<s>
LearnShare	B-Application
LLC	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
located	O
inside	O
Arrowhead	O
Business	O
Park	O
in	O
Maumee	O
,	O
OH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LearnShare	B-Application
was	O
formed	O
from	O
a	O
consortium	B-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LearnShare	B-Application
LLC	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
September	O
1996	O
as	O
a	O
consortium	B-Application
of	O
Fortune	O
500	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1995	O
Rick	O
Corry	O
of	O
Owens	O
Corning	O
invited	O
18	O
non-competing	O
companies	O
to	O
discuss	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
a	O
collaborative	O
training	O
consortium	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1996	O
,	O
four	O
more	O
companies	O
joined	O
the	O
consortium	B-Application
,	O
including	O
Chevron	O
and	O
Northwest	O
Airlines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LearnShare	B-Application
,	O
LLC	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
organization	O
that	O
developed	O
multi-media	O
and	O
distance	O
learning	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consortium	B-Application
would	O
then	O
develop	O
technology-based	O
training	O
at	O
the	O
lowest	O
possible	O
cost	O
for	O
member	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
2000	O
,	O
LearnShare	B-Application
was	O
funded	O
by	O
its	O
founding	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
consortium	B-Application
hired	O
Lois	O
Webster	O
from	O
Motorola	O
as	O
the	O
CEO/General	O
Manager	O
of	O
LearnShare	B-Application
to	O
move	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
a	O
for-profit	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
LearnShare	B-Application
accepted	O
"	O
sustaining	O
members	O
"	O
in	O
2-year	O
agreements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
40	O
additional	O
corporations	O
joined	O
the	O
consortium	B-Application
which	O
now	O
represents	O
more	O
than	O
2.5	O
million	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
UnitedHealth	O
Group	O
purchased	O
ownership	O
in	O
LearnShare	B-Application
and	O
joined	O
the	O
Board	O
of	O
Management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
this	O
year	O
,	O
LearnShare	B-Application
's	O
LMS	O
was	O
fully	O
functional	O
as	O
an	O
enterprise-wide	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LearnShare	B-Application
created	O
agreements	O
with	O
third-party	O
suppliers	O
of	O
courseware	O
for	O
pay-as-you	O
access	O
through	O
the	O
learning	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LearnShare	B-Application
offers	O
third	O
party	O
courses	O
at	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
one	O
course	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
LearnShare	B-Application
expanded	O
its	O
software	O
system	O
with	O
modules	O
in	O
areas	O
such	O
as	O
Performance	O
Management	O
and	O
Employee	O
Profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
added	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
the	O
Learning	B-Application
Management	I-Application
System	I-Application
to	O
integrate	O
virtual	O
classroom	O
training	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
LearnShare	B-Application
became	O
a	O
management-owned	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LearnShare	B-Application
system	O
now	O
includes	O
modules	O
for	O
Performance	O
Management	O
,	O
Succession	O
,	O
and	O
Social	O
Collaboration	O
and	O
Learning	O
.	O
</s>
