Allan J. Cole Founder, Executive Director allan@nelearning.org As Executive Director of the New England Learning Association, Mr. Cole is responsible for overseeing the operations, membership development and strategic planning of the organization and for ensuring that the organization's activities further its mission of supporting its constituents in corporate training, K-12 and higher education markets. Mr. Cole brings more than 20 years of business experience to this leadership role. Mr. Cole is the founder and president of Preferred Products; a Massachusetts-based strategic marketing and channel strategy firm that specializes in helping technology companies launch new, innovative products and services into the Internet, telecommunications, human resources and software markets. Previously, Mr. Cole served as a senior product marketing manager for a digital rights publishing company where he managed major strategic content partner relationships and helped launch products for such companies as Dun and Bradstreet and Standard & Poor's. Mr. Cole also served as vice president of a strategic marketing and development for a telecommunications information services company. Mr. Cole earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Northeastern University and is a member of the American Marketing Association.