The American Booksellers Association has promoted two staff members and is restructuring its technology department, Bookselling This Week reported.
"Given our growing reliance on technology, responsibilities for ABA's tech needs will be divided into two separate teams--one responsible for all of the association's general technology needs, the other for IndieCommerce," said CEO Oren Teicher.
Greg Galloway, currently marketing and content technology manager, is being promoted to technology director and will become a member of ABA's senior staff. He is responsible for managing all of the technological components of BookWeb.org, IndieBound.org, the Indie Bestseller Lists, the Book Buyers' Handbook, the registration sites for all ABA events, and the organization's member and consumer-facing campaigns, in addition to handling other general technology needs.
Geetha Nathan, currently lead developer for IndieCommerce, is being promoted to manager of IndieCommerce. She joined ABA's staff in 2004 as a part-time junior developer for BookSense.com. In her new role, Nathan's responsibilities have expanded to include the business side, as well as the technological side, of IndieCommerce operations.
