STM People

Daniel Tunkelang is the Chief Scientist and a co-founder of Endeca, a leading enterprise search vendor. He studied math and computer science at MIT, and has a PhD in computer science from CMU. Before joining Endeca’s founding team, he worked at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and AT&T Bell Labs. Daniel is a passionate...

As the National Science Foundation’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), Dr. George O. Strawn guides the agency in the development and design of innovative information technology, working to enable NSF staff and the international community of scientists, engineers and educators to improve business practices and pursue new methods of scientific communication, collaboration and decision-making.   Since...

Justin Spence is a principle in Publisher Solutions International (PSI) – a consulting firm that specializes in helping publishers maximize institutional subscription sales and revenues.  He also presently serves as Publishing Consultant for The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and has worked in a similar capacity for a number of STM publishers including the...

Mark Seeley has been the General Counsel for Elsevier, the leading global publisher and analytics provider for the scientific research and health markets, and has split his time between the Cambridge, Massachusetts office in the US and the Amsterdam headquarters. Mark has led a global Elsevier team of 17 lawyers (along with a Rights & Permissions...

Patrick Ross has been analyzing, writing and speaking about the digital economy since 1995, following service on Capitol Hill for Senator Harry Reid (D-NV). He is the Executive Director of the Copyright Alliance, a federation of unions, corporations, trade associations and individual artists from creative industries including motion pictures; music and compositions; book, magazine, journal...

As Technical Architect at Publishing Technology, Priya Parvatikar is responsible for the technical strategy of Publishing Technology’s online products including the pub2web publishing platform and IngentaConnect. Priya’s eight years experience in the online publishing industry encompasses extensive design and development of Publishing Technology’s key software applications, including the award-winning MetaStore as well as custom built...

Christopher A. Padilla is Managing Director of C&M International, Ltd. He advises clients on international business, trade, and investment matters with a particular focus on Asia, Latin America, export controls, foreign direct investment reviews, and market access issues.   Prior to joining C&M International, Mr. Padilla served as Under Secretary for International Trade of the...

Eric Massant develops and implements strategies to advance positive government policies and build external relationships.  He serves in leadership positions related to publishing and information industry public policies at a number of coalitions and trade associations. Mr. Massant has also served on U.S. government advisory groups and testified before the U.S. Congress.   Prior to joining...

Keith M. Kupferschmid is the Senior Vice President for Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement for the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). Mr. Kupferschmid is responsible for working directly with SIIA’s Intellectual Property Committee to establish SIIA positions and moving the SIIA agenda on issues relating to intellectual property. He also supervises the Association’s Anti-Piracy...

Peter Givler is Executive Director of the Association of American University Presses and President of the International Federation of Scholarly Publishers.  He was a member of the Section 108 Study Group, which submitted its final report to the Librarian of Congress last year, and is chair of the International Publishers Association’s Copyright Committee.  His articles...