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Blackboard Inc.
650 Massachusetts Avenue NW
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20001-3796
United States - Map
Phone: 202-463-4860
Fax: 202-463-4863
Web Site: http://www.blackboard.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Technology
Industry:Multimedia & Graphics Software
Full Time Employees:1,087

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Blackboard Inc. provides enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry in the United States. Its Blackboard Learning System allows education providers to support an online teaching and learning environment; and the Blackboard Community System includes functionality for student organizations, faculty and staff, departmental collaboration, information distribution, and single sign-on access to existing administrative systems. The company’s Blackboard Content System provides enterprise content management capabilities; and supports teaching, learning, research, archival and library, extracurricular, and departmental activities. Its Blackboard Outcomes System enables the planning and measuring of student, teaching, and institutional outcomes, as well as provides a set of instruments for student and program assessment; and the Blackboard Portfolio System is a personal portfolio application that enables users to collect and organize their academic work. The company’s Blackboard Transaction System is an enterprise software application to establish an integrated student debit account program for charging incidental expenses, such as meals and academic materials using the campus ID card. Its Blackboard One system enables students and faculty to use their university ID cards as a form of payment off-campus. The company also offers application hosting services for clients to outsource the management of their Blackboard Academic Suite systems. In addition, it offers project management, integration of its applications with existing campus systems, user interface customization, installation and configuration, course and content migration, custom application development, training, and consulting services. Blackboard Inc. serves colleges, universities, schools and other education providers, textbook publishers, and student-focused merchants. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Blackboard Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 72% of Russell 3000 companies and 74.7% of Software & Services companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Matthew Pittinsky Ph.D., 36
    Co-Founder and Chairman
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Michael L. Chasen , 37
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
    $ 1.21M $ 1.69M
    Mr. Michael J. Beach , 39
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
    $ 537.00K $ 191.00K
    Mr. Matthew H. Small , 36
    Chief Bus. Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Sec.
    $ 537.00K $ 0
    Mr. Jonathan R. Walsh , 36
    Principal Accounting Officer and VP of Fin. & Accounting
    $ 271.00K $ 28.00K
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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