Summary
For the past few years, I’ve developed solutions and global partnerships for customers in the digital publishing space. I've built large project teams (+50), strategic partnerships, product specifications and internal expertise to enter new markets. I love technology - especially learning it and teaching it to others. I seek to continue building my skills as a manager, entrepreneur and as an educator.
Work Experience
Sr. Project Manager
Digital Divide Data ("DDD")
I develop technological solutions and strategic partnerships (software, content creation & digital distribution) in order to close new business for DDD. I lead pre-sales pursuit teams, including business development, external partners and offshore operations to close priority digital publishing accounts (+ $1,000,000). I am the product lead for DDD's eBook conversion service offering for I-Phone/I-Pad, Kindle and mobile devices. In 2009, I designed and deployed DDD’s first standardized skills-training platform to build internal competency around (X)HTML5, CSS & digital publishing technologies. For selected post-sale accounts, I have managed client services, communication plans, tracking, requirements, and issue resolution.
Educator & Communications Associate
The Nesiya Institute
Managed, guided and supported 8 staff and 40 students in a 5-week experiential team-building program.
Academic Program Coordinator
New Directions ("Kivunim")
Developed strategic partners, curriculum, multi-media course materials and conceptual framework for pilot-year, post secondary gap year program.
Educator / Legislative Assistant
Union for Reform Judaism
Taught bi-monthly political activism workshops in Washington DC for 1,500 high school students.
Skills
- Team-building, communication, collaboration & outdoor experience facilitation
- Project planning, budgeting, tracking and modeling (MS Excel, Project & Visio)
- Salesforce lead-to-order use, reporting & integration with 3rd party applications
- Web design, (X)HTML, CSS, RSS/Atom, Developer tools (Chrome, Firebug, etc.), Wordpress & XML
- C++ & Java (formal training and self-teaching)
- Conversational proficiency in Chinese (Mandarin) and Hebrew
Affiliations
- Member of ePub Standards Working Group (“Open eBook” XML standard)
- Selected for fully-funded leadership fellowship abroad, Dorot Foundation
- Recruiter & Interviewer, Dorot Foundation
- Interviewer & Committee Chair, Duke University Alumni Admissions
Speaking
- Panelist, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School's "Business Across Borders Summit: On the Ground in Emerging Economies" February 4, 2011 (Chapel Hill, NC)
Education
Duke University
B.A., Political Science & minor in Chinese Studies; Magna Cum Laude
Capital Normal University (首都师范大学)
Chinese language, anthropology and political studies