Transportation - HEARST

Richard P. Malloch is executive vice president for Business Media at Hearst. He is a member of the Hearst board of directors and serves on the subsidiary boards of Fitch Group and CAMP Systems.

Malloch joined Hearst in 1991 and has held a number of leadership positions across the company. He previously served as senior vice president of Hearst and president of Hearst Business Media, which delivers business data and software solutions to the financial, health and transportation industries worldwide.

In the late 1990s, Hearst sold its consumer book business (William Morrow and Avon Books) to HarperCollins. Malloch looked to reinvest the proceeds from the sale and build a business information and software operating group. Traditionally, Hearst’s trade publishing was based on print products with significant revenue generated from advertising. Malloch changed the strategy and business model, moving the group toward revenue generated from subscriptions and licensing fees.

The Business Media companies have shown substantial growth in the past 20 years. Internal growth and product enhancements have been coupled with approximately $10 billion of focused acquisitions. Business Media companies are now a major contributor to Hearst’s performance and contribute approximately 40 percent of the company’s profits. Key acquisitions for Business Media include Fitch Group, CAMP Systems, Homecare Homebase, MCG Health, Noregon Systems and Zynx Health.

Prior to joining Hearst, Malloch served as a principal in the New York office of Morgan Stanley & Co., where he was involved in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Malloch has devoted most of his professional life to working with companies in the communications and technology industries. He was actively involved in expanding the Morgan Stanley media franchise to include cable television, cellular telephones and information technologies. Malloch also helped to develop the media practice in Europe and Asia.

Malloch serves on the National Park Foundation (NPF) board of directors, appointed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The NPF is a congressionally chartered nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. 

Thomas D. Cross is a senior vice president of Hearst and the president and group head of Hearst Transportation, which includes aviation and automotive data and software companies CAMP Systems International, Black Book, MOTOR Information Systems and Noregon Systems.

The mission of Hearst Transportation is to provide business-critical information and services that advance transportation uptime.

Cross has held a variety of senior leadership positions across Hearst’s transportation businesses for over two decades, including serving as executive vice president of Hearst Transportation, president of Black Book and president of MOTOR Information Systems. He joined Hearst after a long career at Ford Motor Company, where he held senior positions in sales, customer service, marketing research and advanced product planning. 

Cross was inducted into the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA) Ring of Honor in 2013 and the National Auto Auction Association (NAAA) Hall of Fame in 2018. He holds a master’s degree in business from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

Aimee Fahey is the vice president of human resources for CAMP Systems International. Fahey started at CAMP in 2015, managing all of the human resource functions for CAMP, including but not limited to employee relations, benefits administration, training and development, recruiting, payroll and EEO compliance.

With expansive experience spanning over 20 years, Fahey managed the global human resource functions for software companies outside of Boston prior to joining CAMP. As the HR subject matter expert, her expertise is in both operational and strategic HR practices. Fahey has a proven track record of overseeing all aspects of human resources management. In her role, she establishes and develops human resource teams and infrastructure for global technology companies to effectively support rapid business growth. She also has extensive mergers and acquisitions integration experience.  

Fahey graduated from Salem State University with a bachelor’s degree in communications and has an HR management certification from Bentley University.

Vibby Gottemukkala is the co-chairman of CAMP Systems International, the leading provider of maintenance tracking and engine health monitoring services and software systems to service centers and MROs in the business aviation industry. Previously serving as President and Chief Executive Officer, Gottemukkala has been a part of CAMP for nearly 20 years and has served in various executive capacities including chief operating officer and chief technology officer. He has been instrumental in the growth of CAMP into the industry’s leading information services platform supporting 20,000 aircraft, 32,000 engines and over 1,500 service centers and MROs.

Prior to CAMP, Gottemukkala was with the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York, where he led research in large-scale data and e-commerce systems. Gottemukkala holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Tech.