Melinda has worked in the scholarly communications industry for over twenty years. After completing a degree in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, she began her career working at Oxford University Press, where she gained a Board-level position as Global Marketing Director for the Journals Division. In 2004, she founded TBI Communications, a marketing agency serving academic publishers, societies and libraries. In 2013, she co-founded Kudos -- a web-based platform that supports the research community in increasing the discoverability and reach of their work. Melinda is a member of the editorial Board of Learned Publishing and also a non-Executive Director of Bioscientifica