The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that it is continuing to invest in digital transformation and innovation to ensure it can best serve the scientific community.
In February 2024, ACS Publications welcomed two new technology and product leaders: Norma Cernadas as Vice President, Product Management, and Atul Pawar as Chief Technology Officer. In Cernadas’ new role, she will oversee ACS Publications' product and platform strategy, drive the definition and delivery of products, and manage the product lifecycle. As Chief Technology Officer, Pawar will be responsible for modernizing ACS Publications’ information technology capabilities to support the development of existing and new products and services.
In her previous role as the Director of Product Marketing for Verizon, Cernadas drove end-to-end product portfolio strategies for artificial intelligence-based employee experiences, customer experiences and security software as a service solutions. She has a strong track record of leadership in developing and implementing global growth strategies, vertical marketing, pipeline generation and go-to-market strategy.
Pawar has a strong track record of driving transformative projects to completion, most recently serving as Group Vice President for Business Process and Software Integration at Wiley. During his time there, he modernized multiple systems and applications, including Wiley’s e-commerce platform, and he also consolidated or upgraded eight major enterprise platforms in four years.
In addition to these key hires, ACS Publications is working alongside ChronosHub to build an innovative platform for scientific publishing that will make it easier for every author, reviewer and editor to contribute to the scholarly record through ACS journals. The development of this new publishing experience will extend ACS Publications’ ability to provide leading solutions to publishers, institutions and funders, fueling necessary and beneficial digital transformation across the publishing landscape.
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