I.S.S. has developed several patent-pending Cool C™ “talking computer” technologies over the past three years.  We have identified education as the area where our technology can offer the most value and fill an immediate and well defined need by helping students master reading as well as providing standardized instruction in core subject areas.    CCQ works with students “verbally” in multiple languages giving us the ability to also provide a solution for the rapidly growing population of students who speak Spanish or another language as their primary language. 

The CCQ Traveling-Tutor™ was showcased by Microsoft as the featured Mobility Solution for Education at this year’s National Education Computing Conference in Atlanta (June 2007).  Microsoft is actively supporting our sales efforts.  We are actively partnering with Hewlett-Packard with the CCQ Traveling-Tutor for PDA released by HP as unique product skew on their 2790 iPAC.  For these manufacturers, our unique talking software supports the sale of new handheld equipment into the school market.  CCQ provides a great example of how  technology can be in the teaching process.  

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Interactive Speech Solutions Management Team:

Key Management

The top management team has the experience and understanding of the technology and educational market required for ISS to become a leader in interactive speech solutions. The key management team is:

John A. Brodie,  President, is a promotion and marketing specialist with an extensive sales and management background. He is a graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in Communications. He started his career with NBC and progressed to National Accounts Executive for radio advertising. Following The Westwood One Companies successful public offering he was recruited as part of their national sales team and became VP Sales after the acquisition of the NBC Radio Networks where he managed a sales staff responsible for over fifty million dollars in annual billings. Mr. Brodie was promoted to VP, Director of Music Marketing and Business Development. As such he was responsible for integrated marketing projects for companies such as Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch that combined national concert tours, syndicated radio, local and national print media, national contests and live functions. Among his accomplishments was the creation and marketing of “Live from the Apollo”, a nationally broadcast concert series. Since 1992 Mr. Brodie has worked on diverse projects including Internet services. These include Internet and intranet design for national companies including GE Capital Fleet Services, promotional projects for the government of Trinidad, marketing director for a health and fitness expo, consulting on audio and video systems for hotels and restaurants along with various other marketing and promotional projects. Mr. Brodie is a founder of Interactive Speech Solutions and was one of the first to identify the need for the company’s technology in the educational field. He has a wide grasp of the educational market and sound strategies to penetrate that market.

Pedro E. McGregor, E.V.P. of Product Development, is an expert in the development of computer software applications utilizing speech as a key component.  Mr. McGregor has over 20 years experience in the development of speech enabled software products and currently holds two patents for utilizing voice commands as a controller interface and as a means to accessing databases.  Mr. McGregor is a founder of Interactive Speech Solutions and is responsible for all technical development; working closely with Mr. Brodie in the design and function of the company’s products.

Samuel Peterson, Sales Manager and Teacher Training Specialist.  Mr. Peterson came to ISS with several years experience as a classroom teacher.  Most recently, Mr. Peterson was a high school reading specialist working with struggling readers and students with learning difficulties.  During an ISS pilot program he had the chance to work with CCQ and was so impressed with the student response that he decided he would like to become actively involved in the process of making CCQ available for a broad range of students to benefit from.  He is now focused on selling CCQ into elementary through high schools and coordinating teacher training in support of the program and maximizing the benefits realized by students.

Dr. Lawrence I. Brant, Chairman and CEO, is a founder of Interactive Speech Solutions. Dr. Brant saw the urgent need for technology to provide more direct support of education and has provided the financial backing for the development of the company's products. Dr. Brant built and managed a very successful dental practice for over 30 years and is a real estate developer with an extensive portfolio of properties.