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New York, NY, US

The innovation team scouts and develop the future of research and education via a program of strategic and innovative projects, partnerships, and investments. The team identifies opportunities through a combination of internal research and development -- led by JSTOR Labs -- and external partnerships and investments. When promising opportunities arise, the.

New York, NY, US

Founded and lead JSTOR Labs, which partners with publishers, libraries and labs to create tools for researchers, teachers and students. Fostered multiple, innovation-oriented partnerships. Product managed a series of prototypes and proofs of concept like JSTOR Snap, which allows you to take a picture of any page of text and discovery scholarship about the.

New York, NY, US

Manage division responsible for strategy and design of www.jstor.org and associated sites, overseeing product management, user experience, quality assurance, analytics, and research & development departments. Working with executive team and business stakeholders, define annual product vision and roadmap, including the establishment of KPIs and product.

New York, NY, US

• Authored and maintained the 3-year strategy and roadmap for the JSTOR content delivery platform, working with the executive team to align the platform and product strategy with the business strategy and collaborating.
• As part of small business development team, conceived, defined and launched JSTOR’s current academic journals business, Current Scholarship Program (CSP). Responsibilities included: business model definition and.

Oxford, GB

• Lead team of seven responsible for technical project management, system integration, and data integrity.
• Manage program of technical projects related to digital strategy. Program includes an XML-based publishing platform, authentication and account management systems, a bibliographic database, a digital asset management.

Oxford, GB

• Designed, built and launched the Oxford Publishing Platform for subscription-based academic websites. The platform eventually supported six additional websites, including AASC, Oxford Music Online (previously Grove.
• Project managed the Oxford African American Studies Center through complete project lifecycle, including scoping, design, build and launch. AASC was supervised by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
• Half of two-person team charged with launching Project TORCH (The Online Resource Center for the Humanities), a Mellon Foundation funded scholarly ebook initiative. Responsible for technology and production. Specified.

New York, NY, US

• Led technology team of up to fifteen, including programmers, project managers, quality assurance and technical support, responsible for building and maintaining www.princetonreview.com
• Defined and implemented processes to deliver all projects on time, on budget and to specification
• Managed, set priorities, leveled resources and determined the schedule for all division projects
• Led project to integrate review.com and embark.com, requiring a site redesign and a new registration module, while maintaining legacy systems

Seattle, WA, US

• Created and managed four person team responsible for all corporate Internet interests
• Defined corporate Internet strategy, for both products and websites
• Wrote Sema4 Internet Time & Expense, a Java program used by 100 clients and over 5,000 people
• Analyzed, developed, and refined content, design, architecture, and infrastructure of www.sema4.com and intranet.sema4.com (a secure site)
• Managed development of sema4um, a customer support Extranet for use by 2000 user companies
• Oversaw implementation of eCommerce functionality, customized to corporate needs

New York, NY, US

• Designed, produced, and maintained online product pages
• Wrote copy for web sites, publicity postcards, and online promotions

Mfa, Creative Writing, Fiction

B.A., Major In Russian Studies; Minor In Computer Science