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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

● Drove and accelerated the strategic growth of over 20 series to ensure completion and annual delivery of 90 titles. Made certain said titles (based on techniques, reviews, and course notes) adhered to extremely rapid development cycles, allowing for rapid dissemination of research on hot topics as soon as they emerged. Presented new titles, established personal relationships with (potential) authors, and attended and participated in multiple international industry-related trade shows and conferences, which necessitated 20%-40% travel.● Pursued an active and efficient acquisitions policy in the Engineering subject area resulting in the strategic publication of short, focused works (approximately 75-150 pp.) that bridge the gap between journal article and book. Prepare and execute publishing contracts for US titles and supervise final editorial preparation of manuscripts for production.● Established long-term relationships with subject specialists and institution heads that deepen partnerships with key content providers. Created strong author relationships with both existing and potential authors by working closely with them to outline a vision and accordant milestone targets for each title. Maintained and developed a circle of reviewers and advisors and evaluate their judgments. Responsible for Book Series:Algorithms and Software in Engineering AntennasBiomedical EngineeringChemical Engineering and Biochemical EngineeringCommunicationsComputational ElectromagneticsElectrical EngineeringElectromagneticsEmerging Engineering TechnologiesEngineers, Technology, and SocietyExperimental MechanicsGlobal EngineeringImage, Video, and Multimedia ProcessingNuclear Technology and SocietyPower ElectronicsRenewable Energy TechnologiesRF/MicrowavesSignal ProcessingSolid State Materials and DevicesSpeech and Audio ProcessingSustainable DevelopmentTechnology, Management, and EntrepreneurshipTissue Engineering

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

● Directed tactical oversight of 30+ journals across two portfolios, conducting budgeting and forecasting exercises to facilitate health and growth of all titles and streamlining submission and review procedures that increased averaged acceptance rates by 15% while reducing overall turn-around-times (e.g. from submission to first decision, and acceptance to publication) by 25%.● Worked with JEOs and EBs to identify and diagnose delayed manuscripts, alleviate article backlogs, establish robust inter-journal transfer networks, and promote continuous publication● Engaged in additional commercial opportunities via the development and launch of new titles and over 40 cross-thematic collections.● Spearheaded the transformation of hybrid journals into fully open access models, implementing strategies to facilitate the transition while still maintaining editorial quality and financial sustainability.● Negotiated sponsorship contracts with over a dozen key universities, guaranteeing a targeted revenue percentage in the absence of subscription fees and ensuring over $600k worth of annual funding relegated to covering APCs for hundreds of individual submissions.

Philadelphia, Pa

Composed roadmaps for multiple Web of Science platform. Identified and contracted third-party data sources, determined data specs and data quality metrics. Organized and automated recurring ingestion procedures. Provided data indicators and operation metrics to enhance the platform’s overall descriptive and predictive analytic capabilities. ● Negotiated with 800+ leading academic research agencies, universities, and colleges from around the world to obtain, segment, and index data from over 10 million research grants representing $700 billion worth of funding. Linked agency grant data to resulting literature (approximately 8 million ranked articles), allowing users to track the R&D landscape at the institutional level, and evaluate funders’ impact/influence across multiple disciplines. ● Conducted in-depth research to identify emergent content-types and requirements. Authored and pitched a formal business proposal to create new OA and preprints citation databases. Successfully contracted and acquired data from thought-leaders arXiv/bioRxiv/medRxiv pertaining to 65k articles. Supervised the timely delivery and proper indexing of said data as well as the assignment of associated metadata. Worked with Tech and Legal to utilize APIs for the future acquisition and cataloging of over 2.2 million additional articles housed across 30 distinct servers. Designed the end product databases’ ontology and taxonomy.● Partnered with leading academic publishers to secure and import “early access” article data from over 6k journals months prior to their formal publication. Created new “EA” content-type category on platform, and arranged the weekly ingestion of 2k articles’ worth of publisher XML to ensure real-time updating. Coordinated go-to-market activities across multiple teams to drive release. Monitored customer engagement forums and reports to assess satisfaction and plan functional additions.

Boston, Ma

Partnered with sales team to conceptualize, develop, and manage custom content offerings and courseware for university faculty and department heads in five assigned territories cumulatively valued at $40M. Identified and established curricular requirements. Linked previously adopted texts to pertinent preexisting digital assets. Created and cultivated 190+ customized content solutions mapped directly to instructional objectives, tailoring them for reuse when possible. Consistently surpassed annual adoption and revenue goals by an average of 6%. ● Provided client outreach and conducted focused needs assessments. Assessed the scope and feasibility of each proposed solution. This included prototyping; defining and refining project specification and timelines; determining and quoting optimum pricing; ensuring the accuracy of cost estimates in alignment with budgetary and profitability goals; and tracking status and fulfillment milestones.● Served as an interdepartmental liaison bridging gaps between engineering and commercially-oriented divisions. Translated Sales and Marketing product aims into technical provisions that could be understood by Technology and Production. Explained the capabilities and limitations of finished products back to Marketing and Sales while also providing training to both clients and customer support staff.

Waltham, Ma

Conceptualized and implemented an overarching content solutions strategy to increase the scope and profitability of three portfolios. Conducted extensive qualitative and quantitative market analysis to identify a segmented customer base and composed data-driven business proposals for a variety of partnerships and assets to meet unique-end user needs. Decided how and where these assets would be accessed, and tracked the market-penetrating efficacy of such decisions. The execution of this strategy resulted in over a 70% increase in Anderson e-revenue since Elsevier acquired the imprint in 2010. ● Created an overarching pedagogical solutions program for a newly acquired Elsevier imprints. After conducting focused need assessments, identified and managed multiple SME teams to develop robust curricular courseware assets centering on adaptive learning test banks, interactive case studies, uniquely tailored lesson plans linked to multimedia ancillaries, audio libraries, and over 30 hours of original tutorial video. These assets were entirely scalable and could be repurposed into variety of new products, or systematically appended to existing ones.● Identified, interviewed, hired, and managed multiple SME teams to compose specific content and shepherded it through Tech via agile workflows. Analyzed, collated, and digitized complex combinations of in-house assets while also providing first pass copy-editing to newly acquired deliverables. Oversaw the proper metadata tagging and migration of content into a digital asset management system.● Proposed and designed Anderson’s first mobile app, Exam Cram, which subsequently won the 2012 PROSE award for Best eProduct in Social Sciences and was noted in Business Wire.● Carried out a third-party content licensing deal with Savant Learning Systems (a premier online education provider) cumulatively worth over $3.5M. This deal provided alternative electronic sales channels and helped the team surpass its annual e-revenue goal.

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Proposed and acquired content for texts across four portfolios to repeatedly exceed $2.5 - $3M signing goals by over 20%. Managed and developed four Assistant Acquisitions Editors by providing training, supervision, and periodic performance reviews. Controlled slippage to maintain planned publication dates of all titles, established annual front lists and budgets, and repeatedly met annual revenue goals.● Conceptualized and solicited book proposals with high sales potential, and revived five long dormant flagship texts via intense negotiation, new coauthor pairings, concentrated content modifications, and the implementation of improved revision cycles. Maintained thorough knowledge of market need and competitor activity to identify growth opportunities, and ensured clear and concise competitive differentiation.● Renewed and managed a unique publishing partnership with the Object Management Group (OMG), an international computer industry consortium responsible for developing enterprise integration standards. Oversaw all series essentials including acquisitions duties, consistent branding and design elements, as well as marketing strategies and materials.