Laura Cox

Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Ringgold Inc

Laura Cox was a publishing consultant for nearly ten years, she set up Frontline GMS in 2004. She sold Frontline to Ringgold in September 2011 and has become Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Previously she worked with a variety of international clients including publishers, intermediaries and trade associations, in strategic sales and marketing consultancy, the creation of business and pricing models, market research, data analysis, project management, and a range of promotional and PR activities. She is the author of the Consortium Directory Online and co-author of the ALPSP Scholarly Publishing Practice surveys, and a number of RIN and JISC reports.

She previously held the position of Acting Business Manager for the ALPSP. Laura previously worked at John Cox Associates Ltd as a publishing consultant  where she covered all aspects of marketing strategy for publishers, including development of strategic plans, market research and industry surveys, pricing models, the analysis of and advise on marketing functions and electronic interfaces. Prior to that she worked for Taylor and Francis in journals marketing.