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Meet Michael Ross

Michael Ross is the Senior Vice President in charge of product development and marketing for Encyclopaedia Britannica. Prior to joining Britannica in 2003, he was the Executive Vice President and Publisher for World Book, Inc., where he headed all worldwide print and electronic publishing, including acquisitions, joint ventures, and licensing arrangements. Earlier in his career he had senior-level positions at NTC Publishing Group and McDougal Littel. He began his publishing career as an editor for Time-Life Books in Tokyo.

From 2002 to 2003 he was president of the board of directors of the Association of Educational Publishers and has served on the AEP board for four years. He is also on the boards of Indraweb, a Web searching company, and SoftPro3, an educational technology company. He is a member of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, the Direct Selling Education Foundation, and the Chicago Book Clinic.

He has contributed to several industry publications, including the Experts’ Guide to the K-12 School Market, and has spoken frequently at international conferences on electronic publishing, strategic alliances, and licensing. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, and in October 2002 he was inducted into Printmedia’s Production Executives’ Hall of Fame.

He has a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota, an M.A. from Brandeis Unversity, and a certificate from Stanford University’s Advanced Management College. He is married with three children.

Michael would be delighted to receive any comments and feedback on this book, or discuss your particular publishing issues. Please contact him at mrosspub@aol.com