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Our Story

In the early years of the new millennium, our founders, Scott Timian and Felix Frazier, felt that something had gone wrong within the higher education publishing industry. In the wake of numerous mergers and acquisitions, instructors' needs and students' issues were no longer being addressed. Instead, the focus moved to shareholder value, cash flow, and record profits. This was reflected in 1000-page textbooks that cost students over $100, yet did not meet their instructors' needs. The result was that students no longer valued the product, and instructors were increasingly frustrated.

The market was ready for a company that was forward-thinking in its product development and innovative content, but retro in its approach to customers. A company that would develop a personal relationship with each customer, listen to the customer's needs, and determine appropriate solutions. A company that would provide a forum for innovative authors and ensure their vision is never compromised. A company that would strive to keep all costs to a minimum and pass the savings on to students. That company is Fountainhead Press.

The Founders

Fountainhead Press is an educational publisher that contracts, develops, and produces content for the higher education market. We were founded in the fall of 2002 by two publishing professionals with over 45 combined years of experience in college publishing. We are headquartered in Southlake, Texas—a suburb of Fort Worth.

Scott Timian
President
817.980.9998
scott.timian@fountainheadpress.com

Felix Frazier
Senior Partner
580.622.2406
felix.frazier@fountainheadpress.com
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Felix Frazier

During more than 25 years in publishing, Felix has held positions in sales, editorial, and executive management. Regardless of his position, Felix has always maintained two goals throughout his career: solving educators’ problems and implementing an author's vision.

As Felix states:

For the past three decades, I have looked for projects that illuminate. My career in publishing has been about listening to educators and trying to find solutions to their problems. In all that time, I have tried to support the author‘s vision while maintaining a firm grip on what is practical and what is possible. My goal has been to find those authors who understand the needs of students and who can communicate concepts in a straightforward manner because they are concerned educators who are — first and foremost — teachers. I believe I can spot conscientious authors who help students without feeling the need to impress colleagues; who ignore ineffective ‘bells and whistles‘ that are included only to make the product more marketable; who eschew colorful presentations that are hollow in substance; and who challenge students without obfuscating concepts. After all, the process of higher education shouldn’t be a fraternal initiation ceremony, but should represent the ideals of people who have responded to a higher calling to impart their knowledge to future generations.

Scott Timian

Over the last 14 years, Scott has accumulated an in-depth knowledge of all the operating functions within the publishing industry. He has held positions in sales, marketing, editorial, production, and executive management while working for three of the leading textbook publishers. Previous to founding Fountainhead Press, Scott was Vice President/Director of the eLearning Solutions group at Thomson Learning. eLearning Solutions is a start-up unit dedicated to mining and creating new revenue opportunities within the higher education market by licensing electronic products and content directly to institutions.

Prior to his work at Thomson, Scott was Chief Technology Officer and Sr. Vice President for Harcourt College Publishers. He was responsible for the custom publishing operation, technology-oriented research and development, and all web publishing activities. During his tenure at Harcourt, Scott grew the Custom Division from $9 million to $30 million. He also led the transition of the Harcourt College web from a business-to-business site to a business-to-consumer site, implemented an e-commerce system, and oversaw the development of a wide array of customer-oriented digital tools and services.