Apangea Learning Names Kevin McAliley as CEO

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Apangea Learning (www.apangea.com), a leader in online tutoring to remediate K-12 students announced today that Kevin McAliley has been appointed Chief Executive Officer.  Kevin brings 14 years experience as a CEO of specialized educational companies.

"We are delighted to have Kevin join Apangea," said Robert S. Marcus, Chairman of Apangea's Board of Directors.   "I am confident that Kevin's deep experience in the remedial education market and proven track record as a CEO combined with Apangea's instructional methodology and cutting edge technology will bring Apangea to the next level."

"I am very pleased to join the team," McAliley said. "Apangea has both a strong instructional research base and a unique tutoring technology that turns student computers into interactive whiteboards.  It produces powerful educational results."  Apangea's live tutors are certified U.S. math teachers based either in Pittsburgh or remotely in the U.S.  "As distance learning grows, we are well positioned to help schools affordably improve learning outcomes." McAliley added.

Prior to joining Apangea, McAliley was CEO of Triumph Learning, the award-winning remediation and test prep company, where he led its revenue growth from $15MM to $86MM.  Kevin was also the CEO of Channel One Communications, the world's largest private satellite network, and Films Media Group, which under his leadership tripled in size in less than 4 years. 

Kevin has been the principal in over $500MM of mergers and acquisitions in educational media, and has been a featured speaker at Software and Information Industry Association, EdNET and the Association of Educational Publisher events.  He has an undergraduate degree from Harvard and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

About Apangea Learning

Apangea Learning (www.apangealearning.com) is a pioneer in developing cost-effective, one-on-one online math tutoring for students in K-12 schools. School districts purchase licenses for Apangea's services and provide their students access during school and after hours from home. Based on one of the world's largest bodies of longitudinal, cognitive research originally conducted by the U.S. military, Apangea has proven effective in over 3,000 schools.  The privately owned company is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

SOURCE Apangea Learning