Daniel Newman 3088 Kellner Pl. Columbus, Ohio 43209 614.236-9991 daniel@newmansolutions.com http://www.newmansolutions.com Objective Seeking a creative leadership position in web, multimedia, and traditional media development with an emphasis on marketing communication and business solutions. Enjoy a high-energy environment, led by experienced individuals who are excited to bring to fruition the best in technology. Experience The New Standard Founder and Publisher Columbus, OH January 2003 - Present The New Standard provides Central Ohio with a quality Jewish newspaper that covers local, national and world news of Jewish interest in the journalistic tradition of insightful, fair and balanced reporting. We educate by presenting commentary, interpretation and historical background on events of the day. We enrich the cultural life of the Jewish community through highlighting events which promote activities in Columbus and help readers make informed choices. SiteNY/Daniel Newman Solutions New York, NY, Jerusalem, Israel & Columbus Ohio Co-Founder, Director of Integration and Implementation and Creative Director November 2001 - 2003 - Advised GlobalFormats Corp. technical solutions for handicapped accessibility compliance to WAI/W3C and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation act standards. Clients included: NewYorkLife.com, American Express, and the National Business & Disability Council. - Designed XML DTD to define rules for Globalformats' proprietary "SWAP" engine adding customization functionality to the product for each client. (Please see case studies) - Wrote articles for web accessibility journal highlighting the accessibility/marketing dilemmas and proposing positive solutions. - Designed and implemented Web solutions for several sites including: shirhadash.com, darchenoam.com and giza.com - Formulated strategies for AOL's "Growth Through Partnerships" program to expand AOL's marketing reach and new member acquisition by maximizing presence on 3rd party software installations. Elipze Corporation / P|M digital New York, NY Creative Director/Director of Creative Technologies October 1999 - December 2001 - Oversaw the design of all technical and creative projects for a wide array of marketing and strategic services for a broad range of clients. Clients included: BMG, Reader's Digest, Martha Stewart, Business Week, Forbes, Publisher's Clearing House, The Industry Standard, and Autonation.com. (Please see case studies) - Built top-notch creative development department from ground zero. - Hired extremely energetic and dynamic staff (Copywriters, Graphic designers, art direction and producers) that built outstanding creative solutions for our clients while mentoring each other in a fearless collaborative environment. - Assisted CTO in building Technical development department. Hired programming staff, created a Methodology for Software development, Source control mechanisms, set programming standards, and managed outsourced projects. - Implemented, improved and extended proprietary technology which tracks client's marketing results. Supported new business marketing efforts with technical insight and creative thinking during sales meetings and proposal creation. Zedak Corporation Valhalla, New York Interface Development Production Manager/Hiring Manager/ Business Development/UI Evangelist July 1997 - November 1999 - Oversaw the design of all user interfaces for Zedak's customer applications. Customers included the New York Times, Salomon Smith Barney and Prudential. (Please see case studies) - Implemented XML and XSL prototype for Classified Ad Submission, later standardized by the National Newspaper Association (http://www.siteny.com/admarkup/default.htm). - Recruited and hired programmers, HTML coders and Graphic Artists; doubled company size in one year's time. - Created interactive proposals and prototype systems for potential customers utilizing Dynamic HTML and Flash for a lively presentation. ArmChair Marketing / Net Equity ltd. Columbus, Ohio Founder and Primary Partner of Internet startup January 1995 - July 1997 - Pioneer in localized content. Launched and produced ColumbusPages, a database driven site dedicated to events, movies, and dining for the Columbus, Ohio area. - Implemented rollout strategies, content acquisition, and interface design. - Produced and Webmastered numerous content rich sites including: george jr. (http://www.georgejr.com), Photo J (http://www.photoj.com), AliveWired (http://www.alivewired.com), the Columbus Crew (http://www.thecrew.com), and the Columbus Convention and Visitor's Bureau (http://www.ccvb.org). Received awards from Netsurfer Digest,The Websight, The Net, Yahoo! Daily Picks and Yahoo! Internet Life, Excite 'must see!', Internet Voyager, This Is Useful/This Is Cool, ProjectCool, the Magellan/McKinley Group, Grog and PRN. CompuServe, Inc. Columbus, Ohio Information Service and Mail Hub Supervisor September 1993 - September 1995 - Coordinated product managers and programmers in order to resolve periodic problems with electronic mail products. - Supervised forty employees in information service and electronic mail services support. - Trained classes of up to twenty-five employees on a wide range of online products. - Created teaching materials for the information service and Mail Hub. - Proposed, planned and wrote code for graphical user interface as a front end for the department's command line Workstation, decreasing training time and increasing department productivity. Project Otzma Jerusalem, Israel Columbus Jewish Federation representative to service-oriented work program in Israel September 1992- August 1993 - Created a community computer laboratory program for job retraining, coded Hebrew and Russian educational software, taught English to children and young adults. RazorSharp Graphics Columbus, Ohio Established and Operated September 1986- August 1988 - Crafted high profile publicity for clients such as: The Ohio State University, Battelle Institute and Columbus Chamber of Commerce. - Performed business duties, which included: implementation of business and marketing plan, sales, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and production. Education - BA from The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, June 1992 - Hebrew Union College Jerusalem, Israel 1988 - 1989 Additional Information - Chronological resume and case studies of work are available at http://www.newmansolutions.com or available upon request. - References are available upon request.