Results-oriented leader with diverse general management experience in publishing and technology businesses. Strengths in business development, company “turn-arounds,” operations, strategic planning, strategic selling, vendor partnerships and contract negotiation, business acquisition/divestiture, global strategy, market positioning, and product development; skilled in cultivating and motivating people and building business relationships. A well-rounded track record of managing large, privately held publishing companies. Additional skills include integrating entrepreneurial organizations, technology leadership, and demonstrated ability to work simultaneously at the detail and global levels. Experience in and knowledge of the US healthcare provider industry (informatics, databases, publishing, CME, and operations of hospitals, clinics and professionals). Proven ability to identify solutions, achieve objectives, and exceed performance expectations; a manager with a sense of humor and a positive attitude.
Archiving scholarly works
Archiving Scholarly Material: one publisher's perspective, The Journal for the Serials Community, Volume 19, Number 2 / July 2006, Pages 111-119 (2006)
We need large digital archives to preserve scholarly content for generations to come and we...
Archiving should be done by librarians and archivists, period, UKSG (2006)
We need large digital archives to preserve scholarly content for generations to come, and we...
Computer Science
The challenges of embarking on corporate technology initiatives, datavision (2006)
The world of publishing is changing dramatically with the advent of the web and the...
Google Scholar: experiences ideas and plans, Google (2005)
This presentation is based on a synthesis of lessons learned in working with Google on...
Google Scholar: The Next Big Thing?, American Medical Publishing Association (2005)
The question of whether Google Scholar is the next big thing is really not answerable....
How to survive and thrive in a search engine culture, American Association of Publishers/Professional Scholarly Publishers Pre-Conference 2005 (2005)
A comparison of CrossRef Search and Google Scholar. It's essential to have a strategy when...
Publishing economics
Measuring quality in journal publishing: New and emerging methods, INANE (International Academy of Nursing Educators) and Royal College of Nursing (2009)
This presentation focuses on measuring quality from a high-level business perspective. Participants will learn how...
e-Journals and the Continuum of Content: Exponential Expansion is Near, Fiesole 2009 (2009)
e-Journals are evolving and will soon contain a massive array of information including data sets,...
American Literature Collection (2007)
The American Literature Collection was developed at Wiley/Blackwell to solve two critical problems facing small...
The challenges of embarking on corporate technology initiatives, datavision (2006)
The world of publishing is changing dramatically with the advent of the web and the...
Library and Information Science
Measuring quality in journal publishing: New and emerging methods, INANE (International Academy of Nursing Educators) and Royal College of Nursing (2009)
This presentation focuses on measuring quality from a high-level business perspective. Participants will learn how...
Ten Things Librarians Don't Want to Hear But Need to Know: A Dialog - SCELC Colloquim IV, SCELC - Statewide California Electronic Library Consortia (2009)
The past decade has provided librarians with innumerable opportunities, changes, and, indeed, anxieties. From rapid...
Archiving Scholarly Material: one publisher's perspective, The Journal for the Serials Community, Volume 19, Number 2 / July 2006, Pages 111-119 (2006)
We need large digital archives to preserve scholarly content for generations to come and we...
CLIR Forms Advisory Committee for Scholarly Communication Report (with Ann Okerson), Council on Library and Information Resources (2006)
In January 2006 CLIR (the Council on Library and Information Resources) formed a committee of...
The Future of Journal Publishing, Professional and Scholarly Publishers Journals Boot Camp 2005 (2005)
The seminar helped publishing neophytes understand where they can add value. It also focused on...