Accounting Real Estate

Ketan N. Gandhi

* ***** ***** ? Farmingdale, NJ *7727

(732) 751-9339h (908) 770-3120c ************@*****.***

Executive Profile

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Strategic Vision ? Systems Implementation ? Financial Analysis ? Niche

Marketing

Budgetary Oversight ? Operations ? P&L Responsibility ? Organizational

Leadership

Recognized as an experienced senior level media executive with more than

twenty years of proven success in developing profitable business

operations. Proactive and results driven. An accomplished communicator

and strategic planner who will devise creative initiatives to effectuate

positive change, efficiency and increased profitability.

Uniquely qualified as a leader, simultaneously ensuring the cost effective

consolidation of operations without compromising organizational growth. An

expert in building and transforming teams and organizations within high

pressure environments. Adept at indentifying the changing social landscape

and capitalizing on upon the resulting market opportunities. Led

successful campaigns in environments where growth and accountability were

paramount. Extensive qualifications in the following competencies:

? Start Ups ? Internal & External

Controls

? Financial Controls ? Traditional & Online

Advertising

? Human Capital Management ? Project Management &

Implementation

? Cost Analysis & Financial Accounting ? Direction, Re-

engineering of Mission & Focus

Career Synopsis

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Broad Street Publishing, Cherry Hill, NJ & Trevose, PA

2008-Present

A division of Philadelphia Media Holdings, a multi-channel online and

print publisher

President & Publisher

. Recruited to marshal a portfolio of suburban weeklies and real estate

magazines with a circulation over 1,200,000 with responsibility for

over 300 employees and $48 million in annual revenues.

. Instituted local community websites to enable community based

reporting, videos, photos and blogging within philly.com which reaches

20 million unique online readers.

. Spearheaded monthly shopper My Community Trend Xtra reaching over

700,000 households and generating $225,000 per month in revenues at

20% gross margin.

. Bolstered bottom line by $1.15 million via a 25% staff reduction,

consolidating and streamlining operations in management, HR, finance

and production.

. Converted a 1 million weekly circulation mailed shopper into a

carrier delivered community weekly, resulting in over $3 million in

postage savings and paid readership for weekly advertisers.

Gannett Co., Inc, Various Locations

1986-2008

The nation's largest newspaper publisher with over 80 newspapers and a

circulation of 6.5 million

President & Publisher, Home News Tribune & Courier News, E

Brunswick/Bridgewater, NJ (2005-2008)

. Entrusted with the oversight of $45 million in revenues and 300

employees in the publication of two daily newspapers with circulation

in excess of 90,000, community weeklies reaching over 60,000 and

various online forums.

. Conceived and implemented geo website mycentraljersey.com with over

five million page views per month and centraljerseymoms.com, a

networking forum for mothers with over 100,000 page views per month.

. Launched two ethnically focused weeklies Neustra Communidad and DesiNJ

with a combined circulation of 45,000 and annualized revenues of $1.1

million.

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. Recognized as the first publisher of South Asian descent to lead a

mainstream American newspaper.

. Generated an additional $390,000 in incremental revenue with the

creation of the weekly print and online entertainment publication

Pulse, targeting the youth and college student populations of

Middlesex County.

Vice President of Finance & Online, New Jersey Group, Neptune NJ (1997-

2005)

. Honored with Gannett Chairman's Ring for Finance in 2001 and

President's Ring for Finance in 1998.

. Instrumental in managing and reducing $330 million operations budget.

. Consolidated operations to garner $1.5 million in annual payroll

savings while reducing accounting overhead expenses by $2.1 million.

. Led the online executive team in developing a three-year update plan

for paper's website app.com including design, content, advertising

pricing plan and contract, sales goals and incentives, and established

performance metrics; this resulted in increased audience of 12 million

page views and revenue of $10 million per year.

Director of Finance, Various Locations (1992-1997)

. Collaborated with advertising director to implement advertising rate

matrix to cross sell offerings and improve customer retention; this

resulted in unit achieving advertising plan for the first time in over

10 years.

. Served on the start-up team for a new daily paper with revenues of $14

million; hired accounting staff, implemented information and reporting

systems for billing, A/P, G/L and internal controls.

. Awarded 1993 President's Ring for Finance for outstanding

achievements.

Controller, Star-Gazette, Elmira, NY (1989-1992)

Accounting & Purchasing, Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, PA (1986-1989)

Education & Training

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Master of Business Administration

Bombay University

Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting

Honors, Associations & Community

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Who's Who in America: 2011 Honoree

DeVry University: Visiting Professor

Northeast Chamber of Commerce: Board Member

Cherry Hill Regional Chamber of Commerce: Board Member

Central Jersey Chamber of Commerce: Former Board Member

Jewish Renaissance Foundation: Former Board Member

Indian Chamber of Commerce: Former Board Member

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