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Mr. Hughes co-founded Educational Technology LLC with Paul Elswick in 1996 when the two recognized a need to improve technology through schools by bringing the Internet into the classroom in Lee County, Virginia. Educational Technology became CornerPost Software in June 2000 after Mr. Hughes developed the first K-12 library management software system to function over a wide area network, called BookMARC. Since then, Mr. Hughes has spearheaded the discovery and development of other innovative CornerPost products including Chaperon, Surrogate Socket and TotalTRAC. Before co-founding CornerPost, Mr. Hughes supervised the design and coding of numerous products as a Senior Programmer and Project Manager for Omni Computer Services in Tennessee. Such developments included: Fax-It-2U, an interactive voice response and fax-back system; American Water Heater DOE Water Heater Test System; the Bekaert Steel Plant Floor Automation System; and OmniTrax Call Accounting, a telephone call accounting system designed for use with major PBX systems. Mr. Hughes also managed software development projects for a year at Tyler Computer Control Systems, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Hughes is also a Microsoft Certified Professional whose expertise includes extensive experience with Microsoft development tools, programs, and operating systems. Mr. Hughes holds a B.S. in Computer Science from East Tennessee State University. | 