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Joe WikertJoe Wikert is a publishing executive with 20+ years of industry experience. He is General Manager & Publisher at O?Reilly Media, Inc., where he manages the sales and editorial groups. Prior to joining O?Reilly he was a Vice President and Executive Publisher in the Professional/Trade division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and had management responsibility for the WROX and Sybex imprints. Since graduating from Purdue University with a degree in management and computer science, Joe has held a variety of sales and editorial positions in the publishing industry. He is also the author of seven books on programming languages and computer applications. Joe regularly shares his publishing industry thoughts and outlook on his Publishing 2020 blog which can be found at www.JoeWikert.com.