Develop and drive the strategic vision of the SPIE publications portfolio including conference content, journals, books, and multimedia.Responsible for identifying new services and tools that support researchers, managing partner and vendor relationships, and collaborating with other department stakeholders to develop and execute a strategic vision for SPIE’s publications portfolio. Direct supervision of a technology team.

Led all SAGE STM journal acquisitions efforts in the Americas: Identified and recruited potential new strategic partnerships and acquisitions to expand SAGE subject coverage and increase revenue; negotiated contracts.Collaborated with Sales colleagues to negotiate tranformative agreements with institutional customers.Developed and maintained strong working relationships with key society and journal contacts.Oversaw the day-to-day publishing and strategic development of select STM journals.Drafted proposals and presentations for potential partnerships and purchases.Coordinated internal departments to ensure on-time delivery of contractual obligations.Created financial forecasts for new and existing publications.Represented SAGE at society and industry conferences.Managed staff, providing training, performance evaluation, and general management support.

Acquisitions Editor in STM Journals, covering North and South America.