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s pE A K Er B Io G r A pH I Es Audience Development and Book Publishing for PennWell Publishing with responsibility for the circulation, list rental and book publishing operations for all of PennWell. Adams has been an active member of the circulation, distribution and b-to-b publishing community for more than 25 years. She is a current member of the ABM Audience Development Committee and the BPA Audience Development Advisory Committee, has served on the ABC Circulation Managers Advisory Committee, the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee, and various other postal, distribution and circulation committees. media strategy and operations to consult with leading companies during periods of transformation and culture change, particularly post-merger and acquisition. He offers strategic advice surrounding the centralization of business units, the offshoring of operations, monetization of audience data and cost savings in all areas of operations. With more than 20 years in the printing and publishing industry at Miller Freeman and then CMP Media, Amstutz has led teams through significant strategy and operational initiatives including the launch of a suite of rich data products, acquisition integrations, and cost-saving technology implementations. At CMP, Amstutz sat on the operating board and was directly responsible for audience development, manufacturing, distribution, online advertising, client services, creative services, archiving and reprints operations. GlorIA ADAMS is Senior Vice President vice that identifies emerging Web marketing best practices before they become widely known. CEO of Really Strategies Inc. since co-founding the company. Under his leadership, Really Strategies has grown to be a leading provider of content management solutions and services to publishers, and has been recognized by multiple industry organizations for its growth rate, quality of services, and work environment. decades helping hundreds of media companies find their perfect path to sales success. Her expertise has served every type of media client, from small business magazines to People Weekly, from online sales divisions to international exhibition marketers to integrated media giants. She works in every magazine category from high-tech, manufacturing, farming, medical, city, regional and special interest magazines—from aeronautics to zoology. An exciting speaker and inspiring sales mentor, she has appeared at dozens of media conferences and seminars worldwide. BArrY BEAlEr has served as president and BIll AMSTuTz uses his broad experience in HElEN BErMAN has spent more than two BrENT ArSlANEr oversees all Global Marketing ensuring Unisfair maintains its leadership roll providing Virtual Event solutions. Prior to joining Unisfair, Arslaner was Vice President of Marketing at Jamcracker a leading provider of On Demand Delivery solutions. Prior to Jamcracker he was Vice President of Product Strategy at Kana Software where he was responsible for defining corporate strategy and building strategic partnerships. He went to Kana through its acquisition of Broadbase Software. At Broadbase, he was instrumental in driving the IPO process, successfully acquiring and integrating six companies and growing the company to over $100 million in sales. late 1980s at the New York Times in its Production Technology Group. He furthered his career at the Associated Press as technical services manager for AP AdSend, the digital delivery system from advertisers to AP member newspapers. Bachana went on to be senior Project Manager at I.M.A.G.E. Inc., then Senior Account Manager at Inacom, before founding DPCI in April 1999. A native of New York, Bachana is a graduate of both Brown (B.A.) and Columbia (G.S.) Universities and holds PMP certification from the Project Management Institute. ing authority on the use of digital direct marketing tactics to generate revenue from publisher content and services on the Web. A frequent speaker at tradeshows and conferences, his consulting clients include EducationWeek, Vance Publishing, Consumerreports.org and numerous others. He is also the creator of SPARKwatch, a private industry intelligence ser- Lightning Source in July 2002. Best is a veteran executive with over 30 years of leadership experience. Before joining Lightning Source, Best served as Chairman of Coldlogic LLC, an organization that provides data collection and risk-management tools to the book publishing industry. Best served as President & CEO of Royal Book Manufacturing Inc., a company that he founded. Royal Book Manufacturing came to be regarded as the most modern and efficient company in the offset book manufacturing field. KIrBY BEST was named President and CEO of GIllES BISCoS, Founder and President of INTERQUEST, has JoSEPH BACHANA began his career in the spent over 25 years in the information-processing industry. He has extensive expertise in strategic planning, market research, competitive analysis, and the development of educational and training programs related to digital printing/publishing and document management. Biscos is the co-author of “Digital Printing: The Reference Handbook,” published in 1993, and updated in 1998 and 2004. He has spoken at a number of industry conferences and written numerous articles for publication. GIl BrECHTEl began his career in the periodicals distribution BIll BAIrD, www.bairddirect.com, is a lead- industry with Reader’s Digest in 1971. In 1974, he joined Louisiana News Company, the magazine and book distributor. From 1974 through 1995, Brechtel managed several different magazine and book distribution companies. In 1995, he joined the Jim Pattison News Group as President after that company purchased Newsouth Distributors of Jacksonville, Fla. In 1996, he was named President of The News Group Southeast, and in 1999 he became President of The News Group, L.P. In that role, he coordinated and managed supplier relations, marketing and information technology initiatives. In 2002, he joined Time Warner as an exclusive consultant. He was named President of International Periodical Distributors Association in June 2005 and became President and CEO of the Magazine Information Network in 2006. | | http://Consumerreports.org

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Publishing Business Conference & Expo Daily Highlights Welcome Letter Show Contacts Sponsors Supporting Organizations Conference Floor Plan Conference At-A-Glance Monday Conference Program IDEAlliance’s Virtual Proofing Summit Tuesday Conference Program Digital Magazine Symposium INTERQUEST’s Digital Book Printing Forum Wednesday Conference Program Exhibitor Quick List (Alphabetically) Exhibitor Quick List (By Booth #) Exhibitor Floor Plan Exhibitor Profiles Speakers’ Biographies Save the Date for 2009 Exhibitor Products & Services

2008 Show Guide - Publishing Business Conference & Expo

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