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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0M
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Develops, publishes, and sells products in print and electronic media for educational, professional, scientific, technical, medical, and consumer markets worldwide.
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Kissner Group
Matthew S KissnerNumber of Employees 2,999
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NAICS Code Book Publishers: 511130
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John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited: Calling All Cameras-Dick Pound to Speak in Toronto.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 28, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX CALLING ALL CAMERAS AND NEWS EDITORS! Richard Pound, author of Inside the Olympics, International Olympic Committee executive and founder of the World Anti Doping Association will be in Toronto for a speaking engagement with...
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited: Meet The Man Who Walked Away From $120 Million US.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 22, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Attention Business/Finance Reporters, News and Business Editors and Lifestyle/Health and Features Editors Meet The Man Who Walked Away From $120 Million US... ...and created one of North America's fastest growing companies...
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited: Canadians Facing an Eldercare Crisis.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 9, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Is your family at risk? Research shows that most families are unprepared for the eldercare challenges that lie ahead. Many move directly into "care in crisis" mode, making plans on the fly, and regret not making...
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited: Over 6,000 Canadians Will Go Bankrupt This Holiday Season.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Dec 1, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Attention - Editors/Lifestyle & Business Magazines How many Canadians will go bankrupt this Holiday Season? At least 6,000 according to bankruptcy legal specialist Stanley Kershman, the author of the newly published Put Your Debt...
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited: The Book Jennifer Lopez Would Like to Read Right Now.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 23, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Nearly 20% of all engagements and weddings-more than 500,000- are cancelled every year in the U.S. and Canada. There Goes the Bride: Making Up Your Mind, Calling It Off, & Moving On (Wiley; $21.95/Paper)...
John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited: Press Release.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, MAY 17, 2001 "Boys and Girls Learn Differently offers valuable and much needed tools to provide boys and girls with true equal educational opportunities. The new techniques Michael Gurian presents here will transform our classrooms and how parents teach their children in...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Matthew S Kissner | President and Chief Executive Officer, The Kissner Group |
| Richard Hochhauser | President and Chief Executive Officer, Harte, Hanks, Inc. |
| Bill Zerter | Chief Operating Officer |
| Edward J Melando | Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer |
| Ellis E Cousens | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operations Officer |
| Heather Linaker | Chief Operating Officer |
| Steve Smith | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer |
| Warren C Fristensky | Senior Vice President, Info Technologies & CIO |
| Stephen A Kippur | Executive Vice President & Group President, P, T Group |
| Bonnie Lieberman | Senior Vice President, Higher Education |
| Clifford Kline | Senior Vice President, Customer, Product Support |
| Eric A Swanson | Senior Vice President, Stm Publishing |
| Gary M Rinck | Senior Vice President, General Counsel |
| John Jarvis | Senior Vice President |
| John Semel | Senior Vice President, Planning & Development |
| Timothy B King | Senior Vice President, Planning, Development |
| William J Arlington | Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
| Andrew Robinson | Vice President & Managing Director, Medicine |
| Deborah Dixon | Vice President, Journals Publishing Director, Medicine |
| Debra Hunter | President, Jossey, Bass, and Vice President |
| Gregory St John | Vice President, Web Publishing Technologies |
| Josephine Bacchi-Mourtziou | Vice President and Corporate Secretary |
| Sean Pidgeon | Vice President and Publisher of the Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews |
| Vincent Marzano | Vice President, Treasurer |
| Colette Bean | Associate Publisher |
| Jon Walmsley | Managing Director, Professional Group |
| Mark Allin | Managing Director, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte., Ltd., Singapore |
| Peter C Donoughue | Managing Director |
| Sue Corbett | Managing Director, Medicine |
| Brian Campbell | Director of Investor Relations |
| Neil Christensen | Medical Editorial Director |
| Shawn Morton | Medical Journals Publishing Director for the Americas |
| Susan Spilka | Director of Corporate Communications |
| Adrienne Colella | |
| C Chet Miller | Farr Fellow |
| John Wiley | Leader |
| Josephine Bacchi | V. P. & Corporate Secretary |
| Michael A Hitt | |
| Steve Hindy | |
| Tom Potter | |
| Darla Henderson | Senior Acquisitions Editor |
| Kim Jones | Director |
| Warren J. Baker | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bradford Wiley II | Board of Directors |
| Deborah E Wiley | Chairman of The Wiley Foundation and Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications |
| Eduardo R. Menasce | Board of Directors |
| Peter B Wiley | Board of Directors |
| Raymond W McDaniel Jr | Board of Directors |
| Steve Miron | Board of Directors |
| William Pesce | Board of Directors |
Matthew S. Kissner, a director since 2003, is founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Kissner Group, which consults with private equity firms focusing on investment opportunities in financial, business and health care services. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President and Group President, Global Enterprise Solutions, Pitney Bowes, Inc., from 2004 to 2005; and Executive Vice President and Group President of Information Based Solutions and Document Messaging Technologies from 2001 to 2004. He is an Operating Partner of Advent International, a private equity company, and sits on the boards of two of its private portfolio companies. He is a member of the Regional Plan Association. Age 53.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Kissner Group LLC | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | President and Chief Executive Officer, The Kissner Group | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| The Kissner Group LLC | President | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Chairman | Current |
| Information.Com | Group President | Former |
| Information.Com | Executive Vice President | Former |
| The Kissner Group LLC | Founder | Former |
Richard M. Hochhauser, a director since December 2006 retired in 2008. He had been President and Chief Executive Officer of Harte-Hanks, Inc. since 2002. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Harte-Hanks from 1997 to 2002. He has been a director of that company since 1996. He is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business; a member of the Board of the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation; Trustee of the Jewish Museum; and serves on the Boards of three other non-profit organizations: Reach the World; Day One, and City at Peace. Age 63.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | President and Chief Executive Officer, Harte, Hanks, Inc. | Current |
| The Jewish Museum | Board of Directors | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Direct Works Ltd | Board of Directors | Current |
| Direct Marketing Educational Foundation | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Jewish Museum | Trustee | Current |
| Direct Works Ltd | President & Chief Executive Officer of Harte, Hanks, Inc. | Former |
| Direct Marketing Association | Chairman of The Board of Directors | Former |
| Columbia University | MBA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operations Officer | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Managing Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Info Technologies & CIO | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Executive Vice President & Group President, P, T Group | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Higher Education | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Customer, Product Support | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Stm Publishing | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, General Counsel | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Planning & Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Planning, Development | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Vice President & Managing Director, Medicine | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Vice President, Journals Publishing Director, Medicine | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | President, Jossey, Bass, and Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Vice President, Web Publishing Technologies | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Vice President and Corporate Secretary | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Vice President and Publisher of the Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Vice President, Treasurer | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Associate Publisher | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Managing Director, Professional Group | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Managing Director, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte., Ltd., Singapore | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Managing Director | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Managing Director, Medicine | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Director of Investor Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Medical Editorial Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Medical Journals Publishing Director for the Americas | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Director of Corporate Communications | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Current | |
| Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. | Fellow | Current |
| The Ohio State University | Ph.D. In Industrial, Organizational Psychology | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Farr Fellow | Current |
| Strategic Management Society | Board of Directors | Current |
| The University of Texas | Ph.D. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Leader | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | V. P. & Corporate Secretary | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor and holds the Joseph Foster Chair in Business Leadership and the C W & Dorothy Conn Chair in New Ventures at Texas A&M University. Currently, in addition to serving as President of the Board for the SMS, he is coordinator of the SMS Book Series. He has authored or co-authored many journal articles published in leading journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Academy of Management Executive, among others. Mike Hitt is a former editor of the Academy of Management Journal, and former president of the Academy of Management. He is a member of the Academy of Management's Hall of Fame and Deputy Dean of the SMS Fellows Group. He has received awards from the American Society of Competitiveness for Outstanding Academic Contributions (1996) and Outstanding Intellectual Contributions (1999) to Competitiveness.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic Management Society | President of the Board | Current |
| Universityofhealthcare | Professor of Management and Holds | Current |
| Universityofbusiness.Com | Professor of Management and Holds | Current |
| South-Western Publishing Company | Consulting Editor | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Current | |
| National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (Ncec) | Distinguished Professor and Holder of the C.W. & Dorothy Conn Chair | Current |
| Strategic Management Society | Coordinator | Former |
| University of Colorado | Ph.D. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Brewery Corporation | President | Current |
| Brooklyn Brewery Corporation | Cofounder | Current |
| Truenyc Inc | Co-Founder of Brooklyn Brewery | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Current | |
| Brewers Association | Director | Current |
| Cornell University | Master's In Teaching | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Current | |
| Chemical Banking Corporation | Assistant Vice President | Former |
| Columbia University | MBA | Former |
| Yale University | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Senior Acquisitions Editor | Current |
Bradford Wiley II, a director since 1979, was our Chairman of the Board from January 1993 until September 2002, and was an editor in Higher Education from 1989 to 1998. He was previously a newspaper journalist, viticulturist and winery manager. Age 67.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Chairman of The Wiley Foundation and Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| KeyCorp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Pitney Bowes Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hillenbrand, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Hill-Rom Company, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Hill-Rom Company, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | President, Enterprise Solutions | Former |
| Adventis Corporation | Former | |
| CTI Corp. | Former | |
| The Key Company | Board of Directors | Former |
| Columbia University | Master's degree in Business Administration | Former |
| Columbia University | Bachelor's Degree In Industrial Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Business-Higher Education Forum | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sun Foundation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Curriki | Board of Directors | Current |
| Business-Higher Education Forum | Member | Current |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Moody & Company | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Moody's Investors Service Ltd. | President | Former |
| Moody & Company | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Moody & Company | Chairman | Former |
| Moody & Company | Board of Directors | Former |
| Moody & Company | Member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Warren J. Baker, a director since 1993, has been President of California Polytechnic State University since 1979, and was a member of the National Science Board from 1985 to 1994. He was a Regent of the American Architectural Foundation from 1995 to 1998; a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ASCE Civil Engineering Research Foundation from 1989 to 1991; Member of the Board of Directors of the California Council on Science and Technology; Co-Chair of the California Joint Policy Council on Agriculture and Higher Education from 1995 to 2001; Board member of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) from 2003 to the present; Chair of the NASULGC Commission on Information Technologies from 1995 to 2006; Member of the NASULGC Commission on University Science and Mathematics Teacher Education in 2007; Member of the Executive Committee of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF); Co-Chair of BHEF Math and Science Education and STEM Initiatives; Board Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation from 2003 to 2005; Member of the National Academy of Engineering Steering Committee on Enhancing Community College Pathways to Engineering Careers from 2004 to 2005; and Board Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation from 2003 to 2005. He is also a Director of Westport Innovations, Inc. Age 69.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| California Polytechnic State University | President | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Director | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Business-Higher Education Forum | Board of Directors | Current |
| Westport Innovations, Inc. | Director | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | Member, Compensation Committee | Current |
| American Architectural Foundation | Regent | Former |
| American Society of Civil Engineers | Fellow | Former |
| American Society of Civil Engineers | Fellow | Former |
| The Sons | Former | |
| Science Education | Co-Chair | Former |
| The California Council | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. | President and Chief Executive Officer | Former |
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