simon thomson

founder and chief executive officer - chronos

About

Worked in Academic Publishing for over 10 years, holding senior management positions in both "For" and "Not For" Profit Publishing companies. Publishing Director with responsibility for journals, primary publishing, bibliographic database, streaming tv channel and social networking sites. My goals are to learn everyday and create new products and revenue streams that are commercially sound and a service to the scientific community. Specialties: Publisher, print online publishing, marketing, sales, project management, business development, contract negotiation

Country

united kingdom

City

oxford

Industry

publishing

Skill

academic publishing, stm, publishing

Experience

director

royal society of chemistry

2009-1 - 2011-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

managing director

institution of engineering and technology (iet)

2006-8 - 2009-12 · 3 yrs 5 mos

business development manager

informa/taylor & francis/scandinavian university press

2000-1 - 2006-6 · 6 yrs 6 mos

Learned academic publishing from cradle to grave and was latterly responsible for large revenue streams and business development in academic publishing.