Publisher of the Year (Editor & Publisher Magazine)

Chairman s Award for Distinguished Service ￨ Mary Lee Hafley Excellence Award

2003 s John S. Knight Gold Medal (Knight Ridder) ￨ President s Award (Silicon Valley Leadership Group)

• Award-Winning Publishing Industry Leader who makes decisions to reflect positively on multi-state, multi-platform business initiatives in alignment with an employer s vision, value, and goals, and who works to attain a competitive advantage and generate robust growth via solutions-centric critical thinking talents for insightful, change-driven results.
• Visionary Professional who rises above operational challenges to improve the bottom line by engaging with diverse audiences, enhancing community-wide penetration, and monetizing opportunities within a profitable business model.
• Innovative Top Performer who quickly adapts to evolving markets and business scenarios to optimize resources and reach high profit and productivity levels, along with independently resolving in-depth issues to boost success.
• Excellent Communicator who develops synergistic relationships with C-level executives, cross-geographical decision-makers, teams, and customers; who excels in fast-paced autonomous and collaborative work environments; and who leads staff by example and with integrity to inspire customer confidence and forge strong teamwork to meet objectives.

• Capitalize on the opportunity to lead a Mountain West division with 22 newspapers in Xxxxxx and Michigan, including The Boulder Daily Camera, The Sterling Journal-Advocate, The Fort Morgan Times, The Longmont Times-Call, The Loveland Reporter-Herald, The Canon City Records, and The Xxxxxx Daily, as well as numerous weekly publications.
• Lead Central Region with The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah Digital Services, Graham Newspaper Group, and Detroit News.

  Currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Newspaper Association of America.

  Recognized for performance excellence as Publisher of the Year by Editor & Publisher magazine.

President Bay Area News Group (BANG)

• Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward directing content, reach, and audience growth for the 5^th largest ABC-audited paper in the nation, including promoting audience extension initiatives while handling critical profit / loss.
• Recognized as 3^rd in the nation for Yahoo! consortium sales, 3^rd in the nation for Cars.com affiliate sales, and 4^th in the nation for Zillow.com affiliate sales, and was noted as a consistent top performer in digital YOY performance.

  Achieved 577,000+ daily and 636,000+ Sunday circulation.

  Launched iPhone and iPad apps for BANG and Silicon Valley 20-20.

  Successfully launched My Town websites for BANG serving individual communities.

  Achieved rapid growth of readership DMA was 2.1 million with an INA reach of 2.6 million.

  Sat on the editorial boards of the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and The Oakland Tribune.

  Launched Community Media Labs in newspapers to embrace and engage readers in local communities.

  Increased share of retail, national, and total advertising linage in SF DMA as measured by Kantar across 3 years.

• Strategically steered publishing initiatives for one of the top 3 newspapers in the McClatchy group, including re-launching the newspaper with the opening of a new plant with new sections and great reproduction and color capacity.

  Successfully led McClatchy group in Yahoo! overall sales and growth efforts.

  Integrated community newspapers for growth in Sunday audience and advertising revenue.

  Proactively introduced key community advisory boards for greater reader engagement and input.

  Spearheaded completion of a $200-million new printing facility ahead of schedule and under budget.

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   Drove growth of 17 Knight Ridder newspapers, including the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Wichita Eagle, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, and Biloxi Sun Herald, and then attained personal request from Tony Ridder to take over Kansas City Star.

  Developed a new reward system to recognize best performances.

  Created dynamic group sessions for best practice sharing and brainstorming.

  Designed and developed news, advertising, circulation, and production groups for networking.

• Maximized bottom-line performance in the publishing of this highly competitive newspaper, including strategically advancing newspaper in the community with sponsorships and partnerships with well-known community organizations.

  Increased advertising share and circulation lead over the competition.

  Received the John S. Knight Gold Medal Award Knight Ridder s highest honor.

  Introduced community advisory boards for greater reader engagement and valuable input.

Publisher Arlington Star-Telegram 1994 1999

• Played a vital role in creating the Arlington Star-Telegram out of a of the circulation of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram serving the Arlington community in rapid response to the Dallas Morning News launching the Arlington Morning News.
• Contributed solid communication and interpersonal relations talents toward actively engaging with the community to facilitate sponsorships to boost business success, including speaking at wide-ranging area events to increase presence.

  Successfully introduced community advisory boards for greater reader engagement and input.

  Named as Arlington Star-Telegram Publisher to lead the competitive fight against Arlington Morning News.

  Promoted key advertising share and circulation gains which led to the Arlington Morning News closing in 2000.

Additional professional roles held encompassed teaching college-level courses at Missouri s Longview Community College, including expertly planning and presenting lessons in Advertising Procedures, Salesmanship, and Contemporary Marketing.

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration University of Kansas

Stanford Executive Program Stanford University

Board of Directors

United Way of Manatee County (Chairman) ￨ Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail (Chairman)

Silicon Valley Leadership Group ￨ California Newspaper Publishers Association ￨ Heart of America United Way

Xxxxxx Chamber of Commerce ￨ Xxxxxx Concerns ￨ News Media Alliance ￨ Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ￨ Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce ￨ William Allen White Foundation

Board of Trustees

United Way of Greater Kansas City ￨ Liberty Memorial Association

Chairman Capital Construction Campaign

Women s Shelter of Arlington, TX

Executive Committee Member

Manatee Chamber of Commerce ￨ South Florida Museum ￨ Fort Worth Better Business Bureau

Member

Civic Council of Greater Kansas City

President

Midwest Newspaper Advertising Executives Association