Welcoming a New Chef into the Kitchen: Phill Jones

I’m pleased to announce a new Chef in the Kitchen, Phill Jones. Phill is the head of Publisher Outreach at Digital Science. Because he works at the intersection of new technology development and the implementation of those technologies by publishers, I expect to learn a lot from Phill about how our industry continues to develop and deal with new products and systems as they become available. Phill also brings the perspective of the research scientist, and has done wide-ranging work in a variety of fields.

Phill took a test drive on The Kitchen with a pair of posts that offer great insight into the under-recognized hardships of the postdoctoral researcher, and some reasons why publishers should be more focused on serving their needs. Phill’s next post will be out in the near future, but we wanted to include his thoughts on this month’s Ask The Chefs question. Welcome aboard!

David Crotty

@davidacrotty

David Crotty is a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. Previously, David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.