Speaker: Kristene Fortier
Kristene Fortier works from her home office in Northern California developing online college courses for Knowledge Delivery Systems, based in New York City.
"Fortier taught business communications in both traditional and online course formats at San Jose State University; composition, literary criticism, and mass communications at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA; and composition and grammar at Brooks College in Sunnyvale, CA. Prior to working in higher education, Fortier worked in the high-tech industry as a marketing manager for support products at Apple Computer, customer support manager for ASK Computers Systems, and technical consultant for NCR Corporation. She has a passion for online education, technology, and making higher education accessible to all students. Fortier has a B.A. in French and an M.A. in English with a concentration in writing and Teaching English as a Second Language.