2015 SSP 37th Annual Meeting
Moderators Bios
Suzie Allard, The University of Tennessee
Suzie Allard is associate dean for research at the College of Communication and Information and director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies at The University of Tennessee. Her work focuses on how scientists and engineers use and communicate information, particularly science data and on distributed, multi-disciplinary scientific teams. She serves on the DataONE Leadership Team and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Board of Directors. She is PI or Co-PI on grants funded by agencies including the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Libraries Services, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and IEEE. Allard has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, spoken at venues around the world and published many book chapters. Allard holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from California State University at Northridge, an MS in library and information sciences, and a PhD in communication from the University of Kentucky. Session 5B: Beyond the Download: The Secret Life of the Scholarly Article
Deni Auclair, Outsell, Inc.
Deni is VP & Lead Analyst for Outsell’s Science,Technology, Medicine and Healthcare (STM&H) market research and advisory program. In this role, she works with Outsell clients to navigate through the sometimes murky waters of today’s marketplace. Deni has worked in publishing for most of her career with a stint in Finance, after getting her MBA from NYU’s Stern Business School, working as an analyst for a “vulture fund” investing in distressed debt. Deni’s most recent industry positions include President of Media Growth Strategies, CFO of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, and VP, Corporate Development at John Wiley & Sons, Inc. where she led Wiley’s M&A efforts for 12 years. Deni’s avocation is the US Olympic boxing program; she has been involved in amateur boxing in New York City as an official and administrator for 30 years. Session 5F: How Today’s Startups Are Changing Tomorrow’s Scholarly Communication
Bert Carelli, HighWire Press, Inc.
Bert Carelli, Senior Publication Manager, HighWire Press, Inc., is a veteran of the online information industry. At Highwire, Bert helps clients achieve their publishing goals via strategic road mapping and consulting services, and overseeing site launches and enhancements. Prior to HighWire, he worked with many scholarly publishers as head of business development for Access Innovations and for DeepDyve. Earlier in his career, he led content acquisition teams for Dow Jones/Factiva and Dialog – at the time two of the three largest global professional information services. Throughout his career, Carelli has focused on building value for content providers by leveraging new technologies for finding, managing, and productizing information. He received his BA degree from Stanford University and earned an MBA degree from St. Mary’s College of California. Session 3A: New Tools and Workflows for Manuscript Submission and Peer Review
Michael Clarke, Clarke & Company
Michael Clarke is the President of Clarke & Company, a management consulting firm working at the intersection of technology, business, and content. Michael’s experience spans both the publishing and software industries, with a focus on developing, delivering and marketing information products for professionals. Prior to founding Clarke & Company, he was Executive Vice President for Product and Market Development at Silverchair Information Systems. Additionally, Michael has held positions at the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the University of Chicago Press. He currently serves on the board of directors for Silverchair Information Systems and is a past board member of both the Council of Science Editors and the Society for Scholarly Publishing. A frequent contributor to the Scholarly Kitchen, Michael is a graduate the University of Colorado and the University of Chicago. Twitter Handle: @mtclarke. Closing Plenary: Society Publishing: Lessons Learned Over the Past 5 Years
David Crotty, Oxford University Press
David Crotty is a Senior Editor with Oxford University Press’ journal publishing program. He handles journals acquisitions, the creation of new journals, and oversees the daily management of a suite of research society-owned journals. David was previously an Executive Editor with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, creating, acquiring, and editing new science books, creating and running new journals (he served as the Editor in Chief for Cold Spring Harbor Protocols), and managing the Press’ online content. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing. David serves on the Board of Directors for CHOR Inc., a not-for-profit public-private partnership to increase public access to peer-reviewed publications that report on federally funded research. As the Executive Editor of the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s Scholarly Kitchen blog, David regularly writes about the intersection of technology and publishing. Session 4E: The Challenges of Compliance
Bill Deluise, Wiley
Bill Deluise is the Director of Professional Innovations at Wiley. He leads the team responsible for developing new publishing, learning, and media solutions with and on behalf of scholarly societies and associations. Session 5C: Beyond Market Research: Getting from Insight to Product Solutions
Janet Fisher, Publishers Communication Group
As Senior Publishing Consultant, Janet works with academic, commercial, and reference publishers to support their marketing efforts. Prior to joining PCG, Janet was Associate Director for Journals Publishing at The MIT Press where she managed a diverse program of scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences, and science. During her time at MIT Press, she also served on the Journals Committee of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers, and on the board of the Association of American University Presses. From her background in academic journals publishing, Janet has gained an extensive knowledge of online hosting platforms, journal publishing operations, and print-to-online strategies, which gives her the ability to work with publishers on a wide range of projects. Session 4C: Listen to Your Readers! The Value of Customer Feedback
John Inglis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
John Inglis, Executive Director and Publisher of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in New York and co-founder of bioRxiv, the preprint server for the life sciences. On leaving Edinburgh Medical School with a PhD in immunology, he was appointed an Assistant Editor of The Lancet. He then conceived and edited Elsevier’s monthly review journal Immunology Today (now Trends in Immunology) in Cambridge and launched and managed other similar journals. At the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, he took over one newly launched journal and a handful of prestigious books. He founded CSHL Press, which is now a respected, not-for-profit publisher of eight journals in molecular and cellular biology, 200 books, and two web services, and contributes significantly to the Laboratory’s international reputation and goals in research, revenue, scientific education, and communication. <br>Twitter Handle: @JohnRInglis. Keynote: The New Big Picture A Discussion with Ken Auletta and the Society for Scholarly Publishing
Mark Jacobson, Delta Think
Mark Jacobson is a Senior Consultant at Delta Think, Inc. with over 25 years experience delivering technology solutions in the publishing industry. He is an expert business analyst with experience in software development, process reengineering, and standards-based project management. Mark excels at managing organizational and technological change while meeting business goals and controlling costs. He started his career in 1986 at DataPro Research (a division of McGraw-Hill), worked for 15 years at Lippincott Publishing (currently part of Wolters Kluwer Health) and has worked as a consultant in the publishing industry since 2001. He has been with Delta Think since 2010 where some of his projects have included CMS strategy, CMS implementation, vendor selection and management, and various business and technology process assessment and recommendation projects. Session 1A: Choosing the Right Technology When the Sky Isn’t the Limit
Phill Jones, Digital Science
Phill Jones is Head of Publisher Outreach at Digital Science. He moved to his current position from ReadCube in 2014, where he worked as VP of Business Development. The former Editorial Director of Journal of Visualized Experiments, Phill has spent much of his current career working on projects intended to accelerate science through improved scholarly communication. In a former life, Phill was a multi-disciplinary research scientist, publishing in several fields including plasma physics and neuroscience, ultimately holding a faculty post at Harvard Medical School. He has also worked as a microscopy consultant and scientific advisor for a number of start-ups and small companies. Phill is a member of several industry committees including the SSP annual conference committee and STM future lab and is a regular contributor to the Scholarly Kitchen blog. Seminar 2: Smart Linking & Supplemental Data: Turning Funder Data Mandates Into Opportunity and Session 2B: The Evaluation Gap: using altmetrics to meet changing researcher needs
Lauren Kane, BioOne
Lauren Kane is COO of the nonprofit scientific publisher BioOne. She oversees BioOne’s sales program and the creation of new financial and dissemination models that increase library collaboration and researcher access. In addition, she helps BioOne’s more than 140 participating societies, museums, and independent presses develop sustainable publishing strategies and maximize their publications’ impact. Prior to joining BioOne in 2006, Lauren worked in Blackwell Publishing’s US journals division. A member of Boston Women in Information and ALPSP’s North American Steering Group, Lauren holds an MBA and is the author of BioOne: Ten Years of Sustainable Publishing, a history of the organization’s first decade of operations. Session 4F: Mind the Gap: Addressing the Need for More Women Leaders in Scholarly Publishing
Cara Kaufman, Kaufman Wills Fusting & Company, LLC (KWF)
Cara Kaufman is Managing Partner of Kaufman Wills Fusting & Company, LLC (KWF), the leading management consultancy serving the scholarly publishing community. For 15 years, KWF has been successfully partnering with clients to identify opportunities, address challenges, and meet the ever-changing needs of customers. Our full range of professional services include strategic planning, new product development, marketing and market research, global rights and licensing, change management and productivity, and employee recruitment. KWF Editorial Services provides managing editor services on a contractual basis. Session 3C: New Product Development in Today’s Scholarly Publishing Environment
Thane Kerner, Silverchair
Thane Kerner is Chief Executive Officer of Silverchair Holdings, a pioneer in distributed digital knowledge technologies for education, reference, and professional workflow. He is expert in interpreting and organizing state-of-the-art tools and services (including semantic infrastructure, cloud-based application delivery, and data science) for next-generation business models and products in publishing, and an investor in early-stage companies serving professional and scholarly audiences. Mr. Kerner serves on the Executive Council of the Professional and Scholarly Publishers Division (PSP) of the Association of American Publishers; the Board of Directors of CHOR, Inc., and the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to founding Silverchair in 1993, he was publisher of Experimental Hematology, the official journal of the International Society for Experimental Hematology. Session 3D: Where to Find Growth in a Flat Market
Alice Meadows, Wiley
Alice Meadows is Director of Communications for Wiley, with special responsibility for the Global Research (Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly) business. Prior to that she held a number of marketing positions at Wiley and Blackwell including, most recently, Director of Society Relations. Alice is Chair of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Government Affairs Group and the Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) Communications Working Group, as well as a regular blogger for SSP’s Scholarly Kitchen. Session 4F: Mind the Gap: Addressing the Need for More Women Leaders in Scholarly Publishing
Carol Anne Meyer
Carol Anne Meyer is an information industry professional with more than 25 years of experience in publishing and product development. She has consulted with participants in the scholarly publishing community on marketing, market research, product development, and production issues. Carol has held strategic product management positions at Aries Systems, Northern Light Technology, and SilverPlatter. She also served as the Director of New Media for Little, Brown’s professional division and Publisher of the journals program at ACM. Carol has been active in numerous industry organizations, including the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (AAP/PSP) and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG). Most recently, Carol handled business development and marketing for CrossRef. Session 5D: Great Idea – Now How Do We Do It? Collaborating to Implement Innovation
David Meyers, DMedia Associates, Inc.
David Myers, President and CEO of DMedia Associates, Inc. – Is an Information Industry expert, with over 25 years experience specializing in Strategy, Sales, Legal, Licensing and Business Development. Throughout his career, he has drafted, negotiated and closed over 500 domestic and international licensing agreements with publishing partners, customers and distributors. He has also negotiated and closed countless business alliances, strategic partnering, and revenue generation deals. Prior to starting his consulting practice, he was Executive Director, Global Licensing and Business Development with Wolters Kluwer Health for 7 years. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Business Development, WeFusion, Inc., Vice President of Business Development for Marco Polo Technologies, Senior Associate, Whitehall Montague & Cie. Investment Bankers and Strategic Planning Analyst, Texaco, Inc. In these roles, David led the development of strategic plans and developed and led the effort for new product licenses, new strategic partnering and acquisition targets. David earned a B.S. in Genetics/Business from The University of Maryland, a M.B.A. in Finance from Pepperdine University and a J.D. from American University. David is an active member of the California State Bar, a prior member of the Content Board of the Software and Information Industry Association, and of many publishing industry associations. Session 1C: Previews Session: New and Noteworthy Product Presentations
William D. Morgan, MPSA
William D. Morgan has been the Executive Director of the MPSA for fifteen years. The MPSA is an academic association with about 6,000 members, an annual conference with over 4,000 research papers, and publishes one of the top journals in the discipline. Morgan is active in the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) and has presented on topics ranging from Future Trends for Academic Associations, Advocacy in the Social Sciences, and Open Access Publishing. Morgan received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University and has published academic research in journals including the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and the French Journal of Political science. He received the Points of Light Award from the Points of Light Foundation, was recognized by the Fund for Social Entrepreneurs at Youth Serve America and was named a Fellow at the John Glenn Institute. Session 3E: Helping Journal Editors Establish Data Access & Research Transparency Practices and Session 4D: “How Much Does it Cost?” versus “What are you Getting for/doing with the Money?” An Overview and Discussion of the Open Access Journal Business Model, (lack of) Transparency, and What is Important for the Various Stakeholders
Ben Mudrak, Research Square
Ben Mudrak is Business Development Manager at Research Square, the company behind American Journal Experts (AJE), Rubriq, and JournalGuide. Ben helps seek out and grow new collaborations with publishers, research institutions, and other organizations to further Research Square’s mission of enabling researchers’ success in the publication process. Prior to his current position, Ben launched AJE’s author education program, including in-person workshops, webinars, and an online resource site. Before joining Research Square, Ben was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology at Elon University. Ben holds a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology from Duke University and a BSc in Biology from the University of Virginia. He resides in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children. Session 2F: The Future of Publishing: A University’s View
Victoria Rae, Freelance Publisher
Victoria Rae’s publishing career began at Loughborough University, where she studied Publishing with English. During her course she published research on open access business models and worked for SAGE Publications. Her most recent role was as Commissioning Manager for the Institution of Civil Engineers in the UK. She was responsible for launching new products, including their flagship interdisciplinary science journals. She also introduced OA publishing models for ICE’s portfolio and established their first editorial office in the US. Prior to ICE Publishing, she developed and managed journals for Palgrave Macmillan. Victoria is now working as a freelance Publisher. She also co-chairs the SSP Professional Development Committee. Session 2D: Navigating the Journals Commissioning/Acquisitions Landscape
Heather Staines, SIPX, INC
Heather Staines is Vice President, Content Strategy, for SIPX, Inc. (formerly the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange). Prior to SIPX, she worked in eProduct Management and eOperations for Springer Science + Business Media and was Editorial Director for Praeger Security International. Session 1D: DDA, DRM, ILL Oh my! Building a Better e-Book Model and Session 2E: Liblisher or Pubrary: Navigating the New Library Publishing
Susan Stearns, Boston Library Consortium
Susan Stearns is Executive Director of the Boston Library Consortium [BLC], which includes 17 academic and research libraries in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Susan is a degreed librarian and worked in both academic and corporate libraries in her early career then moved to work with a variety of library software and electronic publishing companies. She has worked in various marketing, product management, customer support and strategic planning roles in CLSI, Faxon Research Services, Polaris, Northernlight Technologies, InMagic and the Ex Libris Group. Susan oversees the work of the consortium, which focuses on resource sharing, collaboration and advocacy for academic and research libraries. The BLC recently became the host institution for the Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust [EAST], a shared print retention project of libraries across the Northeast. Session 4B: Why Can’t I Find my Content in the Library’s Discovery Service? What you need to know about library discovery and your content
Martha Whittaker, American Society for Microbiology
Martha Whittaker is Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy, at the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, DC. She joined ASM in 2013 as Platform Product Manager for ASMscience, the society’s digital publishing platform. Prior to that, she was Director of Content Management at the George Washington University’s Gelman Library. Martha has held management positions at Blackwell Book Services, Proquest, Knight Ridder, and the UnCover Company. She has degrees from the University of Utah and Denver University, and a certificate of Advanced Study from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Her interests are electronic publishing, open access business models, and library collection development. Session 1E: Open Access 2.0: Monographs from the Perspective of Publishers and Librarians