"Ron and Dave bring a tremendous wealth of experience to our team, said Beale.  "With customer-focus and deep knowledge of the information industry, they are well positioned to help ProQuest deliver on our vision of being central to research around the world."

"After spending more than 2 decades with ProQuest, I am both personally and professionally delighted to be a part of a company that is making vital contributions to the library and information industry as a whole," said Clowney.  "I'm looking forward to continuing in this new role in helping ProQuest grow and further helping our customers succeed in their quest for information."

"ProQuest has an incredible track record of developing research solutions that truly meet the needs of global customers," said Leach.  "We had great success in 2007, and I'm eager to work with the entire ProQuest team to build on this momentum to achieve the next stage of growth." 

Clowney has been with ProQuest for 24 years, and joined the sales force in 1986.  During his tenure, Clowney was also Executive Director, Government & Medical Sales for ProQuest and chief negotiator for FEDLINK.  Clowney also held the National Sales Director role at Ovid Technologies, where he was responsible for leading academic sales.  Clowney graduated with honors with a political science degree from the University of Michigan.  He is an active member of the American Libraries Association, Special Libraries Association, Medical Libraries Association, and the Association for College and Research Libraries.  Clowney currently resides in Washington, D.C., and will be relocating to Ann Arbor, MI. 

Leach has more than 18 years of sales and marketing management experience in the publishing, online research databases and software as a service marketplace.   He joined ProQuest in 1999 and has held roles as Director of Western Regional Sales, and Vice President of US Electronic and Latin American Sales.  Most recently he was Vice President of Global Sales for Serials Solutions, a division of ProQuest.  Leach earned his M.B.A. from Western Michigan University and a graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of Toledo with a degree in Accounting.