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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Teaching a graduate level course in book and journal publishing to 30-50 students per year focusing on a case studies approach. Course covers current trends in the industry, the history of publishing, acquisitions, production, copyright, marketing and finance. The course structure is designed to provide students with a set of core competencies to excel as leaders in the profession. Those competencies include oral and written communication, presentation skills and analysis.

Ithaca, New York Area

Lead a $4.5 million publishing operation in the humanities and social sciences and reinvigorate America’s first university press. Direct all publishing and distribution activities for 2,900 titles and a frontlist of 120 titles per year. Assume P&L responsibility for the publishing program, align the Press with the vision of the university, leverage digital technologies to streamline operations and ensure the long-term sustainability of a publishing program that garners 40-60 awards per year. Lead Open Access initiatives for monograph publishing. Manage staff of 30. • Hired two new acquisitions editors to address editorial pipeline shortage and expanded from ~100 to ~120 titles in less than two years• Closed warehouse and set up new distribution model with Longleaf Services/Ingram to create operational efficiencies, streamline expenses, and create a “zero-inventory” model• Worked with Cornell administration to sell both warehouses for $2.85 million and secure funds for a Press reserve• Expanded eBook distribution into new channels with Oxford University Press (UPSO), DeGruyter and Knowledge Unlatched• Launched a journals program and acquired three new titles• Launched Cornell Publishing as a service bureau for campus-wide publishing initiatives• Wrote two NEH Humanities Open Book grants and received $180,000 in funding to publish 77 titles in open access format• Launched CornellOpen website for Open Access titles • Acquired 10 books • Integrated Southeastern Asian Studies Program (SEAP) publications and added Indonesia journal• Selected new Press-wide database and developed implementation plan• Served on selection committee for Cornell University Librarian

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Direct all digital publishing activities – content development, technology, product development, and sales and marketing -- for the leading platform of scholarly content in the humanities and social sciences which hosts more than 500 journals and 15,000 e-books. Acquire high quality book and journal content from not-for-profit scholarly publishers; expand access, drive usage, generate revenues and deliver royalties annual royalties in excess of $15 million to more than 200 publishers. Responsible for revenues in excess of $24 million and a budget of $5 million. Supervise staff of 35. Key accomplishments include:• Launched first-ever integrated multi-publisher book and journal platform in the humanities on Project MUSE• Acquired 90+ new scholarly journals for the platform since 2010 • Founded the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) with 65 publishers and 15,000 books• Exceeded $21.5 million in journal revenues for the first time in 2012. Have grown MUSE overall revenues from $18 million to $26.5 million in less than 3 years.• Hired digital production manager to enhance XML workflow• Adjunct professor at George Washington University; presentations at Modern Language Association, Charleston Conference Plenary Session, ALPSP, and STM Master Class

My work has appeared in Press Box, Patch.com, Catholic Review, Training & Development Magazine, DC Examiner, Baltimore Examiner, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Brew, JAMBASE, Indiewire, the Woodstock Independent, LINK, Virginia Alumni Magazine, and the Washington Post. I received an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University in 1989.I have written ads for Toyota with Pivec Advertising, newsletters, brochures and catalogs.

I am the Director of Content for the American Society for Training and Development--the world's leading professional organization dedicated to the advancement of learning in the workplace. Key content areas covered include training basics, needs assessment, evaluation and return-on-investment (ROI), instructional systems development (ISD), performance, e-learning, and career development, as well as leadership, management development, and a range of other business skills topics. Key titles: The ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning and Performance, INFOLINE, and T+D Magazine. We publish 20 books per year, 13 Infolines (a 16-page summary of a given aspect of the field), 8 ASTD Research Reports, and the Society's flagship magazine--Training & Development or T+D.

I directed sales and marketing for 36 publications in chemistry and the related sciences. I supervised 60+ staff engaged in these activities around the world.

Mfa, Creative Writing

Bachelor Of Arts, English