Truenorthlogic Leadership Aligns with Strategic Direction

SANDY, Utah - June 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Truenorthlogic (http://www.truenorthlogic.com/), the market-leading provider of K-12 professional growth solutions and part of the Weld North (http://www.weldnorth.com) K-12 Education portfolio, today announced that it has named Jim Rosenthal as Chief Executive Officer, and company co-founder Jeanette Haren as Chief Product Officer.  Prior to joining Truenorthlogic, Rosenthal founded UWS Capital, an M&A and strategic advisory group working with companies and investors in media, entertainment, and education. Before that, Rosenthal was Chief Executive Officer at Kaplan Ventures, where he managed a global portfolio of diversified education businesses and led innovation initiatives and digital transformation.  With an impressive track record of building successful businesses, Rosenthal reunites with Jonathan Grayer, CEO of Weld North.  Previously, Grayer recruited Rosenthal to join Kaplan.

“I’m thrilled to lead the Truenorthlogic team in this capacity. They have developed amazing products that help the country’s leading school districts support the professional growth of their educators, leading to better student outcomes,” said Rosenthal. “I look forward to growing the business by bringing our products to more districts and state agencies as well as by broadening our product portfolio.”

Jeanette Haren, co-founder of Truenorthlogic, will focus on the strategic product direction of the company.  Haren has spent the last 15 years working directly with leading school districts across the country to define and develop talent management systems to meet K-12 specific needs. Under Haren’s leadership, Truenorthlogic created a one-of-a-kind comprehensive approach to managing the entire educator life cycle from induction programs to professional growth planning and performance evaluations.  Haren’s innovative vision of a unified talent management system, designed to be flexible as state and district initiatives evolve, resulted in a technology platform that supports millions of educators’ professional growth.

“This role gives me an opportunity to focus on enhancing our industry leading product offerings and work with our clients on how best to leverage these new technologies to enhance educator effectiveness. Jim and I have a shared vision for Truenorthlogic’s evolution and success, and we will work closely to provide best-in-class products for our clients,” said Haren. “We will continue our commitment of providing technology solutions to support the ongoing professional growth of educators because when educators excel, students succeed.”

“Truenorthlogic is paving the way for educators to excel and students to succeed. We’re bullish about the positive direction this company is headed with the support of its leadership,” said Jonathan Grayer, CEO at Weld North.

ABOUT TRUENORTHLOGIC

Truenorthlogic is a national provider of professional growth software for educators and K-12 education agencies striving to improve student achievement by increasing educator effectiveness. Truenorthlogic’s solutions provide administrators with the tools to prepare, support and retain effective educators. Certified and classified staff benefit from an aligned, continuous and personalized approach to professional growth. Developed in collaboration with leading education agencies and districts across the country, Truenorthlogic’s technology solutions – offering professional development content and management, comprehensive evaluation solutions, observer calibration, talent profiling, and more – fully support the cycle of continuous educator improvement and its connection to student achievement. For more information, visit www.truenorthlogic.com.

ABOUT WELD NORTH

Weld North is an investment company concentrating on education technology businesses which enhance education. In partnership with KKR, a leading global investment firm, Weld North seeks to make control investments in businesses with high potential for long-term growth in cash flow. With strong and highly motivated management teams, the firm looks to accelerate growth through an obsessive focus on enhancing the customer experience, operational excellence, marketing expertise, and strategic and disciplined management. For more information, visit www.weldnorth.com.