Concurrent 4A: The Agile IT Organization

Larry M. Belmont – Larry has worked in publishing for 30 years, 27 of them with AIP, in multiple capacities. After working in journal production as a technical copy editor, he rode the computer wave into desktop publishing in 1990.

In 1993, he joined AIP’s fledgling Electronic Products group, where he worked on Internet-based product development and operations for the forerunners of Scitation (AIP’s online publications platform): the pre-Web Physics Information
Network (PINET) and the Online Journal Publishing Service (OJPS).

In his current role in AIP’s Online Services Division, Larry oversees a team of project managers and developer-designers responsible for online product design and
implementation for Scitation and its 27 publishing partners.

When not working agile at AIP, he habitually blogs about popular culture, runs a noted World War II history web site, and is working on a new biography of expatriate American
actress Jean Seberg.

Bruce Rosenblum, CEO of Inera, has twenty-five years of experience in design and development of electronic publishing solutions. He leads development of eXtyles, Inera’s suite of editorial and XML tools for Microsoft Word used in the production of more than 600 journals worldwide.

Mr. Rosenblum is a member of the NLM DTD Advisory Board and CrossRef Metadata Quality Committee. Prior to joining Inera, Mr. Rosenblum was VP of Software Development at Turning Point Software, where he led the development of products for companies including Microsoft, Word Perfect, and Houghton Mifflin. Mr. Rosenblum speaks frequently at scholarly publishing conferences and he serves on the NISO Board of Directors

Leigh Dodds is the Chief Technology Officer for Ingenta where he oversees the technology strategy and engineering of Ingenta’s flagship website IngentaConnect, as well as the development of its custom publishing platform, pub2web.

Leigh has a strong engineering background, as well as experience as both a speaker and writer on technical and industry topics.

Jim began his career in 1987, developing a series of widely distributed desktop applications for Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company.

In 1993, Jim co-founded a venture to create a revolutionary new math tutorial system bundled with dozens of college textbooks for more than a decade.

In 1995, Jim joined Turning Point Software, where he engineered solutions and managed projects for clients including Hasbro, 3M, and Scholastic.

In 1998, Jim co-founded Serenity Software, Inc., providing software development services to companies including Motorola, Constellation NewEnergy, and Inera, Incorporated.

In 2003, Jim joined the Financial Risk Management (FRM) practice of Milliman, Inc., where he leads a team specializing in grid computing and the implementation of high-performance, enterprise-scale applications.

FRM’s flagship product, MG-Hedge(tm), helps financial institutions manage the economic risks associated with VA and EIA guarantees, and is used to manage more than $500 billion in account value for companies including MetLife, Prudential, and Ameriprise.