Knowledge Network Solutions, Inc.                                            

Strategic Consulting & Integration of Learning Solutions

Jon Beard, CEO

Currently, Jon is CEO of Knowledge Network Solutions, Inc. (KNS), a corporation focused on providing strategic consulting and integration of solutions for learning.  KNS specifically has targeted Education for assessment and implementation of learning solutions using well developed resources within the company.

Jon earned a BA degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Since that time, Jon has been heavily involved with instructional technology. His career began with Loews Corporation where he served for eight years in a number of capacities including - IT Management, Systems Design and Implementation, and finally as a Corporate Management Advisory Senior Associate in New York City.

Jon moved to North Carolina where he created, owned, and operated Computer Decisions, Inc., one of the first and largest computer training and consulting companies in the southeast.   During the thirteen years he owned the company and prior to selling the company, Jon created an education division of the company to provide teacher training for the integration of technology into curriculum and providing Instructional Technology Planning services.  This division was highly successful and ultimately became Teacher Universe, upon the sale of Computer Decisions to Knowledge Universe, where Jon was a Vice-President.

After completing a two-year contract with Knowledge Universe and prior to the creation of KNS, Jon was a Director of Innovatia, a Canadian company with a large Nortel contract to repurpose legacy proprietary product training for e-Learning in the USA and Europe. 

Jon has a strong personal desire to see education integrate technology into the lives and classroom experience that students associate with every day as a practical preparation for future professional opportunities.  Jon understands that the key, however, is to provide teachers and administrators with the technology tools and knowledge of integration to insure this success.