Company:Impelsys

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Impelsys
TypePrivate
IndustryIT Services
FoundedJanuary 2001 (January 2001)
FounderSameer Shariff
Headquarters
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.[citation needed]

Though the initial services offering centered around content engineering, in 2004, the company started developing web applications for the publishing industry.[citation needed] 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

  • Tech companies in the New York metropolitan area

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 K Raghu (7 December 2009). "Bangalore firm gives digital life to cookie monster and friends". Mint. http://www.livemint.com/Industry/vEfwhtGyUGvi6lXG8gc7AK/Bangalore-firm-gives-digital-life-to-cookie-monster-and-frie.html. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shashidhar K J (27 March 2012). "'Digital publishing is paying off'". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/it-services/Digital-publishing-is-paying-off/articleshow/12430408.cms. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 
  3. Teri Tan (3 October 2014). "Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Navigating the Digital Landscape". Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/Frankfurt-Book-Fair/article/64257-frankfurt-book-fair-2014-navigating-the-digital-landscape.html. Retrieved 18 April 2016. 
  4. Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (19 May 2010). "Sesame Street eBookstore is a 'True Collaboration'". http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2010/sesame-street-ebookstore-is-a-true-collaboration/. Retrieved 19 April 2016. 
  5. Calvin Reid (29 March 2011). "Sesame Street, Impelsys Produce e-Bookstore App for iPad". Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/46654-sesame-street-impelsys-produce-e-bookstore-app-for-ipad.html. 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). http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-03-22/news/31224960_1_encyclopaedia-britannica-mobile-apps-kindle-users. Retrieved 19 April 2016. 
  7. Goutam Das (15 April 2012). "People business: Ruling Britannica". Business Today. http://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/people/people-who-made-news-in-last-fornight/story/23501.html. Retrieved 20 April 2016. 

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