Richard Katz Joins Nuventive as
Executive Vice President of Strategic Services
The Combination of Nuventive's Software Solutions
With Quality Strategic Consulting Makes Plans More Achievable

PITTSBURGH, PA, June 21, 2011 – Nuventive is pleased to announce that Richard Katz has joined our leadership team as the Executive Vice President of Strategic Services. Katz will provide this leadership part time and continue to lead the growth of his successful consulting firm Richard N. Katz and Associates. He brings tremendous depth in both the application of technology in higher education and in driving institutional performance. Katz was vice president of EDUCAUSE from 1996 until July 2010 and in 2001, he founded the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR). Before joining EDUCAUSE, Katz held a variety of management and executive positions spanning 14 years at the University of California (UC), with responsibility for key institutional effectiveness initiatives.

Nuventive has been a pioneer in providing solutions for institutional effectiveness in higher education with over 350 institutional customers in North America, Europe, Australasia and the Middle East. These solutions support strategic planning, academic and administrative outcomes, and accreditation from a single software management system. "Nuventive's solutions have continued to mature and gain broad usage. To be maximally effective in achieving a culture of evidence institutions need to integrate their institutional effectiveness software solutions with strategic consultation. Richard is uniquely qualified to design and provide this integrated value," said David Raney, CEO of Nuventive.

"I am very pleased to be working with Nuventive. The combination of Nuventive's software solutions with quality strategic consulting makes plans more achievable. This is very exciting for me as it brings together two core interests, institutional effectiveness and technology," said Richard Katz.

About Richard Katz
Richard N. Katz founded Richard N. Katz and Associates in October 2010. His clients include: the California State University System, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Griffith University, Kaplan Global Solutions, the National University of Singapore, Nuventive, SWITCH (the Swiss National Research and Education Network), The University of Lausanne, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and others. Katz was vice president of EDUCAUSE from 1996 until July 2010 and in 2001, he founded the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR). Before joining EDUCAUSE, Katz held a variety of management and executive positions spanning 14 years at the University of California (UC). He is the author, co-author or editor of seven books, four major research studies, and more than 70 articles and monographs on a variety of management and technology topics. He received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, and his MBA from UCLA.

About Nuventive
Nuventive is a leading provider of solutions for assessing, managing and demonstrating continuous improvement in Higher Education. Nuventive customers are institutions, faculty, administrators, students and private sector users. Nuventive is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with distribution in North & South America, Europe, Australasia and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.nuventive.com or call +1.412.847.0280 or 1.877.366.8700.

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