Jay Cross

Software and training veteran Jay Cross coined the term "e-Learning." He is CEO of e-Learning Forum, a 1200-member think tank and advocacy organization. Five years ago, he founded Internet Time Group to help organizations learn and perform on Internet time.

Today he coaches corporate executives on getting the most from their investments in e-Learning, collaboration, and visual learning. He is co-author of the recent book Implementing eLearning. In previous lives, Jay sold mainframes the size of SUVs, designed the University of Phoenix's first business degree program, and joined the Inc 500 for taking a training start-up to prominence in less than three years. He is a founding fellow of the Meta-Learning Lab. Jay is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School. He lives with his wife Uta and two miniature longhaired dachshunds in the hills of Berkeley, California.