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2009

• 8.14.09 - Avilar Releases Newest Version of Competency Management System, WebMentor Skills™ version 6.5
• 6.8.09 - Avilar Partners with SmartPixels Learning Inc. to Deliver Online Training Solutions in the US and Canada
• 4.10.09 - Avilar Introduces Competency Management WebShops: Live, Web-Based Training Sessions to Help Leaders Understand How to Implement Successful Competency Management Programs
• 1.26.09 - careLearning.com announces careSkills, a competency management solution for healthcare organizations, powered by Avilar’s WebMentor Skills™

2008

• 12.15.08 - Avilar Announces Latest Upgrades to WebMentor Learning Management System™
• 9.22.08 Avilar Names Andy Jaynes as Director of Business Development
• 8.11.08 Avilar Reviewed by Industry Research Firm Vital Analysis
• 5.5.08 Avilar Appoints Thomas Grobicki as Chief Executive Officer
• 1.16.08 Open Enrollment: Basics of Competency Management Workshop, February 19, 2008 - Columbia, MD

2007

• 10.10.07 Avilar Introduces New Version of WebMentor Skills™ Competency Management Tool: Interactive Reporting, Employee Skill Search and Historical Skills Archiving Highlight Version 6.3
• 9.19.07 Avilar Launches New Version of its WebMentor® Learning Management System: Blended Learning Management, Advance Reporting and User Interface Tailoring Highlight Version 6.0
• 6.13.07 Brandon Hall Recommends WebMentor LMS to those “Migrating to a New LMS”
• 5.29.07 Avilar Releases Competency Model to Support Integrated Talent Management Solutions
• 2.27.07 Twenty-Seven Competency Management Project Tips Offered in New Avilar White Paper
• 1.04.07 Former SkillSoft Senior Sales Executive David Galvin Joins Avilar, Inc. as Director of Business Development

2006

• 11.30.06 Avilar Introduces Competency Model Workshops to Support Growing Demand for Practical Talent Management Strategies
• 9.18.06 Competency Management Webinar Led by Industry Expert Will Focus on Aligning
  Individual Performance with Organizational Goals
• 8.10.06 Avilar Partners with Capital Edge Learning to Offer Premier Custom Courses with WebMentor LMS
• 7.25.06 Competency Management Leader Christine Hipple Joins Avilar as Director of Workforce Development Solutions
• 6.20.06 Avilar Launches New Website and With It a New Approach to Vendor/Client Communication
• 6.12.06 Avilar Hosts Training Provider Month
• 6.01.06 Avilar Customer careLearning Surpasses One Million Course Registrations on
  WebMentor LMS
• 2.28.06 ASTD Global Network Mexico and Avilar Join to Bring Network’s First Virtual Meeting
• 1.30.06 Most HR Professionals See a Critical Need to Evaluate Talent

2005

• 12.28.05 HR Vocabulary: Are We Speaking the Same Language?
• 10.19.05 Avilar Flourishes in Workforce Performance Management Boom to Recognition by Deloitte as a Fast 50 Growth Company
• 5.25.05 Avilar Releases IMPACT IT Solution to Simplify Competency Management for IT Teams
• 3.30.05 Avilar Moves Headquarters to Columbia, MD and Opens Sales and Marketing
  Office in Arlington, VA to Accommodate Growth
• 3.07.05 Com2Learn.com Teams with Avilar to Launch Global SAP R/3 Training Platform
• 2.25.05 Avilar Technologies and Capital Edge Learning Partner to Deliver Complete ELearning Solutions to Corporate and Government Organizations
• 2.02.05 Avilar to Speak at SALT Conference on Taking a Competency Based Approach to Workforce Development

2004

• 11.16.04 Avilar Selected for Multi-National Competency Management Program in Latin America
• 10.20.04 DISA Selects Avilar for Career Management Program
• 8.13.04 Avilar Updates E-Learning Authoring Tool WebMentor Author
• 5.15.04 Bill Kotraba joins Avilar as Director of Sales and Marketing
• 3.15.04 Avilar Releases New Version of WebMentor LMS
• 2.01.04 Avilar Names Joseph Jaynes as Director of Customer Operations

2003

• 7.29.03 Avilar Teams with Maryland Public School System On Competency Assessment Program For No Child Left Behind Act
• 7.21.03 Avilar Names Technology Executive John Skowlund as CEO
• 2.12.03 Avilar’s WebMentor LMS is First to Receive SCORM Certification