Firebrand Technologies
Nick Rourke serves as the Director of Professional Services at Firebrand Technologies since April 2025. Prior to this role, Rourke held the position of Director of Product Management at HarperCollins Publishers from June 2024 to April 2025. Rourke's extensive experience at Hachette Book Group spanned from October 2016 to June 2024, during which time Rourke progressed from Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager to Director of Publishing Products, and also served as Sr Manager of Product Management & Business Analysis. Rourke began the career at AposTherapy as Marketing & Creative Manager, followed by a role as Marketing Coordinator & Graphic Designer at Pirtle Construction, and an Associate Creative position at Physicians United Plan. Rourke's earlier experience includes serving as a Fire Safety Assistant at the University of Central Florida while earning a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising between 2009 and 2013.
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Firebrand Technologies
Firebrand Technologies is more than a software and services company. We are an active partner in the book publishing business, providing steadfast leadership and seamless information flow throughout the entire publishing process. It is what we love and what we do—every day, for almost 30 years.Firebrand was founded by Fran Toolan as QualitySolutions, Inc. in 1987. He believed the publishing industry was a unique and creative business, yet needed efficient tools and workflow processes to thrive and be profitable. These tools must accentuate the creativity in publishing, not hinder it.As developers of software and technology solutions, we serve all segments of the publishing community, including trade book publishers, academic and educational publishers, journal publishers, audio publishers, distributors, trading partners, industry representatives, and other service providers. With the ability to host technologies in our datacenter or install proprietary systems on-site, we deliver solutions that meet the needs of publishers of any size and budget.Our team engages daily in a zealous pursuit to empower publishers and their partners. We host conferences, user groups, seminars, webinars, and other educational and entrepreneurial opportunities. We stand united with the entire publishing industry, in defiance of convention, deep in resources and expertise, and committed to pragmatic solutions that persistently encourage the industry to be as creative, efficient, and successful as possible.Our Title Management Enterprise Software tracks titles from pre-acquisition through post-production, while our Eloquence on Demand service is the most accurate and cost-effective way to implement ONIX and to distribute metadata and digital content to more than 500 trading partners. Our sister company NetGalley, delivers digital galleys to professional readers. Direct2Reader provides a suite of cutting-edge industry applications to help publishers sell directly to readers. FlightDeck is the most robust EPUB quality assurance and testing tool available.