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Jon Malinowski
PresidentJon Malinowski is the President of the Combined Book Exhibit (CBE) established in 1933 and the founder behind PubMatch, the first automated platform for the buying and selling of rights in 2008. CBE has facilitated thousands of publishers and other businesses related to the publishing industry at book fairs around the world. Jon now oversees 15 international and domestic events annually and has successfully led groundbreaking U.S. publishing missions to China, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Cuba. He also was instrumental in establishing the Middle East Library Association in partnership with the American Library Association and the Sharjah International Book Fair.
Chris Malinowski
Director Business DevelopmentChris Malinowski is a third-generation family member and Director of Business Development and Media at the Combined Book Exhibit. After graduating with a BA Degree in Organizational Management, Chris began his career with CBE working his way up the ladder and now oversees the company's marketing and social media strategy as well as developing new emerging markets within the publishing industry both domestically and Internationally.
Janet Fritsch
President American Collective StandJanet Fritsch is the president of the American Collective Stand (ACS) and co-organizer of the USA Pavilion with the Combined Book Exhibit (CBE), promoting U.S. publishers and companies within the book industry at International and U.S. Book Fairs including Frankfurt Book Fair, London Book Fair, Beijing Book Fair and others. Janet has more than 45 years experience working with companies within the publishing industry to help them gain exposure and has been instrumental in leading U.S. missions to Cuba, the Middle East and China. ACS along with Combined Book Exhibit, helped establish the first Middle East Library Conference in partnership with the American Library Association and the Sharjah International Book Fair.
Becky Costello
AccountingBecky Costello has been the full charge bookkeeper since 1997 and is also responsible for bookkeeping for CBE's sister companies, the American Collective Stand and Pubmatch.
Rajendra Khairnar
Information Technology ManagerRajendra leads the Combinedbook development center. He specialises in creating high-end online applications. Rajendra's engineering background and years of experience developing unique software solutions enable him to effectively understand the business concepts of CombinedBook. In order to address issues with service delivery and guarantee service level fulfilment, he monitored and adjusted the distribution of IT resources. He often discussed with clients to go through agency needs and address issues with service delivery.
He has a history of consistently producing outstanding results for Combinedbook, PubMatch, American collective Stand. His extensive understanding enabled us to create SAAS solutions that later became market-leading systems and helped us deliver high-quality software at an exceptional speed.
Trupti Sonalkar
Digital Marketing ManagerTrupti manages CombinedBook's digital marketing teams. Her role is strategic planning of SEO, SEM, and social media campaigns at CombinedBook.
A recognized expert in search marketing and analytics. Trupti uses a data-driven approach to plan and execute all marketing efforts to ensure maximum results.
A 9-year career spanning many multi-million dollar accounts has given Trupti the right experience to lead large digital marketing campaigns for our customers.
She has spoken at multiple digital marketing conferences and virtual events.