Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology, UK, has announced that it has restructured its operations to create a single company rather than two business units under one umbrella. The change is projected to allow the company to more effectively leverage its resources to enhance products and services; improve its ability to react to changes in the market; strengthen lines of communication both internally and externally; and better serve customers and the industry.
Following the merger between Vista and Ingenta to form Publishing Technology in 2007, the organisation worked toward combining its offerings. It sought to build upon the unique strengths of each business unit to create a single, end-to-end partner for publishers and information providers. Since the merger, Publishing Technology underwent operational and strategy reviews to determine how best to align the organisation to meet its objective of being a trusted end-to-end supplier. The culmination of this year long analysis resulted in the restructuring of the executive management's responsibilities and dissolving of the separate Ingenta and Vista divisions.
Operations will now be combined under one global group led by Colin Bottle, formerly Managing Director of Vista Europe. Bottle will now take on the new role of Group Chief Operating Officer. Across the former divisions of Publishing Technology, there were several offerings with a strong focus on scholarly publishing. As a result, those activities have now been combined to form the Scholarly Division which will focus on meeting the specific needs of this niche market. This group is led by Doug Wright, formerly Vice President of Ingenta, now Executive Vice President, Scholarly Division, and Louise Tutton, who joined the executive management board as Senior Vice President, Scholarly Division.
Brian Gibson, formerly CEO, Vista North America, has taken on the new role of Chief Operating Officer, Publishing Applications with specific responsibility for driving through the development and delivery of Publishing Technology's next generation of publishing applications.
As announced in May, Randy Petway will continue as Executive Vice President for Publishing Technology with responsibility for driving the global corporate strategy and communications. In addition, his business development responsibilities were expanded to cover international business development across Publishing. Alan Moug and George Lossius's roles remain as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer respectively. Publishers Communication Group (PCG), provider of research, sales and marketing services to scholarly and professional publishers, will remain as a separate and independent division of Publishing Technology.
