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For immediate release: October 14, 2003 |
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Contact: Sharon Rice Publicity Manager, HBS Press (617) 783.7764 |
Harvard Business School Press
BOSTON -- October 14, 2003 -- David Goehring, 53, has been named Vice President and Director of Harvard Business School Press, the book publishing unit of Harvard Business School Publishing, effective October 27, 2003. Goehring is a highly regarded publishing professional, who over the past five years led the growth of Perseus Publishing with numerous market-leading books and key strategic acquisitions and publishing partnerships while skillfully managing operations for increased profitability. Prior to running Perseus, Goehring spent a decade at Addison Wesley Longman (Pearson), directing its General Publishing Group. Goehring succeeds Carol Franco, formerly Vice President and Director of HBS Press. Franco will assume the role of Editor-at-Large for Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP), a corporate position responsible for identifying new ideas and authors suitable for publication across HBSP’s varied publishing platforms.
The announcement was made today by David Wan, CEO of HBSP. “I’m delighted to welcome David Goehring to Harvard Business School Press and Harvard Business School Publishing,” said Wan. “His expertise in publishing high quality business titles and his proven track record in extending content into multiple markets and through a variety of distribution channels is an excellent match with HBS Press’ strategic objectives. David will play a key role in leading the Press to achieve growth through a portfolio publishing strategy that lends itself to multiple markets and publishing partners.”
Over the past 15 years with Perseus Publishing and Addison Wesley Longman, Goehring established a successful track record in publishing and marketing both commercial and business books. He built the Addison Wesley Longman and Perseus Publishing programs through strategic focus, sound management, and careful publishing of important ideas by noted authors, including T. Berry Brazelton on parenting, Richard Feynman on physics, and Warren Bennis on leadership.
While at Perseus, Goehring led the company’s acquisition and management of both Da Capo Press and Fisher Books, strategic acquisitions that effectively doubled the revenues under his management. Among the market-leading business titles published under his leadership were Blur, by Stan Davis and Chris Meyer, and The Cluetrain Manifesto, by Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger.
“Harvard Business School Press has a long and distinguished history of publishing groundbreaking business books of the utmost quality and impact,” said Goehring. “I’m delighted to join this outstanding team of publishing professionals and lead them in expanding the reach of their ideas to even more business leaders around the world.”
Goehring was nominated by Literary Marketplace as Publisher of the Year in 1996 for the many bestsellers, award winners, and category-leading books he published while VP and Publisher of Addison Wesley Longman. A few of the more noteworthy books he published were The Temple Bombing (Melissa Fay Greene), Mama Makes Up Her Mind (Bailey White), and Salvation on Sand Mountain (Dennis Covington). He also led the company’s strategic redesign and refocusing of its product portfolio, resulting in significantly improved financial results as well.
Goehring also served as Vice President and Director of Retail Sales and Marketing at Addison Wesley Longman. Earlier, he served first as Director of Sales and then as Director of Marketing for Little, Brown & Company, where he led campaigns for numerous successful books, including Blue Highways (William Least Heat Moon), Ansel Adams: An Autobiography, and The Winds of War (Herman Wouk). He began his publishing career at Simon and Schuster, becoming National Sales Manager before moving to Little, Brown.
David Goehring holds a BA in English from Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1972 and an MA in English from the University of Michigan, which he earned in 1974.
Goehring will be based in HBS Press’ Watertown, Massachusetts headquarters.
About Harvard Business School PressHarvard Business School Press is the book publishing division of Harvard Business School Publishing. Founded in 1982, HBS Press is a leading publisher of landmark books in business strategy, general management, technology, leadership, human resources and innovation. Its titles routinely garner international media attention and appear on major bestseller lists.
About Harvard Business School Publishing Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Harvard Business School Publishing is a wholly-owned, not for profit subsidiary of Harvard University. HBSP publishes for the general, professional, and academic markets. Its offerings include the widely-respected Harvard Business Review, books from the Harvard Business School Press, the world-renowned Harvard Business School Case Studies, a portfolio of newsletters, conferences elearning programs for management development, videos, and course books. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu.