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Scientific Learning Corp. (SCIL)At 12:53PM ET: 4.795  Up 0.005 (0.10%)  
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Scientific Learning Corp.
300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza
Suite 600
Oakland, CA 94612-2040
United States - Map
Phone: 510-444-3500
Fax: 510-444-3580
Web Site: http://www.scientificlearning.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Technology
Industry:Application Software
Full Time Employees:223

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Scientific Learning Corporation develops and distributes the Fast ForWord family of software products in the United States and internationally. It offers Fast ForWord family of products as language series, literacy series, and reading series. The company provides language series for elementary learners and literacy series for adolescent learners to build foundational reading and language skills to help districts move below grade level learners to be successful learners in the general classroom, as well as reading series of products to build learning capacity through developing cognitive skills using exercises focused on critical reading abilities, such as phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, spelling, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. It also offers Progress Tracker, an Internet-based data analysis and reporting tool, which analyzes studentsÂ’ learning results to provide diagnostic and prescriptive intervention information, and allows educators to track and report their studentsÂ’ learning progress. In addition, it offers various onsite and remote professional and technical services, as well as phone, email, and Web-based support services. It offers its products to educational institutions, speech and language clinics, and learning and tutorial centers through direct sales force, direct marketing, and a network of independent value-added representatives. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Scientific Learning Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 90.4% of CGQ Universe companies and 72.3% of Software & Services companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Robert C. Bowen , 67
    Exec. Chairman
    N/A N/A
    Mr. D. Andrew Myers , 37
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Chief Operating Officer, Director and Member of two-person Non-Officer Equity Grant Committee
    $ 257.00KN/A
    Dr. Paula Tallal Ph.D., 61
    Co-Founder, Consultant, Director and Member of Nominating & Corp. Governance Committee
    $ 19.00KN/A
    Dr. Michael M. Merzenich Ph.D., 66
    Co-Founder, Consultants Emeritus
    $ 25.00KN/A
    Dr. William Jenkins Ph.D., 58
    Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
    N/A N/A
    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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