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Emiliano De Laurentiis is a producer who has been developing and publishing interactive learning environments for over 20 years. He has advanced degrees in psychology, cognitive science, and education and has substantial experience in management and electronic publishing.

In the early ‘80s Emiliano was the founder and CEO of Arrakis Technologies, Inc., one of the pioneers in educational software. Twenty-five of Arrakis’ educational software were published by Prentice-Hall, Inc.

In the mid-80s Emiliano developed and published some of the early expert systems, using Artificial Intelligence technologies to interactively solve problems.

He later provided consulting and editorial support for Simon and Schuster Software before he formed Lifelong.com, an online educational publisher of K-12 content.

Lifelong.com became very popular with schools and achieved up to a million hits a month. Its proprietary technology has since been licensed to the Chinese Department of Education who uses it to deliver adaptive educational content.

Emiliano’s educational Web sites have won numerous awards, including being a semifinalist to the prestigious National Information Infrastructure Awards, the Lycos “Top Five Percent of all Web sites” and the Exploratorium “Top Ten Cool Sites.”

He is currently president of Knowledge Environments, Inc., a company focused on the development and publication of interactive, online, knowledge systems. Knowledge Environments has developed environmental education programs funded by The Fish and Wildlife Foundation, ALCOA, Lyndhurst Foundation, Disney Foundation, the American Chestnut Foundation, Trust for Wildlife, and others, as well as exhibits and a film documentary for the Covered Bridge Museum in Vermont.

Knowledge Environments’ latest project is a joint venture with On-Premise Communications, Inc. to develop and publish iSantémagazine.com, an online knowledge-based publication for restaurant and hospitality professionals.

Emiliano’s primary expertise is in developing interactive knowledge publishing businesses that are engaging and compelling for their target audience.