Wizdom Announces Organizational Changes

Newly formed Office of the President is shared by two longtime Wizdom ‘Wizards’

Naperville IL January 16, 2006 – Wizdom Systems, Inc. announces a strategic, internal reorganization. A newly created position, “Office of the President” is shared by two longtime Wizdom ‘Wizards’ Steven Kroll and Margaret Lawlor. Kroll and Lawlor will have responsibilities in the operation of the company. Kroll will focus on expansion and growth, while Lawlor will focus on accounting and finance. Additionally, longtime shareholder Rosemary Macko Wisnosky has been elected Chairman of the Board.

“We are confident that Wizdom will continue to make great achievements and contributions in the areas of Enterprise Architecture, BPR, DoDAF, and Special Education,”says Kroll. “We continue to invest considerable time reviewing and planning our operations across the company,” added Lawlor.

Wizdom Systems, Inc., and Wizdom Education (the special education division) are headquartered in Naperville, Illinois.

Wizdom Systems’ products include WizdomLive! (Wizdom’s online business management tool), its related product DoDAFLive! (for Department of Defense Architecture Framework), and DoDAF and BPR training and consulting. The company will continue to sell DoDAF Wizdom, which “DoD considers to be the decisive source within DoD and other Government organizations for managing Enterprise Architecture projects.” DoDAF Wizdom was written by the Wizdom team. Wizdom Education also continues to have great success with its just-launched product, called MyTransPlanner!, an online tool which helps parents and students in special education plan for the future in high school and beyond.

Steven Kroll joined Wizdom Systems in 1998, with 10 years experience in technology and business. He has experience in Enterprise Architecture, project and change management, strategic planning, business process redesign, business analysis, and programming. A partial list of industries in which he has worked includes information technology, banking, financial markets, telecommunications, and government, including serving as project manager for the Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). At the DLA, Mr. Kroll led a team of DLA Program Managers to complete a To-Be vision architecture of the Agency. The project focused on the Logistic Research and Development arm of the DLA. Kroll has an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and a B.S. from Indiana State University.

Margaret Lawlor is the Chief Financial Officer for Wizdom Systems, Inc. She joined the Company in 1992 from a large public accounting firm. Lawlor has responsibility for finance, accounting, human resources, contracting, and corporate administration. She is jointly responsible for the daily operations of the Company. Lawlor began her career in 1986 in public accounting in an audit and financial consulting practice. She performed financial audit services for middle market and public companies and participated in various consulting engagements. She managed the relationships with a wide range of clients in various industries including technology, manufacturing, and professional services. In May 1986, Lawlor obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, along with her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation.

Rosemary Macko Wisnosky has been named Chairman of the Board for both Wizdom Systems and Wizdom Education.  A long time board member, Wisnosky has been actively involved in long-term decisions affecting the company and was instrumental in the sale of Wizdom Controls to Intellution in 1996.

Wisnosky is Co-Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Affiliates in Naperville, founded in 1985.  She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in education at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and holds a real estate broker's license in Illinois and a sales license in Florida.  She earned membership in the RE/MAX Hall of Fame in 1989 and, with her business partners, was named RE/MAX Broker/Owner of the Year for the Northern Illinois Region in 1986.  Wisnosky holds several industry designations and is a member of local, state and national Realtor organizations. 

An advocate of community service, Wisnosky has been involved in local, state, national and international civic programs.  She is a member and past president of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a member of the Board of Trustees at Benedictine University and the Executive Board of the Heritage Group YMCA.  She is a founding board member of SciTech Hands On Museum, the Slovak American Cultural Society of the Midwest, the Naperville Sister Cities Commission, and the Omnia Performing Arts Center.  Other community service includes membership in the Rotary Club of Naperville and its International Committee and the Lisle Chamber of Commerce.

Wisnosky has served on the Strategic Planning Task Force of The Conservation Foundation and was a member of the DuPage Neighbors for Open Space, Clean Water and Clean Air initiative which recently promoted and helped pass a $68 million referendum for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County . In 2005 she earned a Naturalist Certificate from The Morton Arboretum.

Internationally, in addition to her Rotary work, Wisnosky was appointed Chairman of an ad hoc committee in Washington, D.C., in support of the Vilnius Group's entry into NATO.  At the Prague Summit in November, 2002, seven of the ten member Vilnius nations received invitations to join NATO.  Additionally, Wisnosky holds the King Svatopluk Medallion from the Lord Mayor of Nitra, Slovakia for outstanding service to the Nitra, Slovakia/Naperville, Illinois USA Sister Cities relationship; an Honorary Citizen designation from the Lord Mayor of Nitra (one of only three non-Slovak citizens to receive this award) and the Slovak Medal of Honor which was awarded jointly by the Slovak Prime Minister, the Embassy of the Slovak Republic and the Friends of Slovakia in a ceremony held in Washington, D.C.  Wisnosky and her family serve as hosts for Slovak dignitaries, including the President of the Slovak Republic in 1995.  In 2006 Wisnosky introduced the effort to build the Beit Benedikt Peace Academy at the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem to the Chicago area, which now includes the participation of St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle as a strategic partner in this project. 

Wisnosky is a recipient of numerous professional awards, including the Business Ledger Influential Women in Business award in 2006; the Naperville Jaycees Business Person of the Year and the Citibank Crystal Award for Community Enhancement and Betterment.  

ABOUT WIZDOM SYSTEMS and WIZDOM EDUCATION

Wizdom Systems, Inc was founded as “the process people ” i n 1986. For the past 20 years, Wizdom has become a recognized leader in providing businesses and the government with innovative process-based business and software solutions for improving performance. Wizdom’s integrated software, training and consulting enables clients to communicate, plan and execute a strong and unified corporate strategy. Wizdom helps businesses grow by helping to identify and aggressively pursue new opportunities while employing the best business practices. Wizdom’s flagship products include WizdomLive!, an online business and project management tool, and DoDAFLive, its government-based version. Wizdom also sells two popular books; BPR Wizdom and DoDAF Wizdom, written by Dennis E. Wisnosky and the Wizdom team.

Wizdom Education is the special education division of Wizdom Systems. Founded in 1999, Wizdom Education focuses on the development and delivery of software to plan and manage the transition of special education students from high school to adult life, as required by the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Acts. Wizdom Education products include the newly released MyTranPlanner!, a personal online transition tool, and Wizdom TransPlanner!, the special education educator version.

Wizdom’s corporate headquarters is located in Naperville, IL, a western suburb of Chicago. Contact Phil Vitkus at 630-357-3000 x 3004 pvitkus@wizdom.com, or visit Wizdom’s websites at http://www.wizdom.com and http://www.WizdomEducation.com

###