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'''Convene''' is an early [[distance learning]] company and the largest company in that market.{{cn|date=January 2013}} The software company was founded in the late 1980s by Larry Allen when he created collaborative seminary training programs. Although Convene still has collaborative software for use by some 15,000 religious leaders, it expanded into an international distance learning software company in 1993. It uses specialized software to facilitate online classes for over 100 universities.▼
▲'''Convene''' is an early [[distance learning]] software company founded in the late 1980s by Larry Allen when he created collaborative seminary training programs. Although Convene still has collaborative software for use by some 15,000 religious leaders, it expanded into an international distance learning software company in 1993. It uses specialized software to facilitate online classes for over 100 universities.
==Convene International==
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Stein left the company in 2000 to form a corporate advisory services company, Peyton Investments. He is the chair of the [[IT History Society]]. In 2002, the Learning Technology Partners, a similar company, bought Convene for an undisclosed sum.
[[Image:Reda_Athanasios.png|left|thumb|Reda Athanasios أثناسيوس رضا (b. 1954) is an online education specialist with an interest in political activism.]]
Mr. Athanasios<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Reda_Athanasios</ref> currently serves as the President and CEO of Learning Technology Partners, a Cloud Solution Provider for educational technologies. Mr. Athanasios has provided consulting and advise to some of the world largest technology companies like IBM, Control Data, Microsoft and EDS. He is the former COO and President of Convene, which he co-founded in 1992. Convene was the company, which introduced Internet online education via the Internet, to distance education programs years before Black Board and eCollege were founded. In fact Mr. Athanasios was the technologist who designed the University Of Phoenix online model which is still the backbone of this world renowned largest online education program. http://www.phoenix.edu
He is also the former senior Vice President of Client Services for Dallas based, Affiliated Computer Services, a $16 billion Fortune 500 company that provides business process and technology solutions, systems integration, professional services, and e-commerce.
Mr. Athanasios has served on numerous panels and presented at eLearning conferences for organizations such as EDUCAUSE, Syllabus, Converge and numerous investment banking firms. In addition to contributing to numerous articles, Mr. Athanasios has been quoted and interviewed in major media outlets including The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, and Educom Review. Mr. Athanasios is recognized for his major support and contribution to some of the world's largest eLearning programs including The University of Phoenix Online program.
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