The McGraw-Hill Companies Names Mark E. Mooney Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for McGraw-Hill Education

The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today announced the appointment of Mark E. Mooney as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for McGraw-Hill Education. McGraw-Hill Education is a leader in using technology to enhance learning and assessment, and Mr. Mooney will help direct those efforts and other initiatives to use technology to advance McGraw-Hill Education's objectives.

"Technology continues to transform all aspects of education, creating opportunities to improve everything from product development to sales to the education process itself," said Henry Hirschberg, president of McGraw-Hill Education, a leader in the elementary, secondary, post-secondary, higher education and professional markets. "Mark is an experienced executive with a strong record of accomplishment in using technology to advance education."

Most recently, Mr. Mooney worked as Vice President and CIO for Harcourt Education, where he helped transform the company's technology function. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Vivendi Universal's Houghton Mifflin Company, where he was responsible for the integration of technology between Vivendi and Houghton Mifflin. He has also held senior technology positions at The Bureau of National Affairs and Interactive Marketing Services.

Mr. Mooney reports to Mr. Hirschberg, with functional reporting to Mostafa Mehrabani, executive vice president and chief information officer for The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Mr. Mooney has a bachelor's degree in engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, a master's in information technology from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in organizational systems from The Fielding Institute.

McGraw-Hill Education is a global leader in providing solutions that improve teaching and learning in the elementary, secondary, post-secondary, higher education and professional markets. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's and BusinessWeek. Founded in 1888, the corporation has more than 320 offices in 34 countries. Sales in 2002 were $4.8 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/ .

SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Education

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