Joe Esposito is a management consultant focusing on academic and professional publishing and the digital services that support them. He works in both the for-profit and not-for-profit world, with such clients as the Mellon, MacArthur, and Hewlett Foundations; JSTOR, ArtSTOR, and Portico; the university presses of Wisconsin, Harvard, North Carolina, California, Chicago, Penn State, MIT, and others; and professional societies such as NEJM, ANSI, the American Institute of Physics, the American Acoustical Society, the American Society for Microbiology; library organizations such as OhioLINK and the Center for Research Libraries; and such software companies as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Meta, Atypon Systems, and Silverchair. He has served as CEO of three companies, all of which he led to successful exits. His work typically involves broad organizational strategy and the development of business models.