Before being appointed Managing Director of Walter de Gruyter in 2008, Dr. Sven Fund was a Member of the Executive Board of Springer Science+Business Media as well as Managing Director of both SpringerViennaNewYork and Birkhäuser Verlag. Previous experience includes Head of Point-of-Sale Activities for Der Club Bertelsmann and Senior Consultant Corporate Development at Bertelsmann AG. Dr. Sven Fund holds a PhD in International Relations and a Master of Arts.

Professional Skills for the Digital Environment – the myth of sisyphus

Key skills in the digital publishing environment are less technical, but rather business-driven

Focus on evolving customer demand – and especially on speed of evolution

High level of adaptability to changing job environment and profile

Focus of middle management on people development as a central requirement

Qualification of experienced employees in mixed teams to avoid „brain drain“ in traditional practices

ePublishing @ de Gruyter [PDF, 140KB]