type private industry software headquarters reston va. united states u.s. key people jeff kristick president rebecca mcclure vp of sales geoff perry vp of product wanda budzinski vp of operations dave dvorznak vp of services number of employees approximately 100 2016 website meridianks.com meridian knowledge solutions is a software company founded in 1997 and headquartered in reston virginia . it provides a web based learning management system lms for delivering and tracking training . the software product suite meridian global integrates general learning management functions e.g. course catalogs enrollments with collaboration and performance management features such as employee development plans and skill assessments . 1 the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of visionary integration professionals vip a calif. based technology and outsourcing firm . 2 contents 1 market position 2 company history 3 department of homeland security dhs 4 see also 5 references 6 external links market position edit meridian s customer base consists of commercial and public sector entities including us federal agencies state and local governments large enterprises and member based associations . as of december 2013 meridian had over 8 million users . company history edit meridian was founded in 1997 . 2012 best of elearning award winner best enterprise lms 3 ad hoc reporting software won a silver brandon hall group excellence award for unique learning technology . 4 2013 best of elearning award of excellence winner for best learning management system enterprise 5 brandon hall group excellence award for best advance in learning management technology 6 department of homeland security dhs edit in august 2013 visionary integration professionals and meridian were awarded a 95 million single award blanket purchase agreement bpa with the united states department of homeland security to provide more than 250 000 agency employees with a secure cloud based enterprise talent management system etms . this precedent setting contract will deploy the largest shared services model with consumption based pricing agency wide . further it is the first major consolidation of learning and talent management systems in the federal government within a fedramp certified infrastructure . 7 see also edit e learning knowledge management knowledge management software learning management system list of learning management systems references edit t d magazine managing learning in more than one way page 60 june 2011 gartner magic quadrant for corporate learning systems j. freyermuth j. holincheck t. otter march 24 2011 best of elearning 8th annual award winners http www.2elearning.com component k2 item 55257 brandon hall winners http brandonhall.com excellence technology.php year 2012 best of elearning 2013 award winners named august 29 2013 http www.2elearning.com top stories item 55338 best of elearning best advance in learning management technology http brandonhall.com excellence technology.php year 2013 best % 20advance % 20in % 20learning % 20management % 20technology information week government homeland security picks cloud for training august 12 2013 http www.informationweek.com government cloud saas homeland security picks cloud for traini 240159853 external links edit meridian website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meridian knowledge solutions & oldid 728318014 categories software companies based in virginiaeducational technology companiescompanies established in 1997 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 july 2016 at 16 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view