PEOPLE All change at Semantico
Semantico has announced the appointment of David McNally as chief executive officer, succeeding the company’s founder Richard Padley, who steps into the role of chairman.
McNally joins Semantico from Macmillan Science and Education where, as chief technology officer, he led business transformations that supported strong growth in its scholarly publishing and education divisions. He has commercial experience in digital media and oversaw the success of DC Storm as chairman. His career spans academic research, software engineering, consulting, venture capital and technology leadership in digital media companies including the BBC.
Semantico has also welcomed Lionel Levy as chief operating officer. Previously at Sony DADC, Levy was responsible for the implementation of Sony’s industry-leading video content delivery platform throughout
solutions, says Semantico. Finally, Tasha Mellins-Cohen is stepping up to the executive team as director of product and marketing. In her time with the Brighton-based strategic technology company, Mellins-Cohen has led the delivery of the latest generation of the access and identity management system, SAMS Sigma.
Europe, supporting the evolving requirements within the sector and helping them to meet the challenges of the digital media landscape. The executive team is further strengthened by the addition of Jianrong Chen, who joins as chief technology officer. Jianrong has nearly 30 years of experience in technology, and has held senior positions at Macmillan Science and Education, Informa, AEGON and BT. Having worked in several different industries, Chen brings a wealth of experience in developing and delivering high-quality software
‘As our industry faces the difficult challenges of digital transformation, we are supporting our growing customer base by bringing in an exceptionally strong leadership team to ensure that Semantico is positioned to add value for our customers and ensure they succeed in their commercial goals.
‘Between them, this team are proven with deep experience in scholarly publishing and I’m incredibly excited about the future for the company, and for the hugely positive impact we can have on our customers and our market,’ said Richard Padley.
CLOCKSS appoints executive director
New leader for INASP
Julie Brittain has been appointed executive director of the development charity INASP. Brittain brings to the role 30 years of working in the information sector, with a particular focus on the intersection between research knowledge and international development.
For the past four years she was
INASP’s deputy executive director and director of programmes. In this role, she was instrumental in setting the direction of and securing funding for INASP’s Strengthening Research Knowledge Systems (SRKS) programme and VakaYiko, an
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INASP-led consortium to support evidence-informed policy making. Prior to joining INASP, Brittain was head of library at the Institute of Development Studies. She also spent six years with the British Council, based in Nairobi, and seven in Zimbabwe with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and the Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies. As well as managing libraries, Brittain has worked as a lecturer and consultant. Brittain said: ‘We have had four very good years under Sue Corbett’s leadership – the organisation has doubled in size in terms of both staff and income, our
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CLOCKSS, the long-term preservation service for scholarly communications, has named Craig Van Dyck as executive director. Van Dyck has worked in scholarly publishing for 37 years, most recently at John Wiley and prior to that at Springer-Verlag New York. He has participated in many industry standards initiatives including the boards of directors of CLOCKSS, ORCID, CrossRef, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, and the International DOI Foundation, and on the Portico Advisory Committee and the CHORUS Technical Working Group. During his career, Craig has focused strongly on the library-publisher interface, for example chairing Wiley’s library advisory board, and engaging with librarians at conferences such as the Coalition for Networked Information, Charleston, and the American Library Association.
funders trust us to do good work and our partners trust that we are committed to building long-term sustainability and to listening to their concerns. We have a very good reputation in the sector, which is one of the reasons we are continuing to attract and retain excellent staff.’
This focus on partnerships between libraries and publishers is absolutely core for CLOCKSS, and an aspect of Craig’s work that shone through for the selection panel of librarians and publishers, the organisation said. Michael Keller, university librarian at Stanford and co-chair of the CLOCKSS board, said: ‘Craig has been a key participant in the development of CLOCKSS since its beginning, as a Board member and as a valued advisor to the CLOCKSS team. We look forward to Craig leading CLOCKSS through its next phases of development.’
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