Todd A. Carpenter

Biography

Todd Carpenter joined NISO as Executive Director in September 2006. In this role, Todd provides leadership to NISO as well as focuses on improving constituency relationships, standards development, and operational procedures. Prior to joining NISO, Todd was Director of Business Development with BioOne, where he served the goals of both libraries and publishers by enhancing products, services, and distribution. Previously, Todd directed the marketing of approximately 60 academic journals and was closely involved in the growth of Project MUSE at the Johns Hopkins University Press. He has also held marketing and business development positions at the Energy Intelligence Group, a news service covering the oil and natural gas industries, and the Haworth Press, an academic and professional publisher. Todd is a graduate of Syracuse University and earned a masters degree in marketing from The Johns Hopkins University. He is author of more 100 articles on information distribution, edited The Critical Component: Standards in the Information Exchange Environment and is an active contributor to the Scholarly Kitchen blog. In addition, Todd serves as Chair of ISO's Technical Subcommittee on Identification & Description (TC 46/SC 9); has served a member on the Board of the Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library, the Book Industry Study Group, FORCE11, and SSP; as well as on several publication advisory boards.