NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 12, 2010) - Impelsys, a leading provider of technology that allows book publishers to deliver their content online, today announced the appointment of publishing industry veteran Gary Rodrigues as the company's executive vice president of sales.
Rodrigues, a well-respected publishing sales executive with 22 years of experience in the industry, will be responsible for overseeing the global sales strategy and day-to-day business development efforts for Impelsys.
"Gary has worked for some of the most reputable publishers in the world, helping them manage the migration of their products from print to digital formats, so we believe his experience will be extremely valuable to us in taking our company to the next level as a worldwide provider of technology solutions to publishers," said Sameer Shariff, chief executive officer of Impelsys, a New York-based company with additional offices in the UK and India. Rodrigues will be based in the company's London office.
Rodrigues is a specialist in electronic publishing, having worked at Thomson Scientific, Extenza, Wolters Kluwer and TSO. The focus of his career has been on working with publishers to make their content available online in order to execute their electronic publishing strategies.
Impelsys has risen to notoriety within the book publishing industry on the strength of its iPublishCentral platform, a cost-effective solution that allows publishers to convert, distribute and monetize traditional print content through electronic channels. Publishers can use iPublishCentral to make content available to customers online in digital format, with a variety of pricing models available to buyers. Impelsys' iPublishCentral is a 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards finalist for "Best Software as a Service Solution."
"Impelsys is at the center of the most exciting business transition that the publishing industry has ever witnessed, the migration from an all-print format to electronic formats, including e-Books and other digital publishing platforms," said Rodrigues. "I'm enthused to join the Impelsys team and look forward to working closely with our customers around the world in order to help them increase their revenue streams by delivering their content to customers online in a highly cost-effective manner."
About Impelsys
Impelsys, a leader in providing electronic content delivery solutions to the global publishing market, helps its clients compete, evolve and grow in an increasingly complex marketplace. Impelsys-powered technologies like iPlatform™ and VirtualPages™ and solutions like iPublishCentral™ help publishers increase their revenues by delivering content online quickly and cost effectively. Impelsys' passion for client success has helped it build long-term partnerships with its customers becoming critical in the client's electronic delivery strategy. Leading clients include McGraw-Hill, Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, Benchmark Education, Marshall Cavendish and Houghton Mifflin. Headquartered in New York, Impelsys operates across North America, Europe and India. For more information, please visit www.impelsys.com.
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