New Horizons in Livonia takes over Cleveland, Chicago markets

metromode, 11/20/2008

In 1992, the first franchise of the New Horizons Computer Learning Center started in Metro Detroit. Today the Livonia-based firm controls the Michigan, Cleveland and Chicago markets.

Buying the Chicago and Cleveland franchises allowed the company (technically called New Horizons Great Lakes Holding) to bring another 60 people under its wing. The firm already had a very successful business in Michigan, so its leaders thought it could work the same magic in Chicago and Cleveland.

"Our staff in Michigan is pretty tenured and felt it could stretch a little," says Mark McManus, CEO of New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Michigan. "The timing was right and the opportunity was there."

The company is planning for moderate growth in the next year, but McManus says it could add another 10-20 people to its staff of 250 by the end of next year.

New Horizons Computer Learning Center provides learning solutions for information technology, PC desktop applications, project management and business skills training. It has nine facilities in Livonia, Troy, East Lansing, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Flint in Michigan. The other three are in Chicago, Rosemont, Illinois, and Cleveland.

Source: Mark McManus, CEO of New Horizons Computer Learning Center and Tom Pelon, vice president of sales & operations for New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Writer: Jon Zemke

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