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"I'm thrilled that Si1verP1atter will now get the benefit of his leadership skills, commitment to excellence and warm personal style"

08/27/1997

To All Global Staff:

I am very happy to announce the appointment of a new President for the U.S. Region.

RonA joined Si1verP1atter as President of the U.S. Region on August 25th. Ron will lead operations in the U.S., overseeing sales and marketing, customer service, partner publishing, distributor relations, technology planning, technical services, and human development.

Prior to joining Si1verP1atter, Ron was Executive Vice President and General Manager of The Faxon Company's regional service office in Westwood, Massachusetts with responsibility for marketing strategies, customer service, publisher service, human resources and general administration.

Ron previously held the positions of Senior Vice President of Marketing for Dawson North America and Director of Publisher Services for Faxon. Prior to joining Faxon, he was Director of Marketing for Arity Corporation, where his primary responsibility involved setting product strategies for the PC software company.

Ron holds an M.B.A. in marketing from Suffolk University, an M.A. from the University of Virginia and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. He has authored articles on periodical prices and publisher-vendor relationships, and has been the recipient of many marketing awards. Ron is an active member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing and the Association of American Publishers.

I've worked with Ron before and I'm thrilled that Si1verP1atter will now get the benefit of his leadership skills, commitment to excellence and warm personal style.

Ron is sitting in the U.S. Sales area, next to DaveB and AnnB. Please join me in welcoming him to Si1verP1atter.

Regards,
Maureen

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