Russell Perkins

Founder and Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group

Russell Perkins is the founder and managing director of Infocommerce Group Inc., a Philadelphia-based research consultancy and publisher serving the database information industry. InfoCommerce Group is also the sponsor of the annual InfoCommerce Conference.

A recognized expert on the business of database directory publishing, Perkins has more than 20 years direct industry experience. He was most recently president and CEO of Dorland Healthcare Information, a venture-capital-funded healthcare database publisher. Perkins was also the founder of Morgan-Rand, which became widely known in the industry for its consulting and contract database publishing activities.

Perkins has authored two books, Directory Publishing: A Practical Guide, now in its fifth edition, and InfoCommerce: Internet Strategies for Database Publishers. Perkins has also served as a director of the organization that is now the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), and the Directory and Database Publishers Forum & Network (DPFN).

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