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Hiroki
Sakai, President,
Vertical-Tokyo.
For thirteen years Mr. Sakai was
a book editor at Nikkei, the Japanese Wall Street Journal.
He also reported for the weekly Nikkei Business. He retains
ties with a vast array of Japanese authors and their representatives.
Mr. Sakai started Vertical in 2001.
sakai@vertical-inc.com
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Ioannis
Mentzas, Editorial Director/Executive
Vice President
Mr. Mentzas, A.B. Princeton University (Comparative Literature);
M.A. Columbia University (English), is an editorial director perfectly
matched to Vertical's goals. Having grown up in Kobe, Japan, Mr.
Mentzas is himself an able, published translator.
mentzas@vertical-inc.com
Phone: (212) 730-7982 |
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Satoshi Suzuki,
Chief Administrative Officer
Mr. Suzuki has long been involved in international book sales
at
Nippan, the biggest distributor in Japan. During his tenure as
managing director for its German subsidiary company, he represented
sales all over Europe and published several Japanese graphic books
in different European languages. He was recently engaged in founding
a publishing company in Beijing before joining Vertical in 2006.
suzuki@vertical-inc.com
Phone: (212) 354-5156
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Stephen Vrattos,
Marketing Manager
Mr. Vrattos has more than 20 years of experience in publishing—marketing,
promotions, writing, editing and production. It was the quality
and diversity of the Vertical line that drew him to the company;
that and his hope that in so joining the Vertical team, he can end
the curse of a videotape he watched recen—
vrattos@vertical-inc.com
Phone: (212) 730-5047 |
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Shuji Iwamoto,
Director of Finance, Vertical-Tokyo.
Mr. Iwamoto mostly worked in the administrative department during
his eighteen-year career at Recruit Co. Ltd., the largest information
service company in Japan. Versed in finance, accounting, public
relations, corporate planning and assistance to the president, he
is an all-round player in corporate management.
iwamoto@vertical-inc.com |
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Jessica Hatakeda,
Publicist
B.A. Boston University (East Asian Studies), Jessica handles Vertical’s
media and publicity. With her zeal for Japanese and literature,
her effervescent personality is hard to overlook.
jessica@vertical-inc.com |
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Hiroko Mizuno,
Production Manager
Hiroko is in charge of book production, design, and website operations.
hiroko@vertical-inc.com |
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Glen Isip,
Associate Production Manager
B.F.A., Pratt Institute (Graphic Design). Glen aids in book production,
creates advertisements, and maintains the website. When not designing
books or ads, he is often drawing/composing/
writing original works of visual/aural/literary art.
glen@vertical-inc.com |
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Peter Mendelsund,
Art Director
Peter Mendelsund is a multiple award-winning graphic designer,
part-time classical pianist, and full-time gadfly. He has jacketed
books for almost every major publisher in America and abroad,
his design work appears in several permanent museum collections,
has been featured in numerous magazines, and his editorial illustrations
show up frequently in the New York Times and other publications.
As well as art-directing the Vertical list, Peter is the senior
designer at Alfred A. Knopf.
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