ProQuest Announces Key Sales Staff Appointments
ProQuest has appointed Ron Clowney Vice President, US Higher Education & Government Sales. Clowney will be responsible for US sales of all published and distributed electronic, print and microform products to academic, public, government and medical school libraries as well as consortial groups. He will manage ProQuest's revenues within the operating plan for the company's largest sales region. Clowney will report to Simon Beale, Senior Vice President of Global Sales. In addition, Dave Leach has been appointed Director, Strategic Account Management, also reporting to Simon Beale. Leach will work closely with other sales (and non-sales) leaders in creating and implementing Strategic Account processes and programs to enhance ProQuest's customer relationships both domestically and globally.
"Ron and Dave bring a tremendous wealth of experience to our team, said Beale. "With customer-focus and deep knowledge of the information industry, they are well positioned to help ProQuest deliver on our vision of being central to research around the world."
"After spending more than 2 decades with ProQuest, I am both personally and professionally delighted to be a part of a company that is making vital contributions to the library and information industry as a whole," said Clowney. "I'm looking forward to continuing in this new role in helping ProQuest grow and further helping our customers succeed in their quest for information."
"ProQuest has an incredible track record of developing research solutions that truly meet the needs of global customers," said Leach. "We had great success in 2007, and I'm eager to work with the entire ProQuest team to build on this momentum to achieve the next stage of growth."
Clowney has been with ProQuest for 24 years, and joined the sales force in 1986. During his tenure, Clowney was also Executive Director, Government & Medical Sales for ProQuest and chief negotiator for FEDLINK. Clowney also held the National Sales Director role at Ovid Technologies, where he was responsible for leading academic sales. Clowney graduated with honors with a political science degree from the University of Michigan. He is an active member of the American Libraries Association, Special Libraries Association, Medical Libraries Association, and the Association for College and Research Libraries. Clowney currently resides in Washington, D.C., and will be relocating to Ann Arbor, MI.
Leach has more than 18 years of sales and marketing management experience in the publishing, online research databases and software as a service marketplace. He joined ProQuest in 1999 and has held roles as Director of Western Regional Sales, and Vice President of US Electronic and Latin American Sales. Most recently he was Vice President of Global Sales for Serials Solutions, a division of ProQuest. Leach earned his M.B.A. from Western Michigan University and a graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of Toledo with a degree in Accounting.
About ProQuest
ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey™, UMI®, SIRS®, and eLibrary®. With Serials Solutions®, Ulrich's™, RefWorks®, COS™, Dialog® and now Bowker® part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery solutions that power the business of books and the best in research experience.
More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology, ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources for researchers of any age and sophistication—including content not likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage lifelong enrichment.
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