Practice lead responsible for product information management, intellectual property rights management, partner operations, and production and operations for content and assets used in HBP's learning products. Key accomplishments of the practice area include• Implementing governance for taxonomy and product metadata• Building an enterprise taxonomy and retiring siloed business unit taxonomies• Experimenting with AI for metadata creation• Creating a data lake as well as KPI and analytics visualizations for production information• Maintaining an average 1.8% quarterly catalog growth rate• Enhancing product accessibility on automated conversion workflows• Standing up cross-department functional teams, capitalizing on agile and traditional project management

Managed the metadata quality and governance, intellectual property rights and permissions, intake and delivery pipelines, and production and operations responsibilities for the Higher Education business unit at HBP. Aggregated content from approximately 50 providers and overseeing a company-wide metadata improvement team.

Managed the workflow, tools, and resources needed to convert source documents into various outputs, such XHTML, EPUB, and PDF formats. This included finalizing in-house conversion software development to efficiently convert three product lines to XHTML and EPUB; completing a back-catalog project to convert 3,500 cases to XHTML and EPUB formats while maintaining HBP’s high-quality expectations; and streamlining daily workflows that the team used to process approximately 10,000 formats annually.

Implemented reflowable ebook development and managed electronic archiving and repurposing efforts for the organization, including maintaining an XML repository of content and sustaining online archives of that content. Developed processes, workflows, checklists, coding guidelines, branding, styles, and templates for several publications' electronic formats and managed the print-to-electronic conversion, migration, quality assurance, and troubleshooting of books and journals for delivery through e-tailers such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Substantively edited, copyedited, and proofread book-length manuscripts, newsletters, and other professional development materials and reviewed manuscript submissions and freelancer work.

Substantively edited, copyedited, and proofread short- and long-form materials on a per-project basis.

Wrote feature articles, directed the assignments of freelance and staff writers, and edited the magazine and website. Implemented a submission database system, a production calendar, and the magazine's style guide.

Secured corporate sponsorships, managed the NIE circulation budget, and developed lessons. Directed classroom workshops, tours, and the regional Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, and, while President of the South Carolina Newspaper in Education Association, oversaw statewide elementary and secondary career awareness and development programs involving 14,400 teachers, 13 newspapers, and $160,000 in sponsorship.