J. Kirby Best
President & CEO, Lightning Source


J. Kirby Best was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Lightning Source in July of 2002. Before joining Lightning Source, Mr. Best served as Chairman of Publishing Solutions, Inc. – now called Coldlogic LLC, an organization that provides data collection and risk management tools to the book publishing industry. Mr. Best also served as President & CEO of Royal Book Manufacturing Inc., a company that he founded and designed. Royal Book Manufacturing came to be regarded as the most modern and efficient company in the book manufacturing field.

A native of Toronto Canada, Mr. Best is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, with a bachelor’s degree in computer science.

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