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Collin brings to Blackboard 18 years of experience in leading International Sales and Marketing roles within the digital content sector. In his new role, Collin will be responsible for fostering strong customer relationships, supporting all local marketing activities and building partnerships across the Education sector to ensure that Blackboard maintains its leading market position across Europe. He will work closely with existing customers and partners to ensure satisfaction and growth and focus on leveraging his breadth of experience to expand Blackboard's EMEA presence and meet the high demand for its solutions.
"We are delighted to welcome Tim Collin as our new VP for EMEA. He brings a wealth of experience and expertise to Blackboard which will benefit both the company and our clients. We are seeing significant demand for our solutions in Europe and with his appointment I see an attractive opportunity to continue our current trend of a strong year on year growth,"
said Michael Chasen, Blackboard's Chief Executive Officer.
Most recently, Collin was Vice President, International Sales and Worldwide Strategic Accounts for Media 100 Inc., a leading developer of digital media software for the Broadcast, Corporate and Education markets. In addition Collin has held international business management positions at Radius Inc., Ventura Software Inc. and Xerox UK Ltd.
Collin graduated with a BSc in Land Management and Economics from Reading University and also attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst in the UK. Collin is located in Harrogate, England.
"I am incredibly excited by what the future holds for Blackboard and the opportunities that will emerge out of the Blackboard-WebCT merger," said Tim Collin, Vice President, Europe Middle East and Africa, Blackboard.
He further added "I am looking forward to working with the new management team to ensure that we continue to deliver the best education system in the industry".
Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News Editor
