Board of Directors
Tim O'Reilly
Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Tim O'Reilly, the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., is an activist for open standards and thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O'Reilly also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and the Web 2.0 Conference. Tim's blog, The O'Reilly Radar "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community.
John Isley
Executive Vice President, Higher Education & CEO Pearson Technology Group
In addition to his current work in strategy and corporate development, John Isley has held a variety of editorial and senior management positions in higher education at Prentice Hall, Allyn & Bacon, and Addison Wesley Longman in the United States. His experience also includes several years as the general manager of Simon & Schuster Europe and Prentice Hall Canada.
Matt Leavy
Executive Vice President, Pearson Higher Education, International and Professional Group
Matt Leavy is currently responsible for mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnering activities in addition to numerous internal strategic and operating projects. Prior to his current position, Matt was the President of the Pearson Education Latin America Group and has held positions in corporate strategy and technology management both in Pearson and Prodigy Internet. Matt has also worked as an investment banking associate with Veronis, Suhler and Associates.
Jeff Patterson
Chief Executive Officer, Safari Books Online
Jeff Patterson joined Safari Books Online from CMP Technology LLC, where he served in a number of senior executive positions over nine years. His most recent position was president of the Business Technology Group that included leading IT media brands such as InformationWeek, TechWeb and the Web 2.0 Conference. Prior to CMP, he co-founded Beacon Technology Partners LLC, a market research firm specializing in measuring IT audience behavior and attitudes, and held management positions in media, manufacturing and advertising companies including Cahners Publishing Company (now Reed Business Information); National Semiconductor; Foote, Cone & Belding/San Francisco; Raychem Corporation; and Pinne, Garvin & Hock/San Francisco.
