Joseph F. Ellis, Jr.

Joseph F. Ellis, Jr.

CBM Technologies, Inc., a privately held,multi-million dollar software development company headquartered in Atkins, Virginia, began as a one-man computer consulting company when Virginia native Joe Ellis launched the company in 1980 with $400 and a vision. After earning undergraduate degrees in chemistry, biology, and mathematics during four years at Emory and Henry College, Mr. Ellis began his quest to develop TEDS®, a robust, highly functional and stable Learning Management System (LMS) system. Today, TEDS, The People Resource Planning™ solution, has grown into one of the world's leading workforce management and human resource development software systems serving millions of users in more than 90 countries. TEDS is also the name of the subsidiary company of CBM Technologies that produces TEDS software.

Much of TEDS' success can be attributed to Mr. Ellis' vision in creating a consortium of CEOs and HR executives from the world's leading companies; people who share his vision of providing businesses with the means to manage the education and development of their employees, and to build the workforces that their business strategies require. Thanks to the work of some of the world's largest and best-known corporations, this group of experts, the TEDS Consortium, comes together regularly to shape the growth and development of TEDS based upon "best practices" forged from the real-world experience of its members. This innovative approach to product development keeps TEDS ahead of the innovation curve. TEDS Consortium membership includes: Applied Materials, BellSouth, DaimlerChrysler, Eastman Chemical Company, Florida Power & Light, GE Medical Systems, GE Capital, Intel, Nortel Networks, Sandia National Laboratories, Telcordia Technologies, Texas Instruments and Verizon.

In addition to Mr. Ellis' expertise in education, business, and technology, his commitment to lifelong learning has gained him the respect of many organizations and associations. His efforts to promote the synergistic benefits of instructional technologies, the Personal Computer, and the World Wide Web are evidenced by Mr. Ellis' membership on Virginia Tech University's Teaching Inquiry with the Latest Technology (TILT) Board of Directors.

In 2001, CBM Technologies launched the TEDS Global Training Bank™, a Web-based software application that is used by companies to manage e-commerce training via contract or account "credits." The system greatly simplifies external training account management, thereby increasing profitability from training sold by one enterprise to another.

In 2002, CBM Technologies launched TEDS Job Vision™, a Web-based software application that is used by companies to insure that they have the right employee in the right job at the right time. The application rounds out a complete and unique suite of Human Capital Development software.