Project Lead: Daniel albohn

Daniel Albohn joins the Panorama Project following eighteen years at Sony where he led Global Business Development and established, launched and championed the innovative new product category of writable, paper-like reading devices including Sony’s Reader and Digital Paper. Industry veterans know Dan from his early work forging Sony's relationships with executives and thought leaders throughout the publishing community and his engagement with trade, professional, academic and newspaper publishers, libraries, bookstores, authors and other providers of services to the publishing sector.

During his six-year campaign for Sony’s Digital Paper, Dan worked extensively with professional societies, journal publishers, academic and law librarians, as well as the US House of Representatives and The United Nations. Given his genuine interest in the customers’ experiences and to gain an intimate understanding of habits and preferences, Dan met with many individual faculty and graduate students, both on campus and at annual conferences where Sony showcased the product to mathematicians, physicists, economists, and psychologists as well as lawyers and legislators.

During the course of his career, Dan has held roles in product and marketing management, business operations, media relations and sales, having thrived in both the start-up environment and the larger established organization. He takes a grassroots approach and has a history of developing and nurturing strong relationships across the globe, working with diverse constituencies to identify and pursue common goals.

Dan holds a BA in Economics from Columbia and earned his MBA in Marketing from The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

Under the auspices of The Panorama Project, Dan is thrilled to become part of a constructive conversation, to improve our learning and understanding, and to advance the mutual interests of all stakeholders. If you have any questions or would like to communicate directly with Dan, please contact him at projectlead@panoramaproject.org.

Dan also invites you to connect with him on linkedin.com/in/daniel-albohn.

Guy lecharles gonzalez: Project Lead (2019-2020)

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is an entrepreneurial media and marketing professional with 25 years’ experience in consumer and B2B publishing, and a history of building strong relationships with communities, colleagues and clients. Based in New York, he is the Chief Strategist for Free Verse Media, a strategic marketing consultancy.

His first real job was a Page at Mt. Vernon Public Library which nurtured his love of reading and introduced him to the full spectrum of the publishing industry. Since then, he's been the director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal—where he worked on Patron Profiles, SELF-e, and The Digital Shift, among other projects—and was the founding director of programming & business development for Digital Book World. Most recently, he was the publisher and marketing director for Writer’s Digest.

Cliff Guren: FOUNDING Project Lead (2018-2019)

Cliff has worked at the intersection of publishing and technology for over 20 years on products such as HyperCard, MultiMedia ToolBook, Microsoft Encarta, Microsoft Reader, and Microsoft Live Search Books. He has held senior management positions at Apple, Quebecor Printing, and Microsoft. Cliff’s consulting practice (Syntopical) provides strategic planning, project management, and business development support to publishers and technology companies focused on content-driven products and services. Recent clients include Sony DADC, Datalogics, GiantChair, and StoryFit. Cliff holds a BA from Oberlin College and a MFA from Columbia University.