Impelsys

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Impelsys
TypePrivate
IndustryElectronic publishing
FoundedJanuary 2001 (January 2001)
FounderSameer Shariff
Headquarters
New York City
Area served
Worldwide
ServicesSoftware as a Service

Impelsys develops digital platforms for publishers of e-books and academic journals and learning management system for education providers. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in New York. Impelsys' information technology operations are based in Bangalore, India.[1]

History[]

Impelsys was founded in 2001 by Sameer Shariff.[2] Initially the company worked for textbook publishers, scanning hard copies and producing compact discs to accompany textbooks.[1] In 2003, Impelsys incorporated and initiated a content transformation service for Elsevier. That same year Impelsys also started offering ancillary content services for the publishing industry.[citation needed]

Though the initial services offering centered around content engineering, in 2004, the company started developing web applications for the publishing industry.[citation needed] A few years later, Impelsys came up with a content delivery platform that allowed publishers to deploy their content on their own white labeled content delivery platforms. In 2009, Impelsys launched iPublishCentral.[2] The platform is updated regularly to keep pace with the evolving publishing industry.[3]

Corporate affairs[]

Leadership[]

Impelsys is managed by CEO and Founder, Sameer Shariff.

Other key executives are:

  • Vinod Kumar T V, Chief Operating Officer
  • Deepak Kaushik, Chief Financial Officer
  • Stefan Kend, EVP - Sales of EMEA & APAC
  • Uday Majithia, Vice President - Solutions and Service Delivery
  • Vinay Rao, Vice President - Marketing & Communications
  • George Oommen, Vice President - E-learning
  • Mahesh Chikodi, Vice President - Product Management
  • Kavitha Nandagopal, AVP - Human Resources
  • Rajeev Pokkyarath, AVP - Information Security & Cloud Operations

Clients[]

Impelsys has a customer base of over 200 publishers globally. MIT Press, Wolters Kluwer and Sesame Street[4][5] were early adopters of iPublishCentral. Other major clients include McGraw-Hill Education, HarperCollins, and Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.[6][7]

See also[]

  • Tech companies in the New York metropolitan area

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b K Raghu (7 December 2009). "Bangalore firm gives digital life to cookie monster and friends". Mint. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Shashidhar K J (27 March 2012). "'Digital publishing is paying off'". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ^ Teri Tan (3 October 2014). "Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Navigating the Digital Landscape". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ^ Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (19 May 2010). "Sesame Street eBookstore is a 'True Collaboration'". Digital Book World. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ^ Calvin Reid (29 March 2011). "Sesame Street, Impelsys Produce e-Bookstore App for iPad". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ^ Jayadevan P K (22 May 2012). "How entrepreneur Sameer Shariff's Impelsys is scripting Encyclopædia Britannica's digital version". The Economic Times. Mumbai. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  7. ^ Goutam Das (15 April 2012). "People business: Ruling Britannica". Business Today. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

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