Impelsys

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Impelsys
Company typePrivate
IndustryIT Services
FoundedJanuary 2001 (January 2001)
FounderSameer Shariff
Headquarters
New York City
Area served
Worldwide
ServicesSoftware as a Service

Impelsys develops digital platforms for publishers of e-books and academic journals and learning management system for education providers. The company also specializes in creating bespoke e-learning content. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in New York. Impelsys' information technology operations are based in Bangalore, India.[1]

History[edit]

Impelsys was founded in 2001 by Sameer Shariff.[2] Initially the company worked for textbook publishers, scanning hard copies and producing compact discs to accompany textbooks.[1] In 2003, Impelsys incorporated and initiated a content transformation service for Elsevier. That same year Impelsys also started offering ancillary content services for the publishing industry.[citation needed]

Though the initial services offering centered around content engineering, in 2004, the company started developing web applications for the publishing industry.[citation needed] A few years later, Impelsys came up with a content delivery platform that allowed publishers to deploy their content on their own white labeled content delivery platforms. In 2009, Impelsys launched iPublishCentral.[2] The platform is updated regularly to keep pace with the evolving publishing industry.[3]

Corporate affairs[edit]

Leadership[edit]

Impelsys is managed by CEO and Founder, Sameer Shariff.

Other key executives are:

  • Vinod Kumar T V, Chief Operating Officer
  • Deepak Kaushik, Chief Financial Officer
  • Mike Davis, Executive Vice President - Strategy & Transformation
  • Uday Majithia, Vice President - Solutions and Service Delivery
  • Vinod Sundaresan, Vice President - Technology Services
  • Vipin Chandran, Vice President - Head of Business Unit, Heart Bangalore
  • Puneet Agrawal, Vice President - Europe Sales
  • Bharat Bhosale, Vice President - Americas Sales
  • George Oommen, Vice President - Learning and Content Services
  • Swaroop Chandra BS, Vice President - Marketing and Communications
  • Vishwanath Bannur, Vice President - IT and CISO
  • Kavitha Nandagopal, Vice President - Human Resources and Talent Acquisition

Clients[edit]

Impelsys has a customer base of over 200 publishers globally. MIT Press, Wolters Kluwer and Sesame Street[4][5] were early adopters of iPublishCentral. Other major clients include McGraw-Hill Education, HarperCollins, and Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.[6][7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b K Raghu (7 December 2009). "Bangalore firm gives digital life to cookie monster and friends". Mint. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Shashidhar K J (27 March 2012). "'Digital publishing is paying off'". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ^ Teri Tan (3 October 2014). "Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Navigating the Digital Landscape". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ^ Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (19 May 2010). "Sesame Street eBookstore is a 'True Collaboration'". Digital Book World. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ^ Calvin Reid (29 March 2011). "Sesame Street, Impelsys Produce e-Bookstore App for iPad". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ^ Jayadevan P K (22 May 2012). "How entrepreneur Sameer Shariff's Impelsys is scripting Encyclopædia Britannica's digital version". The Economic Times. Mumbai. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  7. ^ Goutam Das (15 April 2012). "People business: Ruling Britannica". Business Today. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

Further reading[edit]

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