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March 9, 2008
Robert Compton
Executive Producer, "Two Million Minutes - A Global Examination"
Robert Compton BIO:
CURRENT:
· Venture Capitalist
· Founder & CEO, Vontoo Corporation
· Founder & CEO, Indian Math Online
· Chairman & Lead Investor, ExactTarget
· Lead Director, Board of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
· Trustee, The Plough Foundation (non-profit)
· Trustee, Campbell Orthopaedic Research Foundation (non-profit)

PREVIOUS:
· Founder & CEO, NoInk Communications
· President, Neurologic Technologies division of Medtronic, Inc.
· President & COO, Sofamor Danek Group
· General Partner, First Chicago Venture Capital
· General Parner, CID Equity Partners
· Systems Engineer, Sales Representative, IBM Corporation
· Telenet Communications
· Director of Sales and Marketing for small high-tech firm started at M.I.T.
· Sat on variety of Corporate Boards of companies dealing with high-tech, healthcare, science education, entertainment, etc.
· Sat on variety of non-profit boards including The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Junior Achievement of Memphis, Memphis BioMed Venture Fund, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

AUTHOR:
“Blogging Through India” (2006)

EDUCATION:
· Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2002
· Masters in Business Administration, Harvard University Graduate School of Business, 1984
· Bachelor of Arts, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois, 1978


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Info: Venture Capitalist Robert Compton's travels to India in 2005 and 2006 laid the groundwork for his decisions to author a blog, publish a book called "Blogging Through India," and produce a documentary called "Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination." The documentary compares and contrasts the education experiences of six students; two from each of the countries of India, China, and the United States. It includes statistics on the amount of time spent in the classroom, the influence of the student's parents on their decisions to pursue a certain career, and the degree to which those choices impact their free time during their high school years. In this Q&A, we learn more about the documentary, see video clips, and discuss the education community's response.

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