Impelsys
TypePrivate
IndustryIT Services
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 also specializes in creating bespoke e-learning content. 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.

Though the initial services offering centered around content engineering, in 2004, the company started developing web applications for the publishing industry. 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
  • Mike Davis, Executive Vice President - Strategy & Transformation
  • Uday Majithia, Vice President - Solutions and Service Delivery
  • Vinod Sundaresan, Vice President - Technology Services
  • Vipin Chandran, Vice President - Head of Business Unit, Heart Bangalore
  • Puneet Agrawal, Vice President - Europe Sales
  • Bharat Bhosale, Vice President - Americas Sales
  • George Oommen, Vice President - Learning and Content Services
  • Swaroop Chandra BS, Vice President - Marketing and Communications
  • Vishwanath Bannur, Vice President - IT and CISO
  • Kavitha Nandagopal, Vice President - Human Resources and Talent Acquisition

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

References

  1. 1 2 K Raghu (7 December 2009). "Bangalore firm gives digital life to cookie monster and friends". Mint. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 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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