founded the Real Learning Company in 1994 after holding both sales leadership and other executive roles in global companies, where he worked with customers who included half of the Fortune 500. He helped to develop new technology categories and worked with Lexus, UPS, Genentech, American Express, and others to implement new breakthrough strategies.

is senior vice president for design and development at the Real Learning Company. Before joining the Real Learning team, he wrote learning programs for salespeople at a variety of companies, including Cisco and Merck. Previously, he helped lead the fast growth of a specialized communications firm.

Together, Hodge, Schachter and their colleagues have brought new learning programs to some of the world's best sales forces at American Express, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cigna, DaimlerChrysler, Genentech, Georgia-Pacific, Lexus, Motorola, Nestlé, Nokia, Oracle, Siebel, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Time Warner, Toyota, and UPS.