 
Groundbreaking Press has a management team that has been associated
with the publishing
industry for over a quarter of a century. In
addition, there is also expertise in the area of audio books, and ebooks.
We're in the business of making dreams come true. Here we are, the people
who are committed to that goal:
Chairman/CEO
Brad
Fregger has been in the publishing business for over twenty years and
brings with him a wealth of experience. In addition to one-hundred
plus computer software products, before starting 1st World Library
Fregger produced and published a half dozen traditional books as well as
twelve audio books, including the autobiographies of Burt Reynolds and
John Denver, and the twenty-fifth anniversary editions of The
Exorcist and Flowers for Algernon.
His
background makes him ideally suited to this new age of publication where
"books" can be found in a variety of media from the
traditional, to e-books, to MP3 versions that can be downloaded from the
Internet.
Brad
is the author of three books, Get
Things Done - Ten Secrets of Creating and Leading Exceptional Teams,
One
Shovel Full - Telling Stories to Change Attitudes, Perceptions, and
Beliefs, and Lucky
That Way - Stories of Seizing the Moment While Creating the Games
Millions Play (He's the inventor of Computer Card Solitaire). He is
currently writing his fourth book, Achieving Creative Environments -
The Role of Management in Fostering the Creative Work Environment.
Brad is also available for a limited number of speaking engagements and
seminars all based on his books, or the changing nature of the book
publishing industry. To schedule him for your organization, go to our
"Speaker, Author
..." web site.
Follow
this link to see Brad's
complete bio.
Chief
Financial Officer
Bob Ellison has over 30 year of experience
in the high tech electronics industry as a financial executive. He spent
most of his career in the Asia/Pacific region with one assignment to
Europe and is well acquainted with the global cultural issues of today.
Bob is a skilled financial executive that has been involved with
offshore start-ups and joint ventures during his involvement with
operations in Asia and Europe. Bob’s ability to select talented
financial staff that shares the same vision for the future in providing
timely, creative and useful financial information for management has
allowed him to build world class financial teams.
Bob is currently a Lecturer at Texas State
University/San Marcos in the Accounting Department of the Emmett & Miriam
McCoy College of Business Administration focusing on Managerial
Accounting. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of The
University of Texas at Austin Center for Performance Excellence (UTCPE).
UTCPE champions the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria. This
initiative is focused on enhancing the organizational performance for
business, education, healthcare, and government entities in Central Texas.
Bob has presented “Six Sigma - A Path to
Customer Satisfaction” in January 2004 to the Malaysian Rubber Export
Development Council in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There were approximately
150 members of the companies involved with rubber manufactured products
that are members of the Council.
Bob holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting from
Southwest Texas State University and a Bachelors Degree in Business from
Arizona State University. He is a member of Beta Alpha Psi and Beta Gamma
Sigma, both honorary scholastic societies.
Senior
Editor
Barbara
Foley holds a B.S. in English Literature from Iowa State University and
has been the Senior Editor for Fregger's three books (Lucky
That Way,
Get Things Done, and One Shovel Full). Ms. Foley says she
was recruited for her first editing job when she was about ten.
Managing
Editor, Nonprofit and Organizational Development
Barry Silverberg has over 30 years of
diverse leadership, manage-ment, resource development and communications
experience within the nonprofit arena as both a professional and
volunteer leader. Currently he leads the
Center for Community-Based & Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community
College (ACC CCBNO) ,
the
Texas
Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO),
and the
American Creativity Association (ACA),
serving as a coach, mentor, consultant and community resource within the
Nonprofit Sector. He shares his experiences, insights and perceptions at
Conferences, organizational leadership gatherings (which some mistakenly
call "retreats"), with individuals considering careers in the Nonprofit
Sector, and as a session leader within the ACC CCBNO.
Barry is passionate about
fostering greater understanding and appreciation of the Nonprofit Sector
as a Sector distinct from the Corporate/ Business and Government/
Educational Sectors. He is a strong advocate of promoting credibility
and ethics throughout society; but especially within the Nonprofit
Sector.
Production
Manager
Amy
Nottingham-Martin was born in Colorado and moved to Austin in 1997. She
started out as a scenic artist, but due to one of life’s serendipitous
curve balls became Media Manager for a small software company. During
this time, Amy designed, wrote, and edited software manuals, created all
brochures, logos, and national magazine ads, designed, implemented and
maintained the corporate website, and even did a brief stint at coding
software. After becoming a casualty of the tech market crash, Amy is
excited to have found a place that values books and making people’s
publishing dreams a reality. She received her Bachelor of Arts in
Theater Design from Pomona College, and is a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa honor society.
Major Event Coordinator
George
Grossling has spent over 10 years at the fast-paced chip equipment
maker, Applied Materials. During that time George saw a diverse range of
technical roles including quality control and decision support. Having
spent
time in Silicon Valley, Tokyo, and London, he has repeatedly
demonstrated
his ability to communicate across cultures and successfully lead problem
solving teams. George has lived in Austin since 1990 where he received
his
BS at UT Austin’s School of Mechanical Engineering, and where he
recently
completed his MBA at St. Edward’s University at the top of his class.
George is currently involved with a nano-tech startup, Molecular
Imprints, as a manufacturing engineer.
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