John Lewis Needham is Strategic Partner Development Manager
at Google, Inc, where he is responsible for content acquisition
and strategic partnerships in the publishing and library industries.
JL has held positions in content and business development at Congressional
Quarterly, Ebrary, and Cambridge University Press. He is a member
of the advisory board of Berkshire Publishing Group.
An international executive MBA candidate at International School
of Management in Paris, JL holds degrees in liberal arts and languages
and has studied at Denver Publishing Institute, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, University of Vienna, and Utah State University.
His research interests include online publishing and product development
methodologies.