Andrew Savikas is the interim CEO at Safari Books Online, and is the VP of Digital Initiatives at O'Reilly Media. He's also the Program Co-Chair for O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing conference, and is a regular contributor to the O'Reilly Radar blog on digital publishing issues.
Andrew leads the digital publishing and ebook program and strategy for O'Reilly Media, including both print and digital production of all O'Reilly books. He sits on several boards, including Safari Books Online, the Book Industry Study Group and the International Digital Publishing Forum, and is on advisory boards for Bookshare and the University of Michigan Press.
Andrew holds a B. S. in Media Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. He speaks frequently on digital publishing and ebooks, and is also the author of "Word Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming your Text".