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 surveys, and led hundreds of focus groups that reached +2K faculty members. • 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