Frank Daniels joined Vital Source, a software and services company providing solutions to education institutions and textbook publishers, as President and CEO in January, 2001.  Frank joined Vital Source after the sale of Total Sports, inc., an internet sports services company with clients like the NCAA, Major League Baseball and 100 colleges and universities. Frank began his career in newspapers working as a reporter and editor at The St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press and The Ledger-Star in Norfolk, VA. He then joined The News and Observer Publishing Company, Raleigh, NC, and worked in a number of jobs on both the business and news sides of the company eventually becoming executive editor in 1990. He left the N&O after its sale to McClatchy Newspapers to run the Nando.net new media division (which he started at the N&O.) Frank has taught at Duke University and Peace College. He has served on numerous civic, industry and corporate boards and was the first president of the New Media Federation of the NAA.  He is a graduate of Duke University. 
 

Sean Devine has more than 20 years experience in the development, sales and marketing of online information services. He is a "pioneer" in the delivery of reference book information on the internet. As Senior Vice President for business development at Books24x7.com, he was responsible for strategy, sales and partnerships, negotiating strategic relationships with several leading eLearning companies to distribute the company's offerings worldwide. While at ibooks.com, he was responsible for the marketing launch of the company and for developing strategic distribution relationships. Devine has also held senior positions with information providers and publishers such as Dun & Bradstreet, UMI/Bell & Howell, Ziff Davis and The Thomson Corporation. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from St. Mary’s College of California with a degree in English Literature.
 

He was responsible for project management and account management in B2B consumer goods business during his posting in Belgium.

From 1995-2000 he was based in Singapore as general manager for Philips Remote Control Systems in Asia Pacific.

 From 2000-2003 Willem Endhoven was responsible for international new business development and marketing in the Philips Components and Consumer Electronics divisions.

Active in the field on electronic reading since 2003, Willem Endhoven was from the very first moment involved in the startup of iRex Technologies (July 2005).
 

Before joining Mobipocket in March 2000, Martin Görner was part of the Microprocessor architecture team at ST Microelectronics.

Martin Görner has an engineering degree from the “Ecole des Mines de Paris” and lives in Paris. He enjoys science, foreign languages, judo, and of course reading eBooks on his Nokia 9300 smartphone.
 

Kevin joined MBS Direct in 2002 after serving in various positions for its parent company, MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc. since 1987. Prior to MBS, Kevin was Co-owner and General Manager of Student Book Store, Inc., in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and served as Vice President of Wallace’s Book Stores, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Louisville, and an MBA from Morehead State University.
 

 An entrepreneur and inventor, Reed founded IAL, a VC-funded VOIP and videoconferencing pioneer, and was president of Xerox spinout PageCam. Reed has eight patents and co-authored a popular series of books on programming from Addison-Wesley.
 

Prior to Amazon.com, Rose developed and managed strategic alliances for a privately-held financial services firm.  He began his career as the president of a professional seminar company.

Rose earned a B.A. at Harvard University and studied business at the University of Michigan Business School.  An avid golfer and triathlete, Rose resides in Seattle with his wife and three children.
 

For fun, Skutchan enjoys bowling, bike riding, and podcasting.