Triumph Learning Adds Robert Methven and Eduardo Moura to Management Team

NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Triumph Learning, a market leader in standards-based education material, today announced that it has added two senior media industry executives to its management team. Robert Methven has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Technology and Eduardo Moura has been named Chief Product Officer.

Methven and Moura will both be based out of the company's Jacksonville, Florida office with Methven leading the company's digital technology strategy, managing and deploying technology resources, and identifying new opportunities to enhance the company's full suite of digital product offerings. Moura will assume responsibilities for initiating and implementing product development in all media platforms with over 130 media specialists - editors, writers, and content and curriculum developers - reporting to him.

Methven and Moura each bring a history of leadership to their positions.

Prior to joining Triumph Learning, Methven held several technology leadership positions and was at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company for six years, where he spearheaded the development and deployment of the company's eLearning platform. Most recently, Moura served as EVP, Curriculum Solutions Group for Cengage Learning, where he led the complete product development life-cycle of learning workflow solutions supporting the $1.5b Academic & Professional Group (APG).

At Triumph Learning, Methven and Moura will join President and CEO Myron Pincomb, along with Ken Butkus Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, in leading the company toward a future of sophisticated media platforms, technological advancements and results-based efficiencies.

"We're thrilled to have Robert and Ed on our team," said Myron Pincomb. "Robert has vast experience in the K-12 space and understands the tremendous benefits technology can bring to our students and teachers. Ed's passion for groundbreaking solutions and his vision for product development will help us further expand our print and digital curriculum offerings. Having both leaders on board will give us the opportunity to accelerate our innovation mandate and better serve our customers."

Advancing Education, One Student at a Time

With Methven and Moura on the management team, Triumph Learning is reinforcing its commitment to elevate the performance of students, teachers and school districts by providing superior educational materials in every media platform. At a time when the stakes are high and the timetables are tight, each leader brings a history of effective innovation to the table.

"There is a tremendous opportunity to transform education in this country and I look forward to leveraging the great content and technology assets of Triumph Learning to create innovative solutions to make this happen," Methven states.

"For my part, I want to see us reach every touchpoint in the education industry and elevate the standards for all stakeholders," added Moura. "With the team we have in place and the technology that is available, I think we will have a powerful impact on the future of education in the United States and beyond."

About Triumph Learning

Triumph Learning is the leading provider of state-specific, standards-based education materials for grades K-12.  Our offerings, used daily by 25 million students, include the industry leading brands of Coach™, Buckle Down™ and Options™ and our new innovative, digital curriculum, icore™. The combined strength of these products delivers the most comprehensive collection of academic content designed to meet individual student needs and teacher styles through every media platform.  Triumph Learning leads the education materials industry through our focus on digital delivery and our commitment to bring 21^st century digital tools to today's learners.

Triumph Learning serves school districts, teachers, and students in the 50 United States as well as in South America and Canada and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Jacksonville, FL and Littleton, MA.

SOURCE Triumph Learning