Events: IDPF Voting: Board Nomination

Dear IDPF members,

As a longtime production technologist in the digital content space, I feel I can add a unique and necessary perspective to the IDPF board as the industry grows and evolves. In my current role at codeMantra, I have been building data conversion workflows for legacy content as well as building technology enabling XML-based production as well as digital asset management, metadata management, and digital content distribution. All of these initiatives have a single goal in focus: to provide publishers with the necessary tools to generate awareness and monetize the digital versions of their content.

Previous to codeMantra, I spent six years at NetLibrary (a division of OCLC) building and managing their production system to handle OEBPS format content as well as PDF. As this was at the very early stages of the eBook industry, this process was a challenge to manage both the production requirements of publishers as well as understand the swiftly-moving target of formats and functionality. Today, the NetLibrary system has over 100,000 eBooks that were all created through these production systems.

From my perspective, in order to have the full adoption of the efforts of the IDPF, we also need to look carefully at the production requirements of any initiative and standard we produce. It can be agreed that the IDPF is making some great strides, and we need to understand and consider what the impact is on current and future production systems to support these initiatives. I can bring this perspective to the board along with my understanding of the digital distribution industry and add significant value to the efforts of the IDPF.

I would like to request that you consider me for the open Board position in regards to this value I can bring.

Thanks for your consideration.
Tyler

Tyler Ruse
Senior Director, Publishing Technologies
codeMantra, LLC