Project Manager Medical
Resume:
JANE NEWMAN
Berkeley, CA **609
617-***-**** (m)
http://www.janesays.org/resume ******.****@*****.***
Entrepreneurial and technically adept manager bridging the gap between content and technology.
Extensive experience in medical and scientific communications & marketing combined with a passion for
leveraging technology and the web to improve health and health care delivery. Consistently recognized for
an ability to quickly understand complex systems and to identify and execute creative solutions that
exceed expectations. Areas of expertise include:
Web & Mobile Project Taxonomy Construction Technical & Non-Technical
Management Writing and Editing
Data Visualization
Information Architecture Health IT
Research Methods
Content Strategy Strategic Planning Media Production
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DrChrono.com Mountain View, CA
Medical Blogger Oct 2011 present
Opine weekly on issues of interest to the health information technology community for a Y-Combinator
funded startup developing a cloud-based Electronic Health Record for mobile devices.
Doximity San Mateo, CA
Consultant Sept 2010 April 2011
Provided content, marketing and sales strategy to the core team of executives at this early stage physician
network startup.
DraftFCB New York, NY
Content Strategist Jan 2011 May 2011
Worked with account, creative, and user interface teams to lead content strategy for relaunches of
abovetheinfluence.com and theantidrug.com, two government-led prevention campaigns funded by the
National Office of Drug Control Policy of the Executive Office of the White House.
MedStar Institute for Innovation Washington, DC
Senior Project Manager Oct 2009 July, 2011
Lead web-based strategic initiatives to cultivate a culture of discovery and innovation at a large health
care system made up of 9 hospitals and 20 related health care businesses.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Director of Special Projects, Department of Medicine, Teaching Associate, HMS 2004 2009
Managed special projects under the direction of the Chairman of Medicine. Participated in organization-
wide and external projects that required an extensive repertoire of research, planning, and analysis.
Developed all Department-wide communications leveraging internet, intranet, and educational
technologies. Developed a web-based manuscript submission tool for contributors to the 23rd edition of
the Cecil Textbook of Medicine (Elsevier), a well-known medical textbook. Developed requirements,
content, front-end code and engaged of all editorial and production entities. Elsevier (Cecil s publisher)
negotiated to acquire exclusive rights to the technology and have extended the CMSS technology for more
than ten major medical textbooks and websites budgeted at more than $1M.
Sermo.com Cambridge, MA
Product Manager Mar Oct 2006
Early hire at an early stage venture-funded (Longworth Capital Partners) startup leveraging social
networks and physician communities. Provided strategic oversight and counsel to technical teams while
developing marketing strategies for diverse physician and client constituencies.
Built client relationships with health insurers, investment institutions, public health organizations,
academic medical centers. Worked with counsel to develop terms of service and privacy policies.
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
Director of Communications, Department of Medicine Sept 2001 Dec 2003
Developed and implemented web and print communications strategy for the largest academic department
of medicine in the country with over 1200 faculty.
Professional Team Physicians New York, NY
Managing Editor Oct 2000 Sept 2001
Developed medical content for a website targeting sports medicine specialists. Developed story ideas,
reported on clinical and research trends in medicine as they applied to sports medicine.
Covered research and clinical trends in sports medicine and orthopaedics for an online physician
audience.
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
Research Coordinator/Writer/Editor, Department of Orthopaedics Oct 1998 Sept 200o
Administered institutional, industry, and federally funded clinical research efforts including human
subject protocols for pharmaceuticals and devices. Offered protocol and grant research and writing,
manuscript editing and coordination.
Brigham and Women s Hospital Boston, MA
Clinical Research Coordinator Oct 1997 Sept 1998
Developed and directed all recruitment, screening, and enrollment efforts for a National Institutes of
Health funded project investigating the genetic and metabolic markers of polycystic ovary syndrome.
New England Research Institutes Watertown, MA
Administrative Coordinator Sept 1996-Oct 1997
Served as an administrator at the coordinating center of a multi-site NIH - National Institutes on Aging
sponsored study, the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Served as a liaison for SWAN's
principal investigators and ten subcommittees. Prepared and edited federal grant applications, contracts,
and budgets.
The Hunger Action Network of New York State Albany, NY
Political Organizer Jan 1994-Oct 1996
Launched and led campaigns to educate the public about hunger and poverty. Offered technical assistance
to low-income individuals in addition to referrals to appropriate state and local agencies.
The National Abortion Rights Action League New York, NY
Statewide Organizer Sept 1992-Jan 1994
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Served as a statewide organizer for NARAL's 1992 general election and subsequent campaigns.
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Bronx, NY
Urban Park Ranger Sept 1988-Sept 1990
Developed environmental stewardship programs in New York City parklands for community residents.
CONSULTING & OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Mobile
Doximity (content strategy, business development)
DrChrono (blog content)
Web
abovetheinfluence.com (content strategy) mcsweeneys.net (writing)
doximity.com (business strategy) nyacknewsandviews.com (content strategy)
expandingqi.com (development) recoverycare.com (acquired by Medtronic)
fertilitywithinreach.com (development) scripps.org (taxonomy)
wlrnunderthesun.org (content strategy) yogatripper.com (business strategy)
massgeneral.org (taxonomy, content)
Video Film Television
Co-Producer, Trouble in Paradise, a documentary film about Election 2000 sponsored by the Center for
Independent Documentary.
Researcher, BBC's Land of the Eagle, a ten-part series on the natural history of North America developed
for American audiences at NATURE-WNET.
Research and production at Lucky Duck Productions, New York, for Nickelodeon programs on
contraception and the environment for young adults.
Production assistance for Cirque du Soleil, Nouvelle Experience, live and broadcast performances, New
York and San Francisco locations.
Newsweek The Women's Feature Service
Technology Review Family Planning Perspectives of the Alan
The New York Observer Guttmacher Institute
Scholastic Magazines
EDUCATION
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Harvard Extension School, 2003-2006
Graduate courses in computer science, education, and new media
New York University New York, NY
Master of Arts, Journalism, February 1992.
Science and Environmental Reporting Program
Colgate University Hamilton, NY
Bachelor of Arts, Biology, June 1988
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SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Programming Languages/Scripting Languages: Beginning Python, Perl/Javascript,
Web Development: CSS, XML, HTML5, PHP, Zope.
Analytics/ Project Tracking: Google Analytics, Webtrends, CRM tools, ZenDesk, Pivotal
Content management frameworks & blogs: Wordpress, Interwoven, Movable Type, Roller, Textpattern,
Joomla, Drupal, et al.
Web Authoring Tools: FTP, BBEdit, Coda, Adobe GoLive, Dreamweaver, Flash, Director, video and audio
editing.
Design Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator
Database Tools: SQL, MS Access.
MS Office: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio). Experience with Windows, OS, and Linux platforms.
RELEVANT TRAINING
Fundamentals of Non-Violent Communication, Bay Area Center for Non Violent Communication,
Fall, 2011.
HealthCamp, San Francisco CA, 2010, 2011.
Transparency Camp, Sunlight Foundation, Washington DC, 2010.
Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher, 2009.
Presenting Data and Information (Edward Tufte), Boston. MA, 2005.
REFERENCES
LinkedIn profile. Available on request.
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