"We're thrilled to have the distinguished Dr. Onochie onboard," said Federico Shephard, President and CEO of Pervasive Learning Solutions (PLS). "Dr. Onochie's unique expertise will enhance our CRA™ program and enable us to deliver an unsurpassed level of risk management training to our clients," said Mr. Shephard.

The CRA™ program offers risk management professionals an in-depth, rigorous instruction in identifying, analyzing and controlling risk. The CRA™ designation demonstrates the holder's expertise in the field of risk control.

Dr. Onochie is an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, and Academic Director of the Executive MBA Program at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College of the City University of New York where he teaches undergraduate, graduate, and executive education courses in managerial finance, derivative securities, investments, corporate finance, and health care finance. "I look forward to working with Federico and his team at PLS to further craft the CRA™ program to offer participants comprehensive training in risk management," said Dr. Onochie. "I'm confident that this program will be extremely beneficial to PLS clients," he added.

Dr. Onochie received his Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from University of Ibadan, Nigeria, an MBA in finance at Tulane University in New Orleans, a Master of Arts degree in economics, and his Ph.D. in financial economics from University of New Orleans. Dr. Onochie has written numerous articles and publications on topics concerning finance and economics for magazines such as, The Journal of Futures Markets, Financial Review and The Review of Financial Economics. His current research program includes investigations on the effects of corporate finance decisions on health care institutions. He is an active member in many professional organizations.

About Pervasive Learning Solutions, Inc.
Founded in 2005, Pervasive Learning Solutions is a full-service, minority-owned provider of training programs to corporations and government agencies around the world. PLS offers programs in the areas of project management, leadership, management, banking and capital markets training. Course platform options include instructor-led private and public programs, custom programs, open enrollment classes, webinars, and e-Learning. Clients include Fortune 100 Companies.