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Sanford, Florida, US

• Executive in growing startup that connects people with knowledge at the moment of need using familiar authoring tools. Repubit develops and distributes corporate learning, interactive documentation, and just-in-time.
• RePubIT Digital platform - Convert PDFs to standard HTML5 ebook, then add languages, multimedia, eLearning, and analytics. Secure e-commerce, subscriptions, and data reporting assist learners, authors and publishers.
• Repubit Learning Record Store "LRS" integrates with Watershed, Saltbox, VisCa LRS and others.
• Launched Catholic Relief Services SMART Skills courseware series on Repubit Digital - browser, iOS, and Android. Online/Offline eLearning & xAPI learning analytics. Courses are blended training of agriculture and.
• US Department of Defense Advanced Distributed Learning awards Personalized eBook for Learning (PeBL) multi-year development project. Providing product ownership, instructional design, iOS and xAPI development to prime.
• Repubit is launching US distributor partnership with developer of automated EPUB3 content conversion and EPUB3 enrichment tool.

"Music education today has been inadequate for decades. We're changing that." — Prof. Anne ShihThe Ming Shih philosophy revolves around respect for the individual, and to embrace methods to enhance learning at the highest and most efficient levels. The teaching model requires a human touch for understanding and expression, but also employs new, interactive.

Leap With Alice is a platform that enhances education with augmented reality, secures users with blockchain technology, and incentivizes teacher engagement through cryptocurrency.The Alice exchange enables educators to create, buy, and sell interactive content designed to improve the learning experience currently delivered by traditional, static resources.

Piscataway, NJ, US

Actionable Data Book IC12-006 completed chartered work in January 2018. We prototyped advanced EPUB3 and HTML5 Digital Edition - eBooks as an interactive learning platform, fully equipped to gather and report learning analytics to LMS and other competency systems. Industry adoption was achieved when the ADB architecture was commissioned by US DoD Advanced.

As a principal consultant to ImbuElearning, a full service provider of instructional design, global e-learning, training, and marketing solutions for corporate, scholarly, and professional development, I provide digital publishing, html5 / css / java coding and media production services expertise. We have particular expertise in high tech engineering.

• Provided business strategy, development, and technical support to individuals and companies in the areas of education, corporate learning, eBook publishing and distribution, and technical infrastructure. Current.
• Business Development and strategic planning - consulting with global digital publishing service provider on market competitive analysis, skills assessment, startup cost for offshore ePub3, interactive ebook, and.
• Digitization of test prep materials with QTI enrichment for integration into various online platforms. Prototyping mobile study and retention platform for adaptive exam prep. Integrating private label and 3rd party.
• BISG – Co Chair of Interactive eBook working group authoring white paper on feature, format and structure.
• ADL – Advanced Distributed Learning PM of Cohort#2 team developing xAPI use case prototype for adaptive learning products. Teaming with IEEE & Boeing on IDPF ePub3 xAPI Development Strategy for interactive ePub3.
• 3D Projection Mapping - providing audio visual projection mapping services for music, theatre, corporate keynote, trade show, and sporting venues.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

• Strategic entrepreneurial role for both S4Carlisle and Qbend - Digital Publishing Services, SaaS Digital eBookstore and XML Custom Publishing services. I was responsibility for driving Technical Sales, Product.
• Successfully launched the Media Division of S4Carlisle - strategic USA and Global vendor partnership plus organic development.
• Developed interactive ePub3 strategy and metadata model with tier1 publishers
• Retained preferred vendor status with tier1 North American educational publishers.
• Developed interactive ePub3 best practices and media production: full service audio / video, composition, audio books, testing, accessibility, instructional design, transmediation and animation - 2D, 3D, Character.

Sussex, Wisconsin, US

Product Lead on our Mark Logic Custom Publishing XML development initiative. This content management solution outputs to epub, xHTML, PDF, Indesign, and connects to Amazon, Apple iBookstore, and others for content syndication. I maintained my position DAM expert providing technical sales, business analysis, and process automation. Also represented Quad's.

Sussex, Wisconsin, US

• Quad/Graphics' Innovation Council is a board of 10 employees selected by the President and CEO to provide a framework that allows entrepreneurial ideas to flourish within a multi-billion dollar manufacturing corporation.
• Mentored "Idea Catapult" teams dedicated to research and develop Quad Graphics' Digital Publishing suite - eBooks, eMagazines, XML Publishing, Custom Publishing and automation.
• Facilitated strong collaboration between Marketing, Sales, IT, R&D and Manufacturing for all digital solutions. - digital asset management, automated publishing,
• I lead the XML Custom Publishing initiative and an application development initiative for offering disaggregated content from multiple publishers to consumers through a common storefront.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

Worldcolor is an international Print and Media company based in Montreal, Quebec. After three promotions my expertise in the Pre-Media division is high technology innovation. With 7 direct reports we create client facing Gobal Digital Media archives, workflow automation, Photography and Advertising Portals, XML content database and custom publishing.

US

Responsible for buildout and ongoing IT operations for 12 New York and Connecticut based production facilities. We produced content and digital media for Print, B2B, E-commerce, and website development for the retail, advertising, magazine publishing and general manufacturing markets. Clients included Time Inc, Conde' Nast, Newsweek, GM, McGraw Hill.

Hired to develop a desktop publishing division utilizing Macintosh technology during a market transformation period. The industry was shifting from very expensive high end dedicated machinery to desktop based computer technology. Job required IT skills, knowledge of all desktop publishing applications and hardware systems as well as the proprietary.

Launched initial sales and installation of new market vertical. Professional Recording Studio and Video Post Production facilities utilizing IAC Veritone modular booth and room architectural modules. Performed inside sales and product management. Designed and installed digital audio recording studio for David Beal in New York, NY, a pioneer of Pro Tools.

Bloomfield, CT, US

Technical underwriter - Property Engineered Risk division. Technology related property damage analysis. Also responsible for office technology and desktop PC computer integration to underwriting department for property and casualty divisions. Developed database solutions for risk analysis and desktop based analytical tools.

Bs, Electrical Engineering / Finance

Online Coursework, E-Learning And Digital Culture

Film Scoring