Experience

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  Packt

  • United Kingdom
  • E-Learning Providers
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Managing Director - Expert Network

    • Jul 2020 - Present

  • Head of Expert Network imprint

    • Jun 2018 - Jul 2020

  • Head of New Acquisitions

    • Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

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  Dominic Shakeshaft

  • United Kingdom

  • Publishing Consultant

    • Jan 2015 - Jun 2016
    • United Kingdom

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  Apress Media, of Springer Science+Business Media

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Associate Publisher & Editorial Director of Video Courses, Books, and Journals

    • Sep 2013 - Jan 2015
    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  Apress LLC

  • United Kingdom

  • Editorial Director, Professional Computing and IT books

    • Oct 2003 - Sep 2013
    • United Kingdom

    Editorial Director, content strategist, editorial team manager, market analyst, publishing over 1,500 prestige books on computing and IT topics, responsible for managing a global team of acquisitions editors and technical editors. Senior management team, product planning and direction, plus brand management and development.Publishing in technical areas from computer programming and IT, with expertise in web design, game making, and robotics; including technologies and tools from Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Adobe, Sun, LEGO, and Open Source; including languages such as Java, C++, C#, R, MATLAB, SAS, Stata, EViews, PHP, Python, SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL, Lua, and JavaScript; and technologies including .NET, ASP, Git, Unity, Blender, Arduino, iOS, Xcode, Android, and Visual Studio.

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  Wrox Press

  • UK / Chicago

  • Managing Editor, Technical Editor, Online Content Manager, Sales Manager

    • 1996 - 2002
    • UK / Chicago

    Working with excellence in every area of publishing, working across 100's of books. Managing Editor directly managing a team of 40+ Editors, Acquisitions Editor acquiring books, Development Editor, Copy Editor, Indexer, and Online Content Manager, for several hundred technical books, paid online subscription magazines. Sales Manager for a Chicago Sales office in 2000, and Rest of World Sales Manager as part of the rounded Publisher training program, which also included Brand training courses, business modeling, personal mentoring, and managing a 20 member software development team before returning to Editorial programs in 2002.

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  Shell

  • Nottingham, Plymouth, Chicago

  • Shell International Computer Programming Award

    • Sep 1987 - Sep 1988
    • Nottingham, Plymouth, Chicago

    Winning the prestigious Shell (UK) 1987-88 International Computer Programming Studentship, from a large field of international candidates. I took up this award before starting University to gain experience as a working programmer. Programmed in C++ to develop a suite of programs designed by leading thinkers in education at the Universities of Nottingham, Plymouth and Chicago.