• Manage and oversee product development budget• Oversee various project management, editorial, and design functions• Manage a variety of IP-related matters, including contracts, trademarks, copyrights, permissions• Manage product development team members

• Managed the product development roadmap and staged product development process• Created and managed detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets; tracked progress against plans and communicated status to key stakeholders regularly• Managed editorial and design staff• Helped reorganize Publishing department to facilitate the transition from a print to a blended media publisher• Facilitated interactions between departments throughout the product development cycle

• Edited reading/language arts and ELL materials for educational publishers

• Created company’s first editorial department, setting priorities, hiring staff, and training them to manage complex projects. Developed and implemented processes to ensure products fulfilled high editorial standards and were completed on time and on budget.• Managed and trained staff of 34 editors, copy editors, and proofreaders.• Oversaw development of short- and long-term publishing plans, developing schedules and budgets, assigning teams, monitoring workflow, and working with authors and developers to ensure products met adoption specifications.• Coordinated development of all new and revised products, K–12, from initial concept to final product.Highlights included:o Saxon Phonics and Spelling K–2: Trained editorial team; developed explicit project guidelines; reviewed content and illustrations for 300 decodable and fluency leveled readers. (This revision increased phonics sales 20% to $12 million.)o Saxon Math K–4: Created and monitored schedules and workflow; trained editorial team; helped coordinate multi-year field testing effort.o Saxon Math 5/4–8/7: Directed work of outside developers and internal editorial team; researched state standards to inform project specs; supervised content and design development; monitored schedules and budget. (This revision increased middle math sales 31% to $16 million.)o Saxon Intervention 5/4–6/5: Solicited user feedback via surveys and interviews and made recommendations to inform product scope.

• Edited and managed development of multi-grade, multi-component series, working closely with authors to ensure adherence to Saxon pedagogy.• Served as lead editor and project manager for the following products:o Phonics K–2 (classroom and homeschool versions): Worked closely with author on all facets of development; wrote front matter and scripted lessons; edited content to ensure decodability. (Within three years, annual revenue for this product increased from $500,000 to $10 million.)o Phonics Intervention (for older students and adults): Wrote front matter and scripted lessons; edited all TE, SE, and ancillaries; wrote content guidelines for outside writers and managed their work. o Adaptations for Special Populations (math series for students with special needs): Reorganized product configuration to better serve teacher needs; edited all content; oversaw development of all design prototypes.• Also wrote, edited, and copyedited marketing and sales collateral to support products, including catalog copy, teacher’s resource material, promotional literature, in-service videos, and Web site copy.

• Performed all aspects of production work, including typesetting math and phonics books, creating math equations and graphics, and reviewing and correcting proofs.• Created company’s first production and editorial style manual.• Worked closely with authors and product development staff to copyedit manuscript.