JAMES LICHTENBERG

President, Lightspeed, LLC

James Lichtenberg has worked in, and written about, the publishing industry and e-business strategy for almost 15 years. From 1993 to 1996, he served as vice president of the Higher Education Division of the Association of American Publishers, before founding the consulting company, Lightspeed, LLC. As part of his activities as a board member of the Book Industry Study Group he serves as chair of the New Technology Interest Group, and is involved with emerging technologies and standards development. He is a regular contributor on technology to Publishers Weekly, PMA Newsletter and other publishing journals, and runs the eBusiness Strategy, and eBusiness Technology, Councils for The Conference Board.

A graduate of Harvard College, his articles on marketing, technology, culture, and educational policy have also appeared in The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The EDUCOM Review, Change, Market Trends, and the Journal of Contemporary Business.

He is also a member of the Open eBook Forum, the Small Press Center, and the New York Academy of Sciences.