Sameepa Shetty Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, WA, US

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US

March 2023: Relaunching "Closing Bell: Overtime" leading editorial planning and booking for the 4-5pm ET show.April 2021-Feb 2023 Leading booking, planning and content strategy for "TechCheck" for the 11-noon ET show.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US

Create "TechCheck" airs 11-noon ET-Domain expertise in tech content & thesis generation-Plan show's news/editorial calendar-Manage guest relations & networks-Execute talent/ guest search, development, booking

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US

"Squawk on the Street" and "Squawk Alley"Producing primetime business programming for CNBC's Squawk on the Street and Squawk Alley. (9a-12p)

SAJA connects, educates and inspires South-Asian journalists in America, those covering South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. SAJA aims to upgrade the coverage of South Asia and uplift the standards of journalism. Founded in March 1994 with 18 members, today it connects and serves more than 5,000 journalists at news outlets, big and small. SAJA has.

• Developed this new show while still producing content for a daily 1-hr primetime show as part of a 8 member team in a start-up venture, to create acceptance among American audiences for the “Al Jazeera” brand.
• Produced 60-minute style in-depth news packages 5-8 minutes in duration leading cycle from pitch to execution, daily. Video and written story-telling included,e.g.series on high frequency trading, “Black Twitter.
• Managed digital editorial process, commissioning stories, administrating website, SEO optimization of content and writing for the web. E.g. China’s currency manipulation; America’s Arctic blunder, “Inside Iran”

New York, NY, US

• Delivered highest story-output among 5 new recruits; covered U.S. retirement, cyber security and central banks
• Pitched and wrote succinctly-written material for high-revenue iPad app users and paid subscribers for speedy generation of mobile content. Partnered with senior reporters for Fortune 500 and Most Powerful Women lists

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Communicated daily economic analysis and market news to Bloomberg TV’s global audiences including live analysis of quarterly financial performance of MSCI EM companies
• Prepared analysis reports on Indian economic trends and specialized in analysis of healthcare, media, homebuilding & chemical companies with over $100M in market capitalization.
• Developed relationships with C-suite executives to provide stock moving news content
• Nominated for best business journalist under 30 years at India’s national press awards, at age 25
• Led initiatives adopting innovative tools in on-air reporting including touch screens, Bloomberg terminal charts, walk and talks

IN

• Devised strategy to elevate advertising revenue for a struggling radio start up by understanding existing radio landscape & offerings of incumbent operators
• Developed a marketable product to fill 1500 minute/ week of on-air content by creating & hosting a finance-based show targeted to Mumbai's working professionals
• Elevated advertising revenue for evening broadcast, expanded airtime by 2.5x & raised evening market share from 0.2% to 17% in tenure
• Successfully managed and implemented organization's strategy change after takeover by $220M public-parent company
• Mentored team members, forged critical partnerships with marketing, branding and sales teams to drive synergies between content and publicity efforts across radio and television

New York, New York, US

• Deeply researched and created analysis reports for global investment bankers; highlights include work on $400M Chinese solar company IPO for a live deal
• Managed a team of 15 researchers including training, providing feedback and mentoring
• Communicated with Citi's directors, VPs & other executives, listening to their deal needs, negotiating deadlines and managing expectations
• Performed firm valuations, modeling, comparable analysis, ratio analysis and evaluated accounting, analyzed financial statements, scenario analysis. Document, draft & distill research for client presentation DEKS

• Coordinated & managed recruitment drives both on & off campus for Infosys, pan-India
• Led and part of soup-to-nuts operation: test administration, scoring, shortlisting, personal interviews and candidate selection management

Master Of Arts (M.A.) In Business & Economics, Interdisciplinary Program Between Columbia Journalism School & Columbia Business School

Bachelor Of Management Studies, Finance

Education record