Position:
Vice President, Editor in Chief at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Work:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Boston since Jul 2011
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Vice President, Editor in Chief
Pearson Education
- Boston Jun 2007 - Jun 2011
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Editor in Chief
Pearson/Prentice Hall
Jun 2004 - Jun 2007
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Executive Editor
Pearson/Prentice-Hall
Jun 2001 - Jun 2004
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Senior Acquistions Editor
Houghton Mifflin
Jun 1999 - Jun 2001
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Acquistions Editor
Education:
Trinity College, Hartford 1988 - 1993
Bachelor's degree, English
Phillips Academy 1984 - 1988
Interests:
Director, Murphy Open Family/Friends Golf Tourney to benefit American Cancer Society (2007—present)
Charitable causes: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF); Asperger’s Association of New England (AANE); Jumpstart
Running, hiking, ice hockey, mountain biking
DIY home improvements, cooking, craft-brewing
Irish lit, contemporary lit, non-fiction; local music; Boston sports; Boston history
Honor & Awards:
2012 > Product of the Year, Pearson, Squires/Wyrick, Developmental Mathematics MyMathLab eCourse. Video-based instructional model with formative/summative assessment. No textbook.
2011 > Recipient SIIA CODiE award for educational technology, Best Mathematics Instructional Solution: MyMathLab Algebra 1, and, MyMathLab Algebra 2
2009 > Published AlgebraPrep, #1 selling education app series for iPhone and iPod touch. Featured app on iTunes App Store. Named Top 10 Back-to-School app by CNN.com and BusinessInsider.com
2008 > Editor of the Year, Pearson Arts & Sciences
2005 > Top Performing Editor, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Engineering, Science, and Math
2001 > Product Team of the Year, Martin-Gay Algebra Series, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Engineering, Science, and Mathematics (ESM)
1998 > Selected for Editorial Internship, McGraw-Hill Higher Education