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Educational Resources
Julie Gates, 562-621-9521
julie@gatespr.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW STRATEGIST JOINS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
TO BUILD SALES TEAM AND CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

Top education reseller prepares for success as the exclusive reseller for sister company Sunburst Technology's QuickMind.net online learning product

ELGIN, IL, Feb. 23, 2004 - Leading education reseller Educational Resources announced today that it has hired education sales strategist Blaine Duggan as its new director of national sales. Duggan's addition strategically coincides with sister company Sunburst Technology's acquisition of the QuickMind.net online learning environment. With a significant customer demand in the education market for integrated, correlated, research- and Web-based products, Educational Resources is in a prime position as the exclusive reseller of the product and is gearing up for success. The company is the largest distributor of educational software materials in the education market and serves more than 100,000 schools in over 16,000 school districts through a direct sales force, catalogs, and an e-commerce Web site.

With 25 years experience in effective team building and leadership in sales, marketing, product development and customer service, Duggan will focus on building a strong sales team and school customer relationships for Educational Resources. His work will promote the sale of QuickMind.net as well as several other specialty products sold by Educational Resources including Brainchild's Achiever® software line and Questia's Web-based general studies library.

"This is a critical time of growth for Educational Resources," said Mark Sotir, chief executive officer of Educational Resources and Sunburst Technology. "Sunburst's QuickMind.net acquisition has opened a window of opportunity for Educational Resources that we intend to take full advantage of. We will devote all the resources necessary to ensure our success. Blaine's addition and expertise will serve as a catalyst to drive our already strong sales and marketing teams. He is self-motivated and results-oriented with a proven track record in leadership and complex selling strategies."

"I couldn't resist an opportunity to come back to Educational Resources," said Duggan. " QuickMind.net is an excellent product and I look forward to presenting it to schools. Launching the ClassWorks open learning system for the company 10 years ago was one of the highlights of my career, but I see even more potential in QuickMind.net . This is a highly competitive market and the company's goals are aggressive, but I look forward to the challenge of getting the results they want."

Duggan joined Educational Resources from PLATO Learning Inc., where he served as director of strategic initiatives. His career began at Prentice Hall Publishing Inc. during its first technology co-venture with IBM. Since then, Duggan helped several companies selling to the educational market reach their goals, including Davidson Networks, NewsBank, Edunetics Corporation and Educational Resources.

During his previous sales role at Educational Resources, Duggan helped transition a small-ticket outside sales force into a conceptual, district-level selling team, introducing the ClassWorks integrated learning system to the school market. Under his leadership, ClassWorks sales grew from zero to $11 million in just three years. Duggan holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Georgia University.

Company Background

Since 1985, Educational Resources ( www.educationalresources.com ) has provided educators and schools with the tools and services necessary to achieve their instructional technology goals. As the nation's largest source of educational technology, hardware, accessories and other computer peripheral devices, the company serves educators throughout the United States and Canada. Educational Resources' collection of products is designed to help educators and students meet "No Child Left Behind" requirements and fulfill learning standards. With a significant customer demand in the education market for integrated, correlated, standards-, research- and Web-based products, the company is aggressively focusing on offering products that address the changing needs of educators. Educational Resources represents more than 350 vendors with over 5,000 educational products.