Leading a team of instructional designers and multimedia specialists to develop and deliver blended and on-demand learn-by-doing leadership training to corporate and non-profit clients. Programs demonstrate industry-leading completion rates.Collaborating with senior leadership, commercial team, and partner universities (MIT,Columbia, Berkeley, Yale, Stanford, Wharton, IMD, Duke, Chicago Booth) to identifycurriculum topics.Working with cross-functional teams to collect qualitative and quantitative participantdata to drive continuous improvement.

• Designed online, in-person, and blended-delivery immersive simulations for corporate, academic and government clients.• Conducted SME interviews to determine course performance objectives and design course structure. • Created design documents to communicate development needs to program managers, instructional developers, and subject matter experts.• Managed teams of project managers, course developers, and technical writers to implement course design.• Developed instructional content leveraging appropriate instructional methods by working with subject matter experts and using source materials.• Conducted needs analyses to determine client learning needs and recommend outcomes-driven course and curriculum options. • Worked with relevant stakeholders to gain necessary approvals. • Managed design and development teams to adhere to agreed-upon scope and budget. • Supported business development by consulting on service/product options, scoping, and planning for new business opportunities; developed and delivered related proposals. • Conducted pilot testing to identify needed revisions to instructional materials.• Facilitated learning programs for clients as requested.

• Fully-funded graduate student in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.• Conducted research on topics including contemporary Russian television, popular culture, history of the Russian language, and 19th century literature.• Taught courses in basic and intermediate Russian language. Acted as a teaching assistant for courses in 19th century Russian literature.

• Authored Web, print, and interactive television content for corporate clients including MasterCard, Greg Rowland Semiotics, Space Doctors, The Movie Channel, Identity Theft 911, and Rare Medium. • Authored site content on a freelance basis for, among others, Biography.com (A&E Television Networks), and NYToday.com (New York Times).

• Responsible for writing travel, arts and entertainment features. • Authored a regular column entitled “Inner Sense Abroad,” a series of humorous cultural reflections. • Contributed regular pieces to the paper’s business section.

• Developed and maintained news sections for a network of over 30 international Internet portals featuring 16 languages.• Analyzed foreign news sources and managed the rebroadcast of both English and local-language content.• Worked with a team of international producers, business development executives, designers and programmers to develop and implement new sections.

• Assisted in the research and development of CBS.com, a 24-hour news and information Internet service affiliated with the CBS Television Network.• Wrote and produced feature-length packages for the Life section.