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Personnel | Associates
 Mark Harris – Partner |
Key Focus: For the benefit of all clients, provides business development skills. Functionally oversees international services, custom publishing, production and paper procurement. Client relations management with various NPS clients.
Experience: Has extensive marketing, distribution, new title launch, acquisition and
contract negotiation experience. Prior to NPS, was VP, Business Development
at Curtis Circulation Company as part of executive management team, Director of Marketing at Penny Press, Inc.,
and Newsstand Sales Director at the New York Times Magazine Group.
 Ron Murray – Partner |
Key Focus: Manages relationships on behalf of NPS clients with Specialty Market Retailers and Specialty Market Wholesalers.
Experience: Has extensive experience in sales and marketing including areas such as formulating trade programs, cover analysis, channel development, product development and new title launches. During his career he was instrumental in establishing book & magazine programs with retailers such as General Nutrition Centers (GNC) and Home Depot. Prior to joining NPS in 2005 he was with the Meredith Corporation for over 15 years as the Executive Director of Retail Sales. During his tenure at Meredith he was instrumental in developing checkout programs, opening up new channels of distribution and launching numerous new products leading to retail sales growth from $67 million to over $200 million.
 Jim Smolen – Partner |
Key Focus: Manages relationships on behalf of NPS clients with Mass Market Retailers and Mass Market Wholesalers in the US and Canada.
Experience: Over the course of a 30-year career, has held key management positions within all three newsstand sectors - publisher, national distributor, and wholesaler. Prior to joining NPS, was Group Director - Single Copy Sales for G+J USA Publishing Company. Has also held key management positions with the Chas. Levy Circulating Company, a top US magazine wholesaler, as well as other wholesalers and national distributors.
 Dennis Knisley – Partner |
Key Focus: Works with Publishers to realize and benefit from opportunities in vendor contracts/agreements, distribution, sales, production, marketing and R&D for magazines and other products.
Experience: Over 30 years experience in wholesaler management at Anderson News, LLC, included sales and marketing, operations, systems, internal process and new product development. His most recent responsibility prior to joining NPS in 2009 was as Director of Corporate Magazine Purchasing. During his career at Anderson News, he organized and managed the Corporate Purchasing Department, working with Publishers to expand and grow sales of their publications across Anderson's 20,000+ customers as well as develop hundreds of new publications. He led the design and creation of Anderson's i-PAS system ... a state-of-the-industry online data retrieval and distribution tool, as well as conceiving and launching numerous new processes leading to smooth Publisher access to the $1.2 billion operation.
 David Goodman – Partner |
Key Focus: Manages print orders and serves as day-to-day liaison with National Distributors’ account executives and traffic departments.
Also has role of primary legal counsel.
Experience: Prior to joining NPS in 1996, was an attorney at a Newark, N.J. law firm where his responsibilities included NPS legal matters and other business projects.
 Bob McIlwain – Partner |
Key Focus: Manages New Media ventures and all day-to-day business finance activities.
Experience: Has expertise in finance, analysis and technology. Before NPS, was COO
of Preview Publishing, where he had previously held the positions of
Circulation Director and Sales Director.
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