Mike Takats is a Director of Product Strategy in the Scientific and Scholarly Research unit of Thomson Reuters. He and his team are responsible for product management and ongoing product development of the Web of Science and other databases on the Web of Knowledge platform. Mike joined Thomson Reuters in 2012 and brings almost 20 years of experience in a variety of product development, electronic publishing and finance roles for major STM publishers. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.