Ninth House Taps IBM Executive James Sharpe to Head Federal Division and Extend Leadership in Consulting and Services
Posted on: Friday, 2 November 2007, 09:00 CDT
Ninth House, Inc., the leadership solutions company, is pleased to welcome James Sharpe to head up the company's federal efforts as Vice President, Federal Division.
Sharpe joins Ninth House from IBM with a formidable background in learning and HR solutions and technologies. At IBM, Sharpe developed and executed IBM's global learning technology and solution strategies resulting in significant global growth in consulting, systems integration, custom content development and learning/HR outsourcing. With over 16 years at IBM, Sharpe drove the growth of IBM's e-learning solutions business from the ground floor, including IBM's Education and Training transformation to IBM Learning Solutions, Mindspan Solutions (joint brand between services and Lotus), and IBM's Learning EBO (Emerging Business Opportunity). Prior to IBM Sharpe was the Manager of Advanced Systems for General Dynamics Tactical Systems Division.
Most recently Sharpe was IBM's global Director of HR and Learning Applications Technology within Business Transformation Outsourcing. With more than 20-years experience in applying technology to transform human performance and learning, he led many of IBM's key learning patents/methodologies and was one of IBM's first Certified Consultants and Principals within IBM Global Services with a focus on consulting services, systems integration and strategy.
James was IBM's Sr. Executive to the United States Navy on the Executive Review of Navy Training for the Chief of Naval Operations, focusing on reinventing how the US Navy trains its sailors. James was instrumental in providing the Navy team with numerous innovations and insights from the private and public sector, including advanced media systems, collaboration, leaning models and other key components. The Chief of Naval Operations personally recognized James for his efforts on what became his signature effort for his tenure as CNO.
"Ninth House continues to grow by leaps and bounds and we are thrilled to bring James on board to round out our senior leadership team," notes Susan Varnadoe, Ninth House President. "The Federal market is an extremely important part of our business and we're eager to leverage James' extensive experience as we expand our solution offerings to match the market's needs in the coming year."
"I am delighted to be joining the global leader in innovative leadership and enterprise behavior change initiatives solutions," said Sharpe. "The demand for scalable learning solutions that have real tangible results is constant and universal. Ninth House has always been recognized and awarded as an innovator in this market and I am excited to continue and expand on that 11-year history."
About Ninth House
Ninth House, Inc. provides leadership development solutions that integrate content from leading business experts with self-paced online courses, practical simulations and in-person engagements to more effectively develop leaders at all levels of an organization. The Ninth House solutions address the most relevant issues an organization faces -- from leadership and innovation, to building community in the workplace, to managing change. Ninth House's leadership development solutions are easily scalable and able to be customized and deployed based on business needs, providing rapid and measurable behavioral change and increased productivity. Ninth House customers include nearly 200 Global 2000 and government organizations globally such as Amazon.com, British Telecommunications, Hyperion Software, SSM Health Care, United States Navy, and United States Department of Justice. Ninth House is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, please visit the Ninth House website at: www.ninthhouse.com, or call: 415-277-8200.
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