Internet - New Media - Publishing - Traditional Media
Executive with experience as Consultant, Vice President, Publisher, and Director.
Managed ongoing platform and site redevelopment, operations, and financial reporting of 40+ e-commerce sites for a major New York b-to-c concern by developing highly efficient procedures, processes, and tracking mechanisms.
Reduced front-end IT development and operations costs by 70% at bol.com (Bertelsmann).
Responsible for 34% of non-advertising driven division profit at Reed-Elsevier.
Front-end management, development and operations of international e-commerce sites in 14 countries that market books, music, video, software, and e-books.
Experienced presenter at industry conferences. Published Contributions in Emedia: The Digital Studio Magazine, CD-ROM Professional: The Magazine for CD-ROM Publishers and Users, The Laserdisk Professional: The Magazine of Optical Information Systems, and other publications.
Affiliations: EbXML EDI Standardization Committee of BISAC, Member; Audio Engineering Society, Member; Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Associate Member.
Software: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, PageMaker, Visio.
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NEW YORK INTERMEDIA AUTHORITY, New York, New York
1996 - 2000; 2002 - Present
An independent consultancy providing strategic and management services in the areas of electronic publishing, web development, and e-commerce.
Independent Consultant - E-Commerce, New Media, and Electronic Publishing
* Provide general IT product development and operations management for e-commerce, including user-interface design/review, database acquisition and analysis, and EDI.
* Hired for proven track record in managing highly complex web development.
Recent and Ongoing Client Projects
* Managed ongoing platform and site redevelopment, operations, and financial reporting of 40+ e-commerce sites for a major New York b-to-c concern.
* Facilitated database acquisition and integration for consumer trade book operation.
* Negotiated sales strategy and contract between major database publisher and large consumer-based retail direct/online book club operation.
* Oversee the development and operations of three websites for NYC-based musicians.
* Perform services for Dolby Laboratories, evaluating quality of the film print and overall presentation.
* Contributed to 77-WABC, New York 2002 "Rewound" 12-hour radio special; material also used on NPR Radio.
bol.com PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, INC. (BERTELSMANN), New York, New York
1998 - 2002
A major e-commerce venture to market books, video, music, and e-books in 14 countries in Europe and Asia.
Director, Front-End Development and Operations (2001-2002)
Director, Database, Operations, and EDI (1999-2000)
Consultant (1998-1999)
* Managed front-end, development, and operations of e-commerce sites in 14 countries that market books, music, video, software, and e-books.
* Reduced front-end IT development and operations costs by 70% during last year of operation.
* Developed processes to enable a multilingual presentation using a single database structure.
* Served as responsible party for the following: search, search results, product and biographical pages, country business rules, product database development and content acquisition (including metadata, audio clips, product images), DTD and load processes; EDI, back-end operations, technical implementation of coupons and affiliate programs, conversion to Euro, and new platform due diligence.
REED REFERENCE PUBLISHING (REED-ELSEVIER), New Providence, NJ
1986 - 1996
A leading publisher of databases, directories, metadata, and abstracts for the library, retail, legal, corporate, and consumer markets in electronic and traditional media.
Sr. Vice President and Publisher, Electronic Publishing/Business Manager, Bibliographic Publishing (1995-1996)
Vice President and Publisher, Electronic Publishing (1995)
Vice President, Electronic Publishing (1991-1994)
Executive Editor, Electronic Publishing (1986-1991)
* Contributed to Executive Committee as senior executive of electronic publishing.
* Executed strategic planning, new business development, product development, marketing, and P&L.
* Directed Electronic (CD-ROM, Internet, Online, and Site Licensing) publishing for R.R. Bowker (bibliographic), Martindale-Hubbell (legal), National Register Publishing (corporate) and Marquis Who's Who (biographical).
* Oversaw CD-ROM development at Bowker-Saur (UK) and K.G. Saur (Munich).
* Secured strategic alliances and licensing with AAP, NACS, and ABA to co-manage PUBNET book ordering transaction system and with AAP for development of digital content numbering system; also secured alliances and licensing with major online and OPAC vendors in addition to retail kiosk vendors.
Web
* Books Out of Print
* Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
* Reed Reference Publishing marketing site
CD-ROM
* Books in Print with Book Reviews
* Variety's Video Directory
* Corporate Affiliations
* Advertiser and Agency RedBooks
* Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
* Marquis Who's Who
* Reader's Advisor
* Sci-Tech Reference
* Children's Reference
* Publishing Market Place
* INGRAM-Books in Print
* Bowker-Whitaker Global Books in Print
Print
* Software Encyclopedia
* Sci-Tech Books and Serials in Print
* Directory of American Research and Technology
* Children's Books in Print
* A line of 30 titles of children's book bibliographies
CBS EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING, New York, New York
1978 - 1986
Director, Software Development (1984-1986)
Manager, Software Development (1983-1984)
Manager, Audio/Visual Development and Recording Operations (1981-1983)
Manager, Recording Operations (1978-1981)
* Led acquisition, development, production, and quality assurance of software, video, audio, and multi-image products and presentations, with 60 major software projects reaching the marketplace by Fall 1986.
* Negotiated contracts and developed budgets, collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Production, Process, Design, and Manufacturing to assure a high quality and timely product release.
* Received Family Computing Magazine Award for T-Rex: The Dinosaur Survival Adventure, a multimedia project.
* Supported Voyage of the Mimi, an award-winning video, print, and interactive software program designed to teach science, math, and problem-solving skills.
* Received CEPP Outstanding Achievement Award (1980); also member of CEPP New Technology Task Force.
* Produced 5-site marketing and sales teleconference with WNET-13 Net-Telicon.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
G&T HARRIS RECORDING
Senior Recording Engineer, Music and Multimedia
CINEMA SOUND LTD.
Recording Engineer/Producer, Spots, Radio Syndication, Educational
NYC BOARD OF EDUCATION
Instructor, TV Production
B. EICHWALD & CO. (UNITED NATIONS)
Recording Engineer, Foreign Language News |