John Shaw

John Shaw is Vice President of Publishing Technologies at SAGE Publishing, a leading independent, academic and professional publisher of innovative, high-quality content. John is a 20-year veteran in the publishing industry. During his tenure, John has held management roles in Journals Production, Composition, and Abstracting and Indexing. He is currently responsible for SAGE's Global Electronic Publishing Technology program, including electronic peer review, content hosting platforms, semantic indexing & content enrichment, content encoding strategies, web technologies, online accessibility, electronic content delivery, and content management strategies.  John has a proven track record in recruiting and managing high-performing global teams, including an international staff and external development partners.

John is actively involved in the industry, frequently speaking at key publishing events, including SSP, STM, ALPSP, PSP, and The Digital Publishing Summit. He has previously served as a board member of the The Society of Scholarly Publishing and an Advisory Board Member for Aptara Corp. John currently serves on the CrossRef Board of Directors and is a member of the STM Future Labs group.