Alan Bower Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, IN, US

Alan served as publisher for all of Author Solutions’ imprints. These included WestBow Press, A Division of Thomas Nelson, Balboa Press, A Division of Hay House, Inspiring Voices a Division of Guideposts, iUniverse, AuthoHouse, Trafford and Xlibris. In this role Alan worked with a wide variety of distinguished and high profile authors.Previously Alan led.

• As part of a small team my work has covered a wide range of functions:* To Formulate and continually adjust a US distribution strategy across markets.* Established Thomson NETg, Harvard Business School Publishing and.
• Exploring multiple opportunities in the academic market with Harvard Business School Publishing, and a number of Higher education publishers and distributors.

London, GB

* Turned around a demotivated sales team that had been downsized and had not achieved their sales goals in at least 4 years. Each year we inherited new product lines along with their sales bases from the prior year. Our overall sales base grew by 60% over the period of my leadership and each year we increased prior year sales.* The team sold all products.

* Part of a management team responsible for integrating Prentice Hall PTR, Addison-Wesley, Peachpit, and Macmillan Computer Publishing into the newly formed Pearson Technology Group.* Lead a US based team to grow the PTG's sales outside the USA by enhancing communication, operations and reporting, and by sharing sales and marketing best practices across.

* Moved into an editorial position during a period of time when Macmillan Computer Publishing was purchased by Pearson.* Worked with an innovative publishing team to build a publishing list around Linux, Open Source technologies and XML.* Experimented early with authoring books using XML and publishing under an Open Source license.* Transitional management.

New York, NY, US

* Developed and implemented brand strategies for the publishing imprints, Sams Publishing, http://www.sams.com, New Riders, http://www.newriders.com, Macmillan Technical Publishing, and Cisco Press. http://www.ciscopress.com.* Worked with editorial and design teams to consolidate a fragmented cacophony of series and cover designs into focused brands that.

* Promoted to establish a strong marketing team for this new division of Prentice Hall Europe. The team I recruited and managed contained some of the most creative and dedicated individuals that I have worked with in publishing.* PHE CPTR sold and marketed books and software from all Macmillan Computer Publishing (USA) imprints, Prentice Hall PTR, Prentice.

US

• While continuing to grow MCP sales across EMEA, I also took responsibility for Prentice Hall PTR, Jossey Bass, Pfeiffer, Macmillan Library Reference, and series and titles from other parts of Simon and Schuster. By.

US

• Integrated the newly acquired Macmillan Computer Publishing product line into our sales and marketing operations. We maximized sales through existing customers as well as broadening our channels of distribution while.

US

• Ensured strong growth of product sales of Prentice-Hall, Ellis Horwood, Digital Press, Brady, and M&T through cost effective marketing and PR. Successfully supported sales into the academic market place, while growing.

Birmingham, GB

• Enhanced the image of CML at all appropriate computer exhibitions while maximizing direct sales/profits. Implementing major marketing campaigns through direct mail, advertising, and by inserting varied marketing pieces.

• Established and managed one of the most successful retail outlets for computer books in the UK. Implemented direct marketing campaigns and organized attendance at exhibitions, raising the profile and sales of the.

GB

• Commissioned as a Pilot Officer from RAF College Cranwell. Training focused on people-management, leadership, financial management, personnel management, Air Force law, and strategic studies. Successfully completed Air.