Charlie Rapple is one of the founders of Kudos, which helps researchers and their publishers and institutions to increase the reach and impact of published research. Previously, Charlie was Associate Director of TBI Communications, which offers strategic consultancy and marketing services to scholarly publishers and societies; before that, she held various product management and marketing roles for Publishing Technology, Ingenta and CatchWord. Charlie is actively involved in the scholarly communications organization UKSG; having chaired its marketing subcommittee, founded the KBART initiative, and acted as honorary secretary, she is currently treasurer. She services on the editorial board for UKSG Insights and Learned Publishing.