Matti Shem Tov, President of Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, will succeed Kurt Sanford as CEO of ProQuest in 2017. ProQuest's success under Sanford's direction and the development of a strong leadership team set the stage for Tov to continue to drive ProQuest's growth and innovation, bringing together the value of content, books and software to enable extraordinary outcomes for libraries, researchers and students.
Shem Tov has led Ex Libris since 2003, building its prominence as a technology provider for academic, national and research libraries worldwide. Among his many achievements is the successful transition from locally deployed solutions to cloud-based services, including the creation of the Alma library management service. Under his leadership, Ex Libris' customer base has grown to more than 7,000 institutions in 82 countries, and he led the successful integration of ProQuest Workflow Solutions into Ex Libris when the companies came together in 2015.
Bar Veinstein, Ex Libris Corporate Vice President, Resource Management Solutions, will succeed Shem Tov as President of Ex Libris, ensuring stability and continuing growth as Ex Libris defines and designs resources that enable academic, research and national libraries to transition into the future. A seven-year veteran of the company, Veinstein will guide further development and expansion of the renowned Alma library management system and Ex Libris’ discovery solutions as well as the development of new innovative solutions such as Leganto and CampusM.
Sanford has led ProQuest since 2011, overseeing a period that has enriched customer and user services with dramatic growth and an expansion into e and print books as well as digital video and both content and function advancements to the company's world class journal, news and dissertation resources. As CEO, Sanford guided ProQuest's offering of services from industry leaders such as EBL-Ebook Library, Pi2, Coutts Information Service, Ex Libris and Alexander Street. ProQuest users gained productivity through simplified workflows as Sanford focused ProQuest on converging platforms and established state-of-the-art management systems and infrastructure. The CEO role will transition over the third quarter, and he will remain with ProQuest through the end of 2017.
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