Green Comma, LLC & Zulama, LLC 2008-present
Partner and business development officer in two unique companies. One for turnkey strategic company for print and digital products in education markets and the other for online courses via customized CMS for high school, junior college and adult ed.

Holt McDougal 2008
One of three major K-12 education companies in the U.S. with annual revenues over $800 M.
VP, Product Development, Language Arts
Directed 7 grade levels (6–12) of secondary literature; 7 grade levels (6–12) of secondary grammar and composition; and readers and niche-market products (technology included).
• Held responsibility for book bag with over 800 ISBNs per program (literature programs included pre-AP and AP-targeted materials).
o Annual investment was in excess of $20M for entire product line.
o Led product line to become current market leader with annual revenues at over $100M.
• Supervised 6 direct reports and led 65-person department with offices in NY and Austin.
• Recruited by Holt management to assist in securing the GED contract for the Adult Education/Supplemental company, Steck Vaughn.
o Successfully secured contract by forming a team to address the proposal issues, designing and executing compelling presentations, and establishing viable partnership with agreed-upon deliverables with the GEDTS leadership.

Holt, Rinehart & Winston 2004 to 2007
One of four major K-12 education companies in the U.S. with annual revenues over $650M.
VP/Editor-in-Chief, Language Arts & Social Studies
Oversaw content development and market strategy for all grades 6–12 materials in two out of five core disciplines selling into the school channel in the U.S. and abroad.
• Held responsibility for product line with development investment in excess of $20M and revenue targets totaling $150M.
• Primary liaison with Harcourt Education companies and cross-departments at HRW in leveraging strategies for revenue streams and new business growth.
• Worked hand-in-hand with marketing director and product marketing, field marketing, and marketing communications staff to ensure product placement, competitive alignment and revenue success.

Language Arts
• Managed literature and grammar and composition programs, niche-markets and technology products. Book bag contained over 400 ISBNs per program; program packages included Pre-AP and AP-targeted materials.
• Supervised 6 direct reports and led 65-person department with offices in NYC, Boston, and Austin.
Social Studies
• Managed different subject for each grade level: between front and backlist, directed 12–14 major programs with ISBNs totaling 75-plus for each program.
• Supervised 2 direct reports and led 30-person department with offices in Austin and Boston
• Increased revenue of social studies product line by 150% percent in 3 years, enabling line to be highly competitive

Graduate Studies, History and Political Science Columbia University
BA, History and Political Science Columbia University
BA, History and Political Science St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University

National Council of Social Studies; Advisory Board of MultiCultural Review Magazine; President's Award for best launch of product @ Pearson Education; Visionary Award @ Simon and Schuster Ed. Group

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