????過(guò)去四個(gè)月里，時(shí)代公司（Time Inc.）的員工們一直在猜測(cè)，明年早些時(shí)候，這家雜志出版商將被拆分成一家獨(dú)立上市公司，屆時(shí)，誰(shuí)將出任公司新掌門(mén)？今天，這個(gè)問(wèn)題終于有了答案：他就是曾在時(shí)代公司及時(shí)代華納公司（Time Warner）擔(dān)任首席財(cái)務(wù)官的喬?里普。過(guò)去八年里，他一直在領(lǐng)導(dǎo)多家企業(yè)對(duì)企業(yè)電子商務(wù)信息公司，如登卓國(guó)際（Dendrite International）和OneSource信息服務(wù)公司（OneSource Information Services）。

????里普將在美國(guó)勞動(dòng)節(jié)（九月份的第一個(gè)星期一）之后正式上任，屆時(shí)他將辭去在OneSource的職務(wù)。2011年，OneSource被私募股權(quán)公司GTCR收購(gòu)之后，里普加入OneSource公司（之前，里普曾與GTCR公司合作建立了一個(gè)投資平臺(tái)，重點(diǎn)為數(shù)據(jù)傳送信息與營(yíng)銷(xiāo)服務(wù)公司）.

????今天早些時(shí)候，我們電話(huà)采訪(fǎng)了GTCR合伙人和OneSource董事會(huì)成員菲利普?坎菲爾德，希望深入了解一下里普，以及作為筆者的新老板，他會(huì)有哪些舉措。以下為采訪(fǎng)內(nèi)容摘要：

《財(cái)富》雜志（Fortune）：GTCR當(dāng)初為什么希望與喬?里普合作？

坎菲爾德：對(duì)于信息服務(wù)和市場(chǎng)現(xiàn)狀，喬有許多非常有意思的觀(guān)點(diǎn)，而我們對(duì)于那個(gè)領(lǐng)域的平臺(tái)也有一些想法，包括OneSource公司在內(nèi)。所以我們?cè)谝黄鹩懻摿嗽S多不同的B2B軟件和內(nèi)容公司，而且，我感覺(jué)我們可以一起找到一些符合大家共同想法的東西。我們還掌握了大量報(bào)告，其中包括喬在過(guò)去如何創(chuàng)造價(jià)值，以及他招聘英才的能力，這些后來(lái)都得到了驗(yàn)證。他是一位優(yōu)秀的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，以后仍將在OneSource公司董事會(huì)任職。

他之前在美國(guó)證券交易委員會(huì)（SEC）曾遭遇會(huì)計(jì)問(wèn)題，并最終被迫支付150,000美元。你們?nèi)绾卧u(píng)估這種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)？

????我們確實(shí)圍繞那件事的事實(shí)和具體情況做了大量工作，包括許多獨(dú)立的工作，結(jié)果令我們非常滿(mǎn)意。因?yàn)閱淌且幻\(chéng)實(shí)的經(jīng)紀(jì)商，他只是恰好遇到這種糟糕的狀況，實(shí)際上這種狀況的出現(xiàn)與他沒(méi)有任何關(guān)系。對(duì)他和他做事的原則，我有百分百的信心。

你們?cè)诓坏揭荒昵安攀召?gòu)了OneSource。他這么快就要離開(kāi)OneSource，你們感到失望嗎？

????當(dāng)然了，我們對(duì)他的離開(kāi)很遺憾。但這是一個(gè)備受矚目的巨大機(jī)遇，我不知道我們當(dāng)中是否有人曾想到過(guò)，這份工作會(huì)落到他肩上。但看看這次機(jī)會(huì)，我非常能理解他為什么想要得到它……喬給我們最大的幫助之一是，他幫助打造了一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的團(tuán)隊(duì)，包括會(huì)暫時(shí)任職一段時(shí)間的一名總裁兼首席運(yùn)營(yíng)官。他的招聘能力讓我們不論是從外部還是內(nèi)部尋找他的永久繼任者都有一定的回旋余地。

過(guò)去八年，里普一直在運(yùn)行B2B平臺(tái)。你認(rèn)為他會(huì)如何完成向B2C公司的轉(zhuǎn)變？

????我不知道我有沒(méi)有資格評(píng)判，因?yàn)槲冶旧硪惨恢痹贐2B領(lǐng)域，從未與他就B2C進(jìn)行過(guò)深入交流。但我能看得出，他是一位非常出色的戰(zhàn)略思想家，他能同時(shí)看到事情的正負(fù)反兩面，而且從來(lái)不會(huì)害怕解決負(fù)面問(wèn)題——鑒于B2C內(nèi)容提供商們所面臨的種種挑戰(zhàn)，這種能力將很有幫助。

他之前離開(kāi)的那家時(shí)代公司和即將加入的新公司之間存在巨大的差異，就是數(shù)字媒體的崛起。OneSource是一家數(shù)字公司，就他對(duì)數(shù)字用戶(hù)體驗(yàn)的理解，你有什么看法？

????正如前面所說(shuō)，我的觀(guān)點(diǎn)都是從B2B角度來(lái)看，所以我認(rèn)為，在B2B領(lǐng)域，用戶(hù)體驗(yàn)幾乎都體現(xiàn)在工作流當(dāng)中，或者說(shuō)怎樣讓用戶(hù)的工作變得更輕松。我認(rèn)為，喬在這方面非常擅長(zhǎng)，也有很多想法。我認(rèn)為B2C應(yīng)該與此有些不同。

????For the past four months, Time Inc. employees have wondered who will lead the magazine publisher once it is spun out into a standalone public company early next year. Today we got our answer: Joe Ripp, a onetime Time Inc. and Time Warner (TWX) CFO who has spent the past eight years leading business-to-business information companies like Dendrite International and OneSource Information Services.

????Ripp doesn't officially take the reins until after Labor Day so that he can wind down his responsibilities with OneSource, which he joined in 2011 after it was acquired by private equity firm GTCR (with whom Ripp had previously formed an investment platform focused on data-enabled information and marketing services companies).

????Earlier today we spent some time on the phone with Philip Canfield, a GTCR partner and OneSource board member, to learn more about Ripp and how he may fare as my new boss. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation.

FORTUNE: Why did GTCR originally want to partner with Joe Ripp?

CANFIELD: Joe had some really interesting ideas around information services and what was going on in that market, and we had some ideas about platforms in that space, including OneSource. So we met and discussed a bunch of different B2B software and content companies, and felt we could find some things together that fit within that general thesis. We also had a lot of respect for what Joe had done in the past in terms of value creation and his ability to recruit top talent, and all of that had proven to be true. He's a great leader, and will remain on the OneSource board.

He had a prior accounting issue with the SEC, which resulted in him settling for $150,000. How did you assess that risk?

????We did a tremendous amount of work around the facts and circumstances of that situation, including a lot of independent work, and were satisfied that Joe is an honest broker who got caught in the middle of a bad situation he didn't really have any part in creating. I have 100% confidence in him and the principles he operated under.

You bought OneSource less than a year ago. Disappointed to see him go so soon?

????Oh sure, we're sad to lose him. But this is a very big and high-profile opportunity, and I'm not sure any of us would have imagined this was a potential job for him. But looking at the opportunity, I can certainly understand why he wanted it... One of the great things about Joe is that he helped bring a great team into that business, including a president and COO who's going to do the job for a while. His ability to recruit gives us some flexibility in terms of finding his permanent successor, whether that's an internal or external candidate.

Ripp has been running B2B platforms for the past eight years. How do you see him transitioning back into a B2C company?

????I'm not sure how well positioned I am to judge that, since I'm a B2B guy and I haven't had any depth of conversation with him about B2C. But I can say that he's a very good strategic thinker who sees both the positives and negatives and is not afraid to address the negatives -- something that will be useful given the challenges that all of these B2C content providers have ahead of them.

One big difference between the Time Inc. he left and the one he is joining is the evolution of digital media. OneSource is a digital company, so could you provide your thoughts of his understanding of the digital user experience?

????Again, all of my observations are through B2B, so I'd say that in B2B-land the user experience is almost always couched within workflow, or how you make the user's job easier. I think Joe is very good and thoughtful about that. My sense is B2C is about something else.