Samir Kakar
Aptara

As Chief Technology Officer, Samir Kakar is responsible for Aptara's technology vision, its Content Technology Solutions practice, and oversees the company's global IT infrastructure. Since joining in 1993, Samir has been instrumental in developing Aptara's technology portfolio technology and processes in support of key customers such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Amazon, and Random House. Samir’s technology portfolio includes Aptara’s eBook Production Platform and the patented web-based fast-publishing solution, PowerXEditor. Samir is a graduate from the University of Delhi, where he earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and an honors master's degree in operational research.


Leveling the Production Playing Field: Print, Web, eReaders, SmartPhones and Beyond!

This fast-paced age of handheld, mobile devices and digital publishing technologies has revealed a new path to success that a handful of nimble publishing innovators and early adopters are blazing. But the vast majority of publishers aren’t in lock-step. As most are now realizing, retrofitting print production processes to tackle new digital formats and platforms may be a quick fix, but it’s not a viable business proposition... Read More

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