Eric Swenson is the Director of Product Management for Elsevier’s abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, Scopus. Previously, he managed Elsevier’s search & discovery platforms, the SciVerse Hub, Scirus and SciTopics, respectively. In addition to his work at Elsevier, Eric is a member of the board of directors for NFAIS. Prior to joining Elsevier in 2011, Eric was the Director of Program Management for the Hearst Corporation’s Interactive Media division and later, an independent consultant serving the new product development and research needs of entities ranging from AT&T Labs Research to startups, interactive agencies, inventors, musicians, investigative journalists, photographers and fine artists.