As the Sr. Program Manager at Sage Publishing I work on Development Management and Program Operations Improvement. GVPi was the software technology company acquired by Sage in 2018 that provided technology and platform solutions for the media and publishing industries as well as societies and their communities.The GVPi department is now integrated into the Sage Technology division. The Development team focuses on rapid LEAN and Agile Development to deliver on time, quality improvements and new platforms.

My role as Sr. Business Development Manager and Partner Development Manager focuses on business modeling, analysis of market trends, suggestions for strategy, third party relationships and collaboration, new product development, and assessment of systems and operations for improvement. We work to seek new opportunities and maintain effective and rewarding internal and external partnerships. • Creation of external and internal business plans (including technical and competitor audits of main content platform) where all risks, success, investment, stakeholders, plans and management are carefully considered, analyzed and delivered.• Conceptualized and redesigned database to capture all client information, relationships and communications across the business to achieve a coordinated approach to developing more opportunities and consistent outcomes.• Project Management and development of new products from inception to launch. (Collaboration, requirements gathering, research and data analysis)• Defined a pipeline approach for each partners development, focusing on the partnerships as a whole, what the strategic endorsement will be and its affiliation deals.

Dublin Six offers the STM and higher education media industry solutions for technical and business development. We focus on new technical trends and creating products during a period of rapid evolution in our industry. We offer comprehensive usage statistics, online circulation management and performance monitoring services for libraries as well as platform management, development and architecture for publishers. www.dublinsix.com

• Project Management for multiple platform redesigns and feature improvements for main hosting platform. • Managed market launch for variety of platforms and redesigns – internal and external communication, training and presentations.• Project management of multiple customer and content database migrations -Access, customer data, all content types, archives, society partners, features, usage.• Designed and developed a new access control and verification systems.• Managed and participated in new product development and revenue generating ideas and strategies.• Served as an intermediary between technology and business to understand and explain each to the other. (Communicating technology, business requirements, interaction design, strategies, market position and business models.)• Managed agile product development with all stakeholders (programmers, vendors, production, editorial, marketing, sales, support, and customers).• Extensive experience developing effective sales, marketing and customer engagement programs that include direct mail, print, advertising, promotions, lead generation, seminars and social media campaigns.• Researched new technologies to amass technical knowledge and apply to product vision.• Translated user feedback into product solutions and new product concepts.