Bill TrippeVice President & Lead Analyst
In his role as Vice President & and Lead Analyst, Bill works with clients on content strategy, most often as it pertains to large-scale projects than span editorial, production, and distribution operations. Bill is keenly interested in the broad range of technical challenges publishers face as digital becomes a larger part of the product and revenue mix.
Expertise
- Publishing Technology
- XML and Related Standards
- Digital Asset Management
- eBook Devices and Standards
- Digital Rights Management
- Web Content Management
- Technology Strategy for Publishers
- Multichannel Publishing
- Editorial and Production Systems
Experience
- The Gilbane Group, Inc.
- ZDNet
- Houghton Mifflin
- Xyvision (now part of SDL)
- The MITRE Corporation
Education
Bill holds a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts and an M.A. in Professional Writing and Publishing from Emerson College. He also attended Boston University’s Graduate School of Education, specializing in English language learning. Before his travel schedule precluded it, Bill was a long-time adjunct professor of writing at several Boston-area colleges.
Contact Information
Telephone: 617-497-9443, x115
LinkedIn profile
Twitter: @billtrippe
More About Bill
Favorite authors: Andre Dubus, Richard Ford, Cormac McCarthy, and John Updike
Movies I like: All things Coen Brothers and Martin Scorsese, Il Postino, and Cinema Paradiso
Music I listen to: The Boss, other classic rock, and folk music
Power meal: Lately I’ve been learning - and loving - slow cooking
Best vacation I've taken: Ferry Beach in Saco, Maine with my family every summer
Favorite cities: Boston, New York City, and San Francisco
Where I grew up: Ever so briefly in Philadelphia, then Winthrop, Massachusetts
First job: Delivering newspapers and telegrams, though fortunately for my neighbors, not of the singing variety
First car: Too embarrassing to admit, so let’s just say it was built for function and not form
Activities outside work: Time with my wife and two sons, reading, and learning to cook and bake more
Most Recent Reports
- A Blueprint for Book Publishing Transformation: Seven Essential Processes to Re-Invent Publishing - October 29, 2010
Most Recent Insights
- BEA Showcases an Upbeat Book Business - June 20, 2011
