Saline’s Latitude Learning to add interns, up to 20 jobs this year
Jeff Walter began to notice the economy turn as 2010 closed out. That’s when businesses opened up their budgets and the sales at his company, Latitude Learning, took off.”What we’re seeing now is contracts close now where the interest began last year,” says Walter, president of Latitude Learning. “After Labor Day, there was a marked increase in interest.”That interest has led to a number of new job opportunities at the Saline-based company. It currently has half a dozen openings right now in the business analyst and technical developer areas. Walter expects the company’s staff to go from about 30 employees today to 50 by the end of the year. He is also in the process of recruiting some interns for this summer.Driving all of this is Latitude Learning’s software as a service learning management system. That SaaS system and its new pricing has led to six new clients and increased business from existing clients. “Since the recession hit, we have really committed the organization to making the software as the lead product and getting it out there as SaaS,” Walter says.Source: Jeff Walter, president of Latitude LearningWriter: Jon ZemkeRead more about Metro Detroit’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
Jeff Walter began to notice the economy turn as 2010 closed out. That’s when businesses opened up their budgets and the sales at his company, Latitude Learning, took off.
“What we’re seeing now is contracts close now where the interest began last year,” says Walter, president of Latitude Learning. “After Labor Day, there was a marked increase in interest.”
That interest has led to a number of new job opportunities at the Saline-based company. It currently has half a dozen openings right now in the business analyst and technical developer areas. Walter expects the company’s staff to go from about 30 employees today to 50 by the end of the year. He is also in the process of recruiting some interns for this summer.
Driving all of this is Latitude Learning’s software as a service learning management system. That SaaS system and its new pricing has led to six new clients and increased business from existing clients.
“Since the recession hit, we have really committed the organization to making the software as the lead product and getting it out there as SaaS,” Walter says.
Source: Jeff Walter, president of Latitude Learning
Writer: Jon Zemke
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