Debbie Hartzman Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Southern California

I have been active in SLA for many years, serving as Chair of the Competitive Intelligence Division, President of the Southern California Chapter, newsletter editor and secretary of the Southern California Chapter and other advisory board positions. I received the "Billie Connor" award for ongoing service to the Chapter and my marketing efforts at Amgen Inc. were awarded a citation from the Marketing Division of SLA.

Los Angeles, Ca

I primarily provide research and training to LEK Consulting's West Coast (SF and LA) offices as well as backup for Chicago and Boston. My knowledge areas are Media & Entertainment and the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industries. I work with staff at all levels to identify, retrieve, purchase content and ensure compliance with terms and conditions for data used in client deliverables.

Lead of new member retention committee - performed outreach and orientation to new members to ensure they received value for their membership.

Managed Library and Information Center for Fortune 500 company. Consolidated resources and services, overhauled processes for patent research, laboratory notebooks (3 sites) and journal article fulfillment. Job eliminated due to restructuring.

Worked with entertainment and consulting clients providing accurate and timely research. Project examples: * Technical research to support submission for Technical Achievement Academy Award* Casework and scientific papers to support expert witnesses for court cases* Documentation to support proposal submissions* In-depth analysis on current and proposed health care legislation* Research on disease states and treatment paradigms

San Diego, Ca

Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence at The Aequitas Group, a boutique consulting firm in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry. Supported pricing and reimbursement strategies, competitive analysis and executive training for major bio-pharmaceutical firms.

Planned and Implemented strategic shift from traditional Research Library to Ontology and Taxonomy support organizationManaged Research function in large, multi-site library serving global client base Developed strategic and operational plans for my group and the overall libraryProductized research results for standard presentation to clientsImplemented workflow management system to track research requests and gather metrics Developed multi-modal training program for library resources including distance learning, e-learning and classroom instructionDirect responsibility for 10 reports at four sites, budgetary responsibility for research products and services

Greater Los Angeles Area

Supported Senior VP at major entertainment firmProvided proactive and in depth research to support corporate initiativesDeveloped automated news site for company intranetMember of steering committee for "DisneyCareers" external websiteCreated taxonomy for Disney intranet sites and managed project to catalog said sitesCollaborated with other corporate librarians to form the "Disney Librarians Network:

Responsible for over 300 clients in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Performed client development activities Identified and filled job orders for library personnel. Full responsibility for applicants and employees at contract positionsPresented career workshops for students and information professionals at local universities, community colleges and international conferences

Sourced and curated scientific articles and patents of interest to the organization. Conducted online literature searches and managed R&D library.

Mlis, Library And Information Science

Master of Arts in Librarianship and Information Management. Studied basic library skills - reference, research, cataloging, data.

B.A., English, Communications

Education record