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David Hetherington is the Vice President – Global Business Development for Books International, a leading provider of book manufacturing and fulfillment services to book publishers.

David holds a BS in business administration from Edison University and MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson.

Mr. Hetherington’s portfolio reflects a broad range of responsibilities including VP of Manufacturing and VP of Financial Planning for Simon & Schuster Higher Education. In addition, Mr. Hetherington held leadership roles in Finance, Operations, and Sales at Reader’s Digest, Wolters Kluwer Health, Columbia University Press and Baker & Taylor.
In addition, Mr. Hetherington served in senior roles in the publishing software industry including COO of Klopotek North America and as CMO for knk Software LP. 
Mr. Hetherington serves as an adjunct professor and on the Advisory Board for Pace University’s Graduate Publishing Program and sits on the board of directors for the Book Industry Study Group, Book Manufacturers Institute, and Pub West.

David is a frequent speaker at industry events and has written articles for Book Business Magazine as well as Springer’s Publishing Research Quarterly.