Leading Experts in Book Publishing Experts

Ronald E. Daly is an Independent Consultant with over 40 years of experience in the commercial printing industry. Previously, he worked with private equity firms evaluating acquisitions of printing companies. Mr. Daly was Chief Executive Officer of Oce USA Holdings, Inc., until 2004, a supplier of digital...

Steven Diamond is an Executive Director of Photography at Scholastic. Scholastic Corporation is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and children’s media. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products...

Scott Fischer was a Division President at Freedom Communications, an $800 million revenue company with 8,000 associates in 28 states. He had full P&L responsibility for 14 newspapers across the Western United States generating $141 million in revenues. He was a member of the Corporate Operating Committee...

Albert Greco is a Senior Researcher at Institute for Publishing Research, Inc. and a Professor at Fordham's Graduate School of Business Administration. He prepares industry projections for the Book Industry Study Group Inc. He has authored-edited 9 books including “The Book Publishing Industry" and...

James Meyers is the Chief Executive Officer at Alpha Media, an entertainment media company with international sales and distribution operations, US sales and distribution operations, cable television assets, plus international production operations. He is responsible for managing corporate strategy...

Scott Pellicone is the Vice President - Business Development at Quebecor World, a company specializing in graphic and document design. He is the lead member of the team developing breakthrough digital and technological solutions for publishers in both manufacturing and revenue-generation opportunities....

Mauricio Polack is the Director of Video Game Merchandising, involved in managing the video game division at Baker & Taylor, Inc. In his current role, he works with both game publishers and retailers. Mr. Polack has over 20 years of experience in the video game market. Previously, he held positions...

Joshua Pollack is the Chief Executive Officer at NXT, an investment management company focused in the media, sports, entertainment, publishing, video game internet and digital distribution industries. Mr. Pollack recently lead a feature film slate financing with Universal Studios and GE. He also manages...

Peter Roithmayr is an independent consultant in the video game industry. Previously, he was the Vice President of Strategic Merchandising within the Video Game division at Electronics Boutique...

Graham Samuels was a Managing director at Sony Music with responsibility for all commercial activities including New Media. He is experienced in the Music, Media and Entertainment industries. Previously he held positions at BBC Worldwide, where he was responsible for sales and marketing activities focused...

Scott Whitley is Vice-President, Advertising at the San Diego Union-Tribune, a newspaper publisher. He has more than 30 years of experience in the newspaper publishing and advertising industry. Previously, he held the position of a classified director at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Advertising Mgr....

Robert Wilder was the EVP CFO/COO at John Wiley & Sons Inc. a global publishing enterprise with $1+ billion in revenue. He was responsible for the financial, treasury, distribution, information technology, purchasing and investor relations functions. Bob participated in all major policy, mgt and strategic...