About Etudes, Inc.

About Us

Etudes is a non-profit organization that leads open source software development and offers hosting and support services to higher education institutions that need a turn-key, fully-managed course management solution. As an Application Services Provider (ASP), Etudes supports over 125,000 student enrollments across 25 client organizations. The Etudes development team focuses on building authoring, collaboration and assessment tools to support teaching, learning, and collaboration, with an emphasis on e-learning and the needs of Etudes users and clients. Learn More...

Etudes is located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Housed at the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, CA, with many other entrepreneurs and technology companies, the Etudes team enjoys a professional and energetic work environment.

Vivie Sinou, Executive Director (CEO)


Marlene Wilkendorf, Program Coordinator

Glenn Golden, Chief Architect Gracie, Junior Assistant	Murthy Tanniru Senior Learning Systems Developer

Rashmi Maheshwari Learning Systems Developer	Mallika Thoppay, Learning Systems Developer, with our latest Etudes baby!

Catching our Etudes trainers hard at work! Sarah Phinney, Vivian Varela, Norah Glover, Marion Heyn, Suzanne Floyd, and Jim Marteney (from left to right - back to front row)

Trainers Sarah Phinney, Kathy Fransham, and Trish Nelson

Trainer Wendy Bass with one of her 3 boys	Trainer Margie White

Trainer Norah Glover, facilitating an Etudes training session from Yellowstone National Park!

Vivian Varela, Jim Marteney, and Marion Heyn, following their Etudes certification 'ceremony' where they each got their "trainer tiaras." Summer 2008

Trainers Riba Taylor & Jim Marteney, sharing notes, at the Annual Etudes Trainers' Summer Retreat at Vivie's place.