EDUCATION
Yale University: B.A. in Anthropology, with a concentration in Psychology,
May 1988
Summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; honors in Anthropology
SKILLS
- Online product development and project management
- Extensive knowledge of the Internet and online promotion (Web sites,
e-mail newsletters, newsgroups, customer support via Internet, etc.);
Internet training and technical support
- Web site development, including site architecture and design, HTML,
graphics
- Mac OS, Windows, some Unix; Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Quark
- Internet training and technical support
- Editing, copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading
WORK EXPERIENCE
Online Writing Workshops, Newtown, CT/Canaan, NY. July
'00-present
Co-founder
and CEO
of company that provides Web-based peer-review workshops for aspiring
writers. Designed highly interactive Web site; design and code new features,
start new workshops, manage company.
Boiling
Point, Westport, CT. December '99-present
Director of Internet Strategy for brainstorming consultancy to
Fortune 100 companies, determining and implementing uses of the Internet
to expand the business. Built Web site; develop and code Web-based work
environments for each consulting project.
Rebecca
McBride, Old Chatham, New York. May '02-December '02
Determined
Internet strategy for freelance writer/editor; designed and built promotional
Web site.
Taylor/Rodgers
& Associates, Stamford, CT. September '00-April '02
Designed
and built promotional Web site for corporate recruiting company; periodic
updates to site.
Hyperion,
New York, NY. August '99-September '00
As a consultant, planned and implemented publisher's entire Web site and
produced one book or series feature per month, including design, HTML,
and online promotion.
Random
House, Inc., New York, NY. August '94-June '99
Director of Online Projects for the Ballantine Publishing Group;
founding member of Random House, Inc. Web team. Created many of Random House's
Internet-promotion strategies and technologies. Responsibilities included:
- the Del
Rey Internet Newsletter (begun 2/93), Del Rey Online Writing Workshop,
reader-review program, and other innovative online marketing, promotion,
and outreach efforts ('93-'99)
- Internet
training and advocacy throughout Random House, including training of
CEO ('94-'97)
- development
of corporate Web site, Books@Random, and extensive Web sites for Del
Rey Books and the Ballantine Publishing Group; all expansion and maintenance
for latter two ('94-'99)
Del
Rey Books, The Ballantine Publishing Group, New York, NY.
September '88-August '94
First editorial
assistant ('88-'90), then assistant editor and associate
editor ('90-'93), then editor ('93-'98): developed, acquired,
and edited manuscripts; developed and edited the Del Rey Internet Newsletter;
worked intensively on two editions of The Internet Directory; served on
the company-wide Internet Committee.
URLs:
Online Writing
Workshops: www.onlinewritingworkshops.com
Boiling Point: www.boiling-point.com
Rebecca McBride: www.rebeccamcbride.net
Taylor/Rodgers & Associates: www.taylor-rodgers.com
Books@Random:
www.randomhouse.com
Del Rey Books: www.randomhouse.com/delrey
REFERENCES
available on request.
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