Columbia Business School taps eSavV to launch database

LINCOLN – Rhode Island software-development company eSavV Technologies has partnered with the Columbia Business School to launch cloud-based Web and mobile software in support of the school’s Global Leadership Matrix program, also known as GLeaM.
Conceived in 2011 by Sheena Iyengar, professor of business at Columbia, GLeaM aims to transform leadership education and research while also producing highly customized analysis tools for corporations to assess social networking, time management and motivational style within their organizations.
“By leveraging new technology in concert with faculty expertise, GLeaM is pioneering a new model of custom education,” said Iyengar. “Based on the initial successes and feedback, it is clear we are just scratching the surface of the possibilities.”
In addition to granting corporations access to research-based evaluation tools on skills vital to leadership at the global level, GLeaM also collects data anonymously from corporate GLeaM participants that Iyengar hopes will enable groundbreaking research by faculty at the Columbia Business School and other academic institutions.
The standard assessment tools are available via its free online platform at www.gleam.org, with customized versions available as part of executive education and research programs. Columbia enlisted eSavV Technologies to develop the technology to support the cloud-based GLeaM software.
“GLeaM has a wide user base and is growing rapidly and will continue to grow both from a user perspective and feature set,” said Michael D. Croft, CEO of eSavV Technologies. “For these reasons, we implemented a web-based software solution in tandem with mobile optimization and cloud computing to allow the application to work properly on specified browsers and devices and to support the global initiative of GLeaM, while allowing access from anywhere in the world with a centralized data set. We are proud to be part of GLeaM’s commitment to advancement, collaboration, and innovative research.”
GLeaM assessment tools collect relevant information using a series of targeted questions before generating a personalized graphical and textual report, which is shown to the user in real-time. The data collected also enables group-level analysis for organizations participating in customized programs.
Additional assessments will be launched in the near future, the Columbia Business School said.

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