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Ames Friedman: Resume
Professional Experience

LYCOS; Waltham, MA

Senior Product Manager for Tripod.com: 2000-2001

· Advanced Tripod's superior position in the global competitive landscape, as the #2 homepage hosting and building service in the world
· Developed long-term strategy for product revenue, growth, structure, functionality and reduction of costs
· Set quarterly targets, projected usage and revenue trends, determined ROI on feature releases
· Identified and developed new revenue-generating strategies and products, improving CPMs up to 6000%
· Demonstrated consistent ability to improve competitive metrics by over 5% each quarter
· Created internationally-compatible features for release to Tripod Latin America, joint venture partners in Europe and Asia, and the domestic Tripod site
· Researched competition, compiled competitive analyses and reported on findings
· Wrote positioning statements, product overview reports, sales presentations, specification documents
· Led and inspired a cross-functional team (including direct reports) to reach corporate goals; improving individual performance and fostering career objectives

MYWAY.COM; a subsidiary of CMGI; Andover, MA

Product Manager: 1998-2000

· Set product area goals, defined product structure, prioritized feature set and determined functionality
· Targeted key strategic partners, negotiated terms, drafted contracts, project managed implementation
· Managed partner relationships and and fostered partnership performance
· Trained partners at ICScotland (Glasgow, Scotland) on licensed content production tools
· Coordinated team members and internal departments to reach product area goals
· Integrated content providers and E-commerce partners across the site
· Quality Assurance for all product-related issues on site

Community Manager & Content Producer: 1997-1998

· Expanded functionality and usage of chat, message board and club community features
· Nurtured community membership, oversaw internal Community Team and external volunteers
· Organized and staged community events for users and volunteers
· Created and aggregated fresh content on daily basis to reflect changing world events and user interests

MIT PRESS; Cambridge, MA

Associate Publicist & Awards Coordinator: 1995-1997

· Initiated and maintained the News and Author Information sections of the MIT Press Web site
· Publicist and media liaison for scholarly titles, researched media markets in U.S. and abroad
· Solicited endorsements for all titles from international Nobel laureates, scholars and celebrities
· Created endorser contact database of 800+ scholars and laureates who had provided endorsements
· Submitted books for international awards, maintained awards tracking database, publicized winners

Acquisitions Assistant: 1993-1995

· Assistant Acquisitions Editor for overflow Economics projects
· Assisted Bradford Books and MIT Press Editors, and Cognitive & Brain Sciences Editorial Board
· Coordinated referees for manuscript proposals, prepared manuscripts for publication

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS; Washington, DC

Acquisitions Intern: 1993

· Researched and obtained legal permissions for 200+ copyrighted images for book project
· Organized and compiled database of legal contacts and photo sources
· Assisted Acquisitions Editors, Production staff, Design staff, and authors

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