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Our staff is diverse, speaking more than twenty different languages

Georgios Papadopoulos

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Papadopoulos founded Atypon with the mission of becoming the best technology partner for the publishing and media industry.

Prior to founding Atypon, Papadopoulos developed the software that powered the first digital scholarly journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry; a sophisticated access control system for Rizzoli Publishing (now RCS Media Group); and the first SGML-serving website for the Intel Corporation.

A Fulbright Scholar, Papadopoulos holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and Master and Doctor of Computer Science degrees from New York University.

Gordon Tibbitts

President

Mr. Tibbitts joined Atypon after serving as CEO of Berkeley Electronic Press. Before that he served as President of Blackwell Publishing (now Wiley-Blackwell) for seven years, transforming the company into the world's largest society publisher and spearheading the development of its digital publishing platform.

Tibbitts has also served as Director of Information Systems for Aster Publishing (later Advanstar) and as a Vice President for the Thomson Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Oregon.

Kevin Cohn

Vice President of Operations

Mr. Cohn joined Atypon after serving as Coordinator of Product Development for Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. He is a frequent industry speaker and participates in several publishing industry initiatives. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Hisham Shahtout

Vice President of Engineering

Mr. Shahtout joined Atypon to lead the development of the first release of its digital publishing platform.

Shahtout has more than 15 years of experience in building enterprise software products, including the world's first guaranteed message delivery system as Director of Engineering for Slam Dunk Networks. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering degree from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.