Dean Karrel
Vice President of Trade Sales, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Dean Karrel has been working in publishing for 27 years.  He began his career as a college representative at Prentice Hall where he also held several sales and marketing positions before transferring to Simon & Schuster to serve as Vice President of Special Markets.  Since 1993, Mr. Karrel has been Vice President of Trade Sales at John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  As such, he is responsible for overseeing sales to national retailers and wholesalers, online and direct marketing accounts, mass market retailers, and custom and proprietary publishing.
 
Mr. Karrel holds a bachelors degree in communications from Ohio Wesleyan University.  He has been active at Wiley as a proponent for the sales department's support of both ONIX and an enhanced customer support network.