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Experience
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2005 – present
Ziff Davis Media San Francisco,
CA
Senior
Vice President, Editor
In Chief, PC Magazine & Editorial Director Consumer/Small Business
division
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Setting direction for top 10 US magazine
§ Launching
and managing consumer websites.
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Developed strategic plans.
§ Grow
IPTV, podcasting and other media.
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2002
– 2005
Ziff Davis Media San
Francisco,CA
Vice
President, Editor
In Chief, Internet
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Developed 3 of Internet's biggest sites, Extremetech.com,
PCMag.com and eWeek.com.
§ Doubled
Traffic and unique visitors.
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Developed podcasting and IP.TV programming.
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Write twice weekly newsletter with 750,000 circulation.
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2000 – 2002
TechTV
San Francisco, CA
Vice President, Products, News
and Editorial Director
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Conceptualized, planned, developed, implemented and
directed content and format for groundbreaking daily nine-hour live news
and information show, which launched in April 2001.
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Reformatted daytime structure for Prime Time magazine show
– increased ratings 50% in second month.
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Directed daily and strategic content direction for these
shows, 3.5 hours a day. Managed
news staff, product reviews and booking across the network, including
web and radio. Responsible
for a headcount of 130 people and a $15 million operating budget.
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Successfully expanded content focus from computers and
Internet to include all emerging technologies, including biotech and
nanotech, as part of network name-change from ZDTV to TechTV.
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1997 – 2000
ZDTV - Ziff Davis San
Francisco, CA
Vice President, Editorial Director
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Guided content during launch and operation of successful
cable television network and companion website.
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Built editorial team capable of delivering both technical
and entertaining content about computing and the Internet for
television, radio and web.
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Created product review organization that ensured ZDTV
received all substantial products for review first.
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Built first television test lab devoted to consumer
technology evaluation.
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Developed and implemented editorial ethics and conflict of
interest policy.
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Managed launch of ZDTV.Com website.
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Developed and hosted award-winning show, Fresh Gear.
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Wrote daily column for AnchorDesk website.
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1996 – 1997
PC Week – Ziff Davis
Boston, MA
Vice President, Editorial Director
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Top editorial executive, managed entire content operation,
including art, news, labs, production and features – 90 people
overall.
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Controlled $10 million dollar budget.
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Successfully guided PC Week into Internet era with new
focus on context and insight, along with breaking news.
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Redesigned publication to focus on new Internet direction.
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Guided the successful launch and growth of ZDNN.Com into
the second most popular high-tech news site on the web.
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Led publication to its most profitable year, and a 30%
circulation increase.
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Promoted to Vice President in early 1997.
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1995-1996
Windows Sources, Ziff-Davis
New York, NY
Editor-In-Chief
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Rescued failing magazine, and brought it to profitability.
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Changed direction to capitalize on Windows 95 launch.
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Increased newsstand sales 300%.
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Instituted award winning redesign.
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Critically wounded competitor through firm focus and
execution.
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1991–1995
PC Week, Ziff Davis.
Boston, MA
Executive Lab Director
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Turned PC Week Labs from laggard to premier product
testing organization among weekly technology newsmagazines.
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Spearheaded successful growth into enterprise and network
testing.
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Built relationships with industry and vendors that ensured
PC Week Labs scooped competition when reviewing key new products.
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Built Corporate Partner program into industry-leading
advisory panel.
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Successfully positioned PC Week Labs as ideal site for
corporate testing.
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Awarded “Best Journalist” in 1993 by the SPA.
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1987-1991
American Management Systems
Roseland, NJ
Senior Consultant
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Created PC/LAN consulting group inside successful
mainframe consulting company.
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Drove billings to 4 million dollars a year.
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Managed development of first successful client-server
implementations in industry.
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Created rapid prototyping system development methodology.
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Sold significant initial and follow-on business at many
accounts.
1986-1987
Management Dynamics
Yonkers, NY
Senior Consultant
1984-1986
Chase Manhattan
New York, NY
Senior Analyst
1982 -1983
Air Vermont
Burlington, VT
Assistant Director of Stations
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Education
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1984-1986
Stern School of Business, NYU
New York, NY
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M.B.A., Concentration in Computer Applications and
Information Systems.
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Graduated Beta Gamma Sigma.
1979-1983
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
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B.S., Mathematics, minor Communications.
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Graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
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