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09.09
Bytes of Knowledge Begins eLearning Division, Joining Forces with Duthie Learning
Move enhances company’s services offerings and value proposition
“Nashville, TN --- In a move that will significantly expand and complement the current online offerings and technology services of bytes of knowledge, the company acquired the custom eLearning development business and talent from Duthie Associates, Inc. on Tuesday, September 1, 2009.
“Joining the business with bytes of knowledge ensures eLearning will have the resources to take full advantage of the assets we’ve built over the years,” said founder Bob Duthie. “I am confident this was the right move for our company and look forward to working with Julie & Charles and the entire bytes of knowledge team to make this an easy transition, both for our clients as well as the team we will bring with us.”
“Although Bob Duthie, and Julie May, CEO and principal of bytes of knowledge, have known each other for over 30 years, the deal only took a few short months from inception to finalization.
“As soon as Bob approached me, I knew this move would fit perfectly into our ongoing strategy of being a one-stop shop technology solution for our clients”, said Julie May, CEO and principal of bytes of knowledge. “In addition to the great comfort level we have with each other personally, this just makes good business sense. Our customer base is similar, yet complementary, and we will be able to easily integrate their solutions into the software we develop for clients. The eLearning talent addition to our company provides the expertise to easily integrate training and video on the Internet as we develop web applications for our clients.
“Joining bytes of knowledge will be Garry Hornbuckle, as director of eLearning, and Nancy Bass, as lead visual artist of eLearning. Andrew Duthie will provide continuity of account management as we get introduced to long standing Duthie Learning clients and to ensure past clients requiring updates and maintenance are transitioned smoothly. Bob Duthie will take an active position as chief learning officer with bytes of knowledge to provide support and consulting, leveraging his 30 years in Nashville and decades of business experience.
“Both firms have offered services to many Middle Tennessee businesses, but the footprint of bytes of knowledge will now expand with existing eLearning clients in cities such as Chicago and Washington D.C. Duthie has specialized in the development of custom, interactive eLearning and marketing presentations, while bytes of knowledge offers custom application development, Internet design, including ecommerce, and development of online marketing solutions.
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About bytes of knowledge:
Since 1995, bytes of knowledge has been operating in the Nashville area as a full service provider of technology solutions for small to mid-sized businesses, as well as large corporations. As a one-stop technology firm, bytes of knowledge offers a wide range of services including strategic IT consulting, Internet design and development, computer networking & managed services, custom software applications, and IT staffing solutions. Clients include NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business), Tennessee Medical Association, APS Healthcare, MNPS (Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools), Country Music Hall of Fame, Harpeth Capital, Clayton Associates, and Middle Tennessee Electric Corporation. The company was a Future 50 recipient in 2000.
About Duthie Learning:
Duthie Learning was founded in 1989 by Bob Duthie, former Vice President of Business Development at Nortel Networks. In 1996 the firm was named a Music City Future50 company. The strategy has been to expand as customers require, while remaining focused on team building, quality, innovation, and profitability. Duthie clients have included: Caterpillar, Averitt, Bon Secours Health System, Inc., HCA, Capital Confirmation, and U.S. Department of Defense
09.09
Duthie sells e-learning biz to May's bytes of knowledge
Bob and Andrew Duthie, the father-son engineers whose firm pioneered e-learning in Nashville 20 years ago, have sold their business to bytes of knowledge (bok).
Read more at Venture Nashville Connections.
09.09
Bytes of Knowledge bulks up
IT shop acquire Duthies' e-learning venture
Local IT firm Bytes of Knowledge has acquired Duthie Associates, a 20-year-old company that specializes in online training manuals and other presentations.
The deal, which closed Sept. 1, gives Bytes of Knowledge CEO Julie May another source of growth to add to her more traditional networking, Web design and project management services. The acquisition also delivers May some clients in the Washington and Chicago markets. Among those on Duthie's customer roster are the U.S. Department of Defense, Corrections Corp. of America and Caterpillar Financial.
“As soon as Bob approached me, I knew this move would fit perfectly into our ongoing strategy,” May said in a statement. “Our customer base is similar, yet complementary, and we will be able to easily integrate their solutions into the software we develop for clients.”
At Bytes of Knowledge, Duthie Associates founder Bob Duthie has taken on the role of chief learning officer. His son, Andrew, will take the lead on transitioning clients to May's firm. Also joining Bytes are Garry Hornbuckle as director of eLearning and Nancy Bass as lead visual artist of eLearning
Source: Nashville Post
10.08
Julie May to Speak in Belmont's Entrepreneurial Challenge Class
Julie May has been invited to speak as panel member at Belmont University's Massey Graduate School of Business to Dr. Jeffery Cornwall's Entrepreneurial Challenge class on October 14, 2008. Along with local experts from the banking and venture capital industries, she will be discussing business planning with a focus on capital from a business owner's perspective.
Julie May has been invited to speak to a class at Belmont University's Undergraduate Business School on November 18, 2008. Specifically Julie will be presenting John Wark's students majoring in entrepreneurship about the key survival skills needed to make it as an entrepreneur.
