Dynamic educator and senior editorial professional with top-rung experience with educational publishing’s innovation and market leaders. Skilled at developing curriculum content, managing projects from idea to conception and launch, and collaborating with stakeholders and team members to building teams to achieve product vision and quality. Keen understanding of industry trends and needs of classroom teachers and school and district administrators. Senior product development member for market-leading, large-scale social studies programs in K-12 market. Experienced with digital and print products. Seasoned curriculum and content developer in history and social sciences. Editorial lead on one of the first cross-functional teams in the publishing industry. Team was semifinalist in the USA Today-Rochester Institute of Technology’s Quality Cup Award in 1995. Executive editor for product line rebuilding. Revamped line took 40 to 50 percent market share in secondary textbook adoption states in 2006 and 2007. Specialties:Innovating products Customer focus Verbal/written communication skills Writing/editing/InCopy skills Digital content development CMS and html coding Project planning Project management Versatile idea generator