Kuo-Yu Liang (Vice President of Sales & Marketing)
Kuo-Yu has been associated with books and pop-culture entertainment since he was a kid growing up in Taiwan reading manga and watching anime. Over the course of his career, he has been a bookstore buyer and headed up a sales force selling computer games. Prior to joining Diamond, Kuo-Yu spend 13 years with the publisher Random House serving many management capacities, including Associate Publisher, Direct of Marketing, and Director of Licensing. His favorite series includes Ghost in the Shell, Lone Wolf & Cub, and Queen & Country. He lives in Seattle, WA. Back to the top

Scott Hatfill (Director of International Sales)
Scott is formerly the International Vice President at A1books, responsible for business development activities of the online bookseller. Before that, this proven industry veteran spent 16 years at Ingram Books, serving as a Sales Representative, Field Sales Manager, Sales Manager, Director of Sales and International Market Development Director for one of the world’s largest book wholesalers.
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Josh Hayes (Associate Director of Sales & Marketing)
In 1994, Josh began working for Borders Group, Inc. as a part-time store employee. Over the course of his nine-year career at BGI, he held just about every job in merchandising, from faxing sales figures to publishers to negotiating with outside clients to the daily financial planning of the company and ultimately to being a buyer, handling Role Playing Games. Josh is still pretty sure he has a copy of X-Men #1 around his mom’s house somewhere…
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Karen Huddler (Director of Customer & Client Service)
Karen began with Diamond as part of its parent company, Diamond Comic Distributors. When its Customer Service Department was consolidated to its home office more than 5 years ago, she started out as a customer service representative on the Baltimore team. She eventually was promoted to Team Leader on Los Angeles and then Atlanta teams. Most recently she was Assistant Manager of Customer Service focusing on training. Before joining DBD, she worked with the bookstores, providing customer service to the buyers. Back to the top

Janna Morishima (Director of Diamond Kids Group)
Janna was formerly Scholastic Publishing’s Editor at Large and was responsible for such graphic novel lines as Bone, the Baby-Sitters Club and R.L. Stine adaptations. As Director of Diamond Kids Group, Janna is responsible for coordinating DBD’s sales efforts of children’s books to customers worldwide including bookstores, libraries, online, mass merchants, book club and book fairs. Janna also works very closely with DBD publishers to develop new properties for children.Back to the top

Emily Botica (Sales Manager)
Emily started in the book industry in 2001 when she took the position of Marketing Specialist at Waldenbooks, working with the fiction and genre fiction categories, including science fiction/fantasy and graphic novels. In 2003, she took over the marketing responsibilities for the genre fiction categories at Borders Books. Then in 2005, she moved over to buying, where she accepted the role of assistant buyer for fiction and buyer of classics & collections at Waldenbooks. Before leaving Borders Group, she was the interim buyer for graphic novels. Emily resides in Michigan with her husband John and his closet of X-Men and Spider-Man comics.Back to the top

Simon Byrne (Key Account Manager - DBD UK)
Before coming to Diamond, Simon was Senior Advertisement Executive for the popular book trade weekly Publishing News Ltd., selling advertising to UK publishers and service providers. Prior to PN, he worked in a similar capacity on The Bookseller Magazine. Simon has worked on the retail side, working for independent bookshops in his hometown of Brighton, and he made his first step towards Diamond as a schoolboy serving a week’s work experience in Forbidden Planet on Denmark Street. Simon lives in Greenwich, London with his partner and two young children.Back to the top

Stuart Carter (Sales Manager)
From his previous position as Senior Buyer at Host (an airport/resort retail chain responsible for books and merchandise), Stuart brings extensive knowledge and experience in retail, distribution and marketing to DBD.
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Allan Greenberg (Sales Manager)
Allan joined Diamond in 1990 after more then 10 years experience in sales, advertising and promotions in Baltimore radio. Since 1998, Allan has been introducing librarians and media specialists to the exciting world of graphic novels. In addition he also works closely with Diamond retailers that service the library market.Back to the top

Kevin Haberl (Marketing and Sales Associate)
Kevin came to Diamond from Random House Publishers, where he was a sales representative. Prior to working for Random House, he was a store manager for Suncoast Motion Picture Company and was in the U.S. Navy in the legal field.Back to the top

Terry Helman (Sales Manager)
Terry has been with Diamond since December 1999, when he was originally in the Inside Sales Department (becoming assistant manager in 2001). Prior to that, he has been an assistant manager in both the Waldenbooks and Borders chains. Originally from West Virginia, Terry currently lives near Baltimore, with his wife Sonja. He prays for Baltimore to get a hockey franchise in the near future.Back to the top

Robert Jacob (Claims Specialist/Researcher)
Robert has been an avid comic book reader since childhood. He ran a comic store in Kansas City, MO. for several years before moving to Baltimore, MD in 2002. Robert started working at Diamond that same year as a Customer Service Rep for stores in the Pacific Northwest. He joined the Diamond Book team in 2004.Back to the top

Donnie Lewis (Customer Service Manager)
Before joining DBD, Donnie was Assistant Manager of Data Processing at Diamond Comic Distributors, DBD’s parent company. With Diamond since 1997, Lewis’ responsibilities include managing all aspects of customer service issues and coordinating with distribution centers in Memphis, Torrance and Plattsburgh.Back to the top

Dan Smith (Sales & Marketing Assistant)
Dan worked from DBD's parent company, Diamond Comic Distributors, beginning in October 1997 as a Customer Service Representative for the Sparta team working with specialty retailers in the Midwest. In August 1998, he left the company to complete his Associate Arts Degree. Upon completion of his degree, he returned to DCD in July 1999 and joined the Customer Service East Team as a Customer Service Representative, working with retailers in the Mid-Atlantic region. In December 2002, he joined the Diamond Book Distributors team. Back to the top

Doug White (Sales Manager)
Doug White comes to Diamond from Holtzbrinck Publishers, where he was National Account Manager responsible for sales and marketing for Wizards of the Coast, a Holtzbrinck distributed line. Prior to working for Holtzbrinck, Doug was a buyer for Baker & Taylor, and before that an assistant manager at Borders. Doug is a proud Penn State graduate and lives in northwestern New Jersey with his wife Michele and his thousands of comic books.Back to the top