Brigitte Shull Email & Phone Number

Expertise in strategy development and implementation + open research transformation & open infrastructures + digital product development and management + editorial development and author services + research integrity + change managementI'm committed to unlocking value through customer-centric strategies and product management, ensuring that every step aligns with the vision of an open, inclusive future. As the former SVP for the US at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, I spearheaded and collaborated on transformative initiatives, such as:The Academic division's open access transformationEstablishing and managing the Scholarly Communications R&D teamLaunching Cambridge Open Engage, a preprint server and open publishing platformBuilding a dedicated Publishing Ethics functionPrior to this, I served as the Vice President for Management, Business, Economics, and Political Science Publishing at Springer Nature. I led a global team of editorial staff and managed the change processes around bringing the Palgrave Macmillan and Springer editorial teams together in a merger environment. In my time at Palgrave Macmillan, I managed a team of Humanities book editors and started the Author Services provision. I began my career at Pearson Education, working on custom textbooks for the higher education market.How I Can Help:Strategic planningBusiness developmentChange management planning & implementationTrends, industry and competitive analysisDigital innovation and go-to market planning for new productsResearch projects, surveys, and qualitative interviewsMeeting facilitation, advisory boards and focus groupsWebinar and conference organizationEditorial workflow analysisAuthor experience and service developmentI believe in collaborative problem-solving, delivering tangible results, empowering teams, and managing change productively.