ProQuest ’s Sanford Passes Baton to Shem Tov

Matti Shem Tov, President of Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, will succeed Kurt Sanford as CEO of ProQuest in 2017.  ProQuest’s success under Mr. Sanford’s direction and the development of a strong leadership team set the stage for Mr. Shem Tov to continue to drive ProQuest’s growth and innovation, bringing together the value of content, books and software to enable extraordinary outcomes for libraries, researchers and students. “Over the past six years, I’ve focused on helping customers and users tackle their most important goals by assembling and structuring ProQuest’s assets to best serve them,” said Mr. Sanford. “Today, we have the right strategy and the right team in place for ProQuest to move to the next level in delivering on our mission of better research, better learning and better insights, enabling people to change their world.” “I’m honored and eager to lead the company forward, building on Kurt’s impressive legacy,” said Mr. Shem Tov. “The future now calls for ProQuest to focus on accelerating our responsiveness to emerging needs, helping our customers and users quickly adapt and succeed in dynamic environments.” Mr. Shem Tov has led Ex Libris since 2003, building its prominence as a technology provider for academic, national and research libraries worldwide. Among his many achievements is the successful transition from locally deployed solutions to cloud-based services, including the creation of the Alma library management service. U...
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