Future US Promotes Tom Valentino to New COO Position to Manage Current and Plannned Growth
August 8, 2006
John Sutton Named New CFO
South San Francisco, CA – Future US, a leading publisher of cutting-edge enthusiast magazines and websites, announced today that current chief financial officer Tom Valentino has been named to the newly-created post of chief operating officer, according to president Jonathan Simpson-Bint.
John Sutton, most recently of Fawcette Publishing, has been hired as the new CFO. Valentino is currently working with Sutton in a 60 to 90-day transition period over finance-related responsibilities. Both men will be based at the company’s new South San Francisco headquarters.
As COO, Valentino will be charged with developing and managing internal systems related to current expansion in print and online. He will remain a key member of both the management and executive teams and continue to work on broad strategic issues and growing the company through launches and acquisitions.
Tom Valentino Bio
A CPA at Deloitte and Touche before getting into publishing in 1986, Tom Valentino went on to become the chief financial officer for GP Publications in 1992 and was an integral part of the team that joined forces with Future Publishing UK.
Working side-by-side with company president Jonathan Simpson-Bint since 1993, Tom's been involved with all financial and administrative aspects of the company's change and growth. During his career at Future, in addition to finance, Tom has also had oversight of all administration functions including IT, facilities and HR.
Tom is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He now resides in the Bay Area with his wife and five children.
John Sutton Bio
Until recently, John was the CFO of Fawcette Publishing, a privately owned technical magazine publisher, web publisher and event organization based in the south bay. Previously, John was also the CFO at Miller Freeman.
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About Future US
Future US is a leading publisher of cutting-edge special interest magazines and websites, which sell in excess of 2.6 million and reach more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Future’s publications reach a young, active, affluent audience and rank 10th among audited newsstand publishers in gross newsstand revenue. Its market-leading titles include Official Xbox Magazine, PSM: Independent PlayStation Magazine, PC Gamer, Maximum PC, MacAddict, Scrapbook Answers, Future Snowboarding Magazine, Snowboard Journal, Snowboard Trade News, Guitar World, Guitar One, Revolver, Future Music, Guitar World Acoustic, Bass Guitar, Guitar World Legends, Pregnancy, House DIY, Decorating Spaces, and Women’s Health & Fitness. Future also publishes leading consumer websites GamesRadar (www.gamesradar.com) and Cheat Planet (www.cheatplanet.com), as well as Next Generation (www.next-gen.biz ), the highly-respected US game industry news source. Future is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles and San Diego. (www.futureus-inc.com)
About Future plc
Future plc is an international special-interest media group with offices in the UK, US, France and Italy. Founded in 1985 with one UK magazine, today it creates over 150 special-interest publications, websites and events, with strong portfolios in the computing, games, music, automotive, sports, crafts and leisure sectors. Over 100 international editions of Future's magazines are also published under licence in 30 other countries across the world. Future employs over 1,500 people worldwide. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR).
