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Media Relations

Corporate Overview

Paradigm Learning (www.ParadigmLearning.com) is a privately held company based in Tampa, Florida. Since 1994, Paradigm Learning professionals have worked with more than half of the companies on the Fortune 500 list, creating award-winning business games, simulations and communications tools, as well as developing custom-made programs to address specific business needs. 

Paradigm's flagship program, “Zodiak®: The Game of Business Finance and Strategy,” has been played by more than 1 million people worldwide. Other products address such issues as leadership, teamwork, project management and organizational change. 

Company founded: 1994

Ownership: Private

Locations:  Headquarters: Tampa, Florida

Sales Offices:

• Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Chicago, Illinois
• Dallas, Texas
• Denver, Colorado
• Hartford, Massachusetts
• New Milford, New Jersey
• Tampa, Florida
• Walnut Creek, California

International Coverage:

• Australia 
• Canada 
• Europe 
• Mainland China
• Republic of Korea (South Korea)  

Media Contact:

Diana Blackburn, Media Relations Manager
Phone: (813) 287-9330
Island Center
2701 Rocky Point Drive
Tampa, Florida  33607 USA
Diana.Blackburn@ParadigmLearning.com

Management Team and Speakers:

• Catherine J. Rezak, Chairman of the Board
• Raymond D.Green, Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer
• James M. McFarlin, Chief Financial Officer and VP, Administration
• Robb J. Gomez, President
• Kurt E. Hine, Senior VP, Sales

Subject Matter Expertise:

• Business Literacy for Employees
• Business Acumen for Managers and Supervisors
• Business Games and Simulations: Design and Use
• New Approaches to the Training of Employees and Managers
• Communication of Organizational Change
• Leading Change: Manager’s Role
• Using Discovery Learning Approaches to Engage Learners
• Leadership Accountability: The Big Picture
• Leading Change: The Manager’s Role
• Talent Recruitment and Retention
• Aligning Employees Around Organizational Strategies, Vision and Values
• Educating and Energizing Project Teams 

Key Products: 

• Mosiac: The Art of Talent Leadership™
  Managers and leaders explore their accountability for attracting, retaining and transistioning excellent employees
  
  
• Right Turns: Change In Action® 
  Helping employees and managers understand organizational change
  
  
• Countdown®: A Strategy Game for Project Teams
  Project management concepts and behaviors
  
  
• Zodiak®: The Game of Business Finance and Strategy
  Business literacy; players run a multimillion-dollar company
  
  
• Neon Buzz®: Lighting Up Organizational Performance
  Tapping into the power of teamwork, process redesign and empowering leadership
  
  
• Impact5: The Business of Leadership Game®
  Building accountable leaders
  
  
• Discovery Maps®
  Custom-drawn tabletop illustration designed to communicate key messages and initiatives
  
  
• FastMaps™
  Accelerated Discovery Maps process

GSA Schedule

Executive Team Bios:

• Catherine J. Rezak, Chairman of the Board
• Raymond D. Green, Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer
• James M. McFarlin, Chief Financial Officer and VP, Administration
• Robb J. Gomez, President
• Kurt E. Hine, Senior VP, Sales

Resource Links:

• Image Library
• Press Releases
• White Papers
  

Awards and Recognition:

• 2003 Impact5: The Business of Leadership earns Addy Silver Medal
• 2001 Florida’s 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies
• 2001 Business of the Year by the ISA The Association of Learning Providers
• 2000 Florida’s 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies
• 1999 Florida’s 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies
• 1999 Countdown named one of the “1999 Top 10 Training Products”
  by Human Resource Executive

Corporate Memberships:

• American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• ISA - The Association of Learning Providers

Paradigm Learning was recognized as the 2001 Business of the Year by ISA - The Association of Learning Providers. ISA is the executive connection for training and performance industry leaders. We are proud to be part of this organization that represents more than 10,000 employees.