Chris Mengel M.A. Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Represented digital educational solutions and managed 150+ university and college accounts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
• Successfully managed and maintained a 4.5-million-dollar base of business.
• Developed strategic relationships with faculty and staff at major universities and colleges to secure new business.
• Closed the largest company-wide Italian language contract at Pennsylvania State University totaling $72,000 of new business per year.

• Managed several projects to seed market development to drive revenue and market awareness.
• Managed a team for several high-profile projects for multiple educational publishers.
• Created and implemented SOW’s and workflows for specific programs, marketing, and sales goals.
• Managed fiscal budgets and schedules to align with the client’s monetary allocations and project timelines.
• Authored and edited relevant external and internal documents related to project goals.

Villanova, PA

• Assisted faculty and staff with a variety of research and department projects, while completing a Master of Arts in History/Public History. Completed practicums in historic preservation and material culture.
• Conducted historical research with an emphasis on gender and labor history.
• Co-authored a context statement on historic preservation of women’s history in Philadelphia.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Managed collections, records, artifacts, and cataloging. Created finding aids and instructional resources.
• Collaborated with CEO, Director of Education, and Curator to research and write biographies of local Holocaust survivors for use in a digital exhibit.
• Led new research project to create instructional resources for exhibits and outreach programs.

Guilford, CT

• Managed a variety of product development and launch projects for Pearson, an educational publisher. Organized and led qualitative and quantitative market research prior to product launch – identified targets, devised.
• Expanded focus groups nationally to include post-launch research after contract was extended based on success of pre-launch focus groups.
• Exceeded client goals for launch of new immersive e-textbook – resulting +1M in sales.
• Established a pipeline of +750 targeted prospects for a new discipline involving smaller, upper-level classes that are often neglected by college publishers.

National And Regional Accounts

• Developed print and digital curriculum solutions with consultative selling and customized content. Managed a Midwest/Northeast territory with for-profit colleges.
• Developed and rolled out new digital tools, in collaboration with product development, marketing, and editorial staff, involving allied health and nursing curriculum – resulting in 100 percent retention on many titles.
• Project-managed development of a custom textbook with print, digital, and video components, which resulted in a +$500K yearly increase in revenue.
• Coached colleagues on optimizing SalesForce CRM, which significantly improved sales team productivity.
• Contributed to a 130 percent increase in sales revenue – ranking #2 out of 50 sales managers within first year.

Master Of Arts - Ma, History/Public History, 3.4 Gpa

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta