Jeff Rapson, Vice President of Publisher Sales and Marketing – As VP of Publisher Sales and Marketing, Mr. Rapson comes to eLocal Listing with over thirty years of direct sales, channel marketing and business development experience. Mr. Rapson’s experience also includes business development and sales advisor to a number of newspaper system vendors as they succeeded in building out new markets, products and distribution channels.
Mr. Rapson worked for Atex Media Solutions, a key systems vendor to the newspaper marketplace where he held a range of management positions including Director of Sales, Director Business Development and Director of Managed Service Offerings. He has also worked in a variety of sales and marketing positions for Cascade and Quark, two prominent vendors to the newspaper, magazine, catalog and retail marketplaces. Prior to these positions, he ran the US office of HighWater Designs which purchased Mr. Rapson’s distribution and sales company AGS to launch their roll out in the USA. Mr. Rapson guided the company through its start up phases and ultimately through the spin off of the company’s software assets. Mr. Rapson graduated from York University in Toronto with a BA in History and most recently received his MBA in Leadership from Franklin Pierce University in NH.