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Rachel Goldstein has been promoted to executive v-p, Penguin Random House Publisher Services, assuming overall day-to-day management and strategic development of PRHPS. She joined PRHPS in 2006 and was most recently senior v-p, client operations, finance and strategy.
Jeff Abraham, who has been president of PRHPS since 2006 and in February took on the additional role of PRH's president of publishing operations, technology, and services, responsible for IT, publishing operations, and PRH Labs, said in a letter to colleagues and PRHPS's more than 50 publisher clients, "The past seventeen years have brought major transformations to our publishing world: among them, the 2008 financial crisis, the digital transformation of books, the merger between Penguin and Random House, the pandemic and its innumerable impacts on the book business, and the post-pandemic (and high cost) universe. Throughout, Rachel Goldstein has been a constant source of insight, support, and guidance to me, and to so many of you....
"Rachel's unique ability to problem-solve through a simultaneously strategic, financial, and operational lens--particularly useful perspectives and expertise given the current market conditions--coupled with my recent additional responsibilities for Penguin Random House--makes now the perfect time for her to assume a broader leadership role. My oversight for PRHPS remains a key aspect of my purview as president, publishing operations, technology, and services. My commitment to the growth and prosperity of you, our clients, is unwavering, and my personal involvement and connection to you all will continue, albeit on a slightly less frequent basis.
"Since Rachel joined PRHPS in 2006, her strategic foresight, clear-eyed leadership on large-scale projects, and impeccable financial and operational acumen, have all produced competitive advantages for you, our clients--and have been the source of best practices shared across PRH.
"Achievements representative of the depth and scope of Rachel's impact include: creating, building, and leading our meta-data services team, and our manga editorial, managing editorial, and production teams, as well as expanding our engage and business-analytics programs. She originated the vision and strategy for our comics distribution capabilities, and is one of the key engineers of its success.
"On a personal note, Rachel has been a relied-upon, trustful, and instrumental partner to me, and to our PRHPS colleagues. Her pragmatic critical thinking, coupled with her infectious laugh, make any challenge feel a little (often a lot) less insurmountable."