed training strategies for large corporations including Microsoft, Novell, Sun Microsystems, and Alaska Airlines. He also assisted federal, state and local government agencies in implementing and delivering effective training solutions. Daniel has a strong knowledge of information and learning technology, computer-based training, and e-learning.

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