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Podcast covering Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s Presidential Campaign, www.RFKAllTheWay.com

We publish empowering books for middle grade and young adult readers.

Mediator working with people in multi-cultural conflict, utilizing best practices from a range of background training such as Nonviolent Communication (www.cnvc.org).

• Founded start-up with $125,000 in seed capital which grew to $8.5 million in annual revenue with 15 employees and produced over 50 titles, total sales over 4 million copies. Our readers, retailers, and licensing.
• Negotiated official licensing relationships with industry’s top companies including: Nintendo, Sony, Sega, Capcom.
• Oversaw growth of sales and circulation to encompass every major gaming and book retailer in North America, including GameStop, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Best Buy, Toys R Us, and over 10,000 newsstand locations.
• Multiple best-selling titles exceeded 300,000 copies sold through at high efficiencies.
• Developed communication, organization, and people skills working with a variety of employees and contractors, including creative consultants, sales agents, freelance authors. Negotiated personality conflicts and other.
• Repeatedly defeated competitors in direct head-to-head sales and reader reviews, example:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-jlIcC9jMY

• Founded GameFan's strategy guide division
• Supervised freelancers
• Managed relationships with multiple industry contacts

• Managed localization efforts and edited game dialogue scripts

• Managed publicity and marketing collateral
• Secured multiple cover stories from trade publications

• Conceived and co-edited the industry's first-ever full-color, full-size video game strategy guide
• Wrote and edited scripts for GamePro Television Show
• Wrote up to one-third of each issue under pen names such as Slasher Quan and Boss Music
• Secured numerous exclusive cover stories from premiere industry contacts such as Capcom and Midway