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Thinkwell was founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas with the mission to bring great teaching to students worldwide. Thinkwell's multimedia products in math, science, and social science integrate technology, art, and video with great teaching to produce a new path to success for students. Thinkwell's products and courses are being used by thousands of students at schools and universities across the globe. Carl Tyson President, CEO and Director Carl joined Thinkwell in 1999; he has enjoyed more than thirty years in publishing. He received a Ph.D in Western American History from Oklahoma State University. He entered publishing at Scott, Foresman and subsequently joined West College Publishing. He was president of the college divisions of McGraw-Hill and Harcourt Brace as well as overseeing the public offering of Vcampus Corporation. He was the chairperson of the American Association of Publishers. He is the author of eight books and more than twenty articles on the history of the American West. Carl brings Scout to work. Kent Fuka Chairman and CFO Kent Fuka brings 30 years experience in the computer industry to Thinkwell. During the 1990s, he spent 5 years as a Vice President at a large software company in Austin, and then spent 5 years as a founding partner at a Texas venture capital firm. As a VC, Kent became the Chairman of Thinkwell in 1999. After retiring from the VC business in 2002, Kent went back to school to get a masters degree in Astronomy, and now has a room full of telescope gear and historic star charts at home. In 2004, Kent missed his life in high-tech, and joined Thinkwell full time, where he is now responsible for Thinkwell's finances. Amy Bryant Co-Founder and VP Development Amy is responsible for creating the multimedia content for Thinkwell's products. Her interest in film, commercial, and media production began more than 15 years ago as a film student at the University of Texas at Austin. After five years spent working in Los Angeles with Screen Gems, she decided to return to her native Texas soil, where the ground seemed a little more stable . Amy started Thinkwell in 1997 with Dan Heath, the mastermind behind many things, including Thinkwell?s Brainmobile. Amy has a Bachelor of Science degree from U.T., Austin, where she first came to appreciate the power of great professors as great communicators?an idea that helped make Thinkwell what it is today. She is an active volunteer with Austin Partners in Education and is the proud mom of Bingle and Moxie, two neurotic but well-intentioned mutts. Palo Chalupka Chief Technology Officer Palo is the architect of Thinkwell's educational platform, course management, and back-office systems. His background with educational software began over 8 years ago with The Princeton Review where he worked as a senior software developer, working on one of the first adaptive testing environments online. Palo is a board member of Tamizdat, a non-profit organization committed to fostering the free-exchange of information and ideas between artists, audiences, and industry. Palo attended engineering school in Bratislava, Slovakia, his home country.

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