(1888PressRelease)
January 16, 2008 - (NEW YORK, NY) – The Edcomm Group is very pleased to announce that Gina Pennington, formerly Manager of Enterprise Sales at Compliance Coach, has joined The Edcomm Group and Banker’s Academy in the Sales Division. Pennington is following in the footsteps of Julie Duepner, who was formerly the Vice President and Head of Sales at Compliance Coach until leaving for Edcomm in May 2006; and Ted Wight, formerly a Director of National Sales at Bankers Training and Certification Center (BTCC) a subsidiary of BAI, who joined Edcomm’s Sales Division in May 2007.
Gina Pennington has had numerous years of experience working in the financial services and high tech industries. She has worked with many banks in the U.S. and abroad, and her clients include The Federal Reserve Bank, Wells Fargo and American Express, among others.
Said Pennington, “I am excited to join Edcomm because of Edcomm’s 20+ years of leadership in the industry. I can offer my banking clients a full curriculum through Banker’s Academy, knowing that they will receive state-of-the-art technology solutions along with outstanding customer support. In addition to compliance, now I have the opportunity to offer programs on diverse subjects like BSA and AML, Fraud Prevention, Ethics, Mortgage Fraud, Islamic Banking, Wealth Management, Branch and Bank Security, Teller and Platform Excellence.”
Dr. Linda Eagle, President of The Edcomm Group said, “Gina will make a wonderful addition to Banker’s Academy and she couldn’t have joined us at a more perfect time. While our competitors are merging, being bought and sold, and engaging in sweeping layoffs and cost cutting, we are expanding. Edcomm and Banker’s Academy is an unstoppable force in the global market of financial services training!”
The Edcomm Group is a 20-year-old multimedia education and communication consulting firm specializing in the development of creative business solutions that improve productivity, customer service and market share - providing bottom-line results. The Edcomm Group has had the privilege of assisting many distinguished clients with business solutions in the form of eLearning programs, classroom instruction, multimedia production and online and print based documentation. Edcomm's Banker's Academy offers many off-the-shelf and customized courses such as Teller Training, Compliance Training and Systems Training specifically designed for Banks, Credit Unions and Money Services Businesses (MSBs).
The Edcomm Group (www.edcomm.com) (www.bankersacademy.com) is headquartered in New York City with an Advanced Design Center located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
