Scott D. Meyers

Profile:

Scott Meyers is an exceptionally motivated professional with an outstanding track record of providing high quality, relevant solutions to the market place in a timely manner. He provides years of experience in the computer and technology market and has been successful at accurately evaluating the success of emerging technologies and services and providing the right solutions to those markets as they mature. Additionally, he possesses superb project management and editorial skills as well as first hand insight into the technical solutions required by all levels of technology users from consumers to professionals.

Work History:

Marketing Product Manager

Apress, Ltd. (July 2006 - )

Responsible for all aspects of the PR and Marketing of books and services for specific series and topic areas. Current topic areas include Microsoft Server and Enterprise products (including MS SQL Server, BizTalk, SharePoint, Exchanges Server, Windows Server, Windows Visa, Office, and others), Oracle Database and related products, and various other initiatives. Specific duties include:

• Create and follow through on marketing plans for specific titles and entire market segments.
• Stimulate market interest in products through various PR efforts including event sponsorships, exhibitions, and other direct consumer outreach.
• Assist national and international sales reps by providing timely information and marketing materials, and arranging various retail promotional activities (co-op, incentives and rebates).
• Initiate direct sales of products to large groups and organizations.
• Assist authors and editors in many ways to help market and promote their products.
• Provide technical experience and insight to marketing team.
• Work as point person for communications between marketing and editorial.

Developer / Consultant

Robert Half Technology

Indiana University School of Medicine (March 2006)

Developed a customized RSS Feed and Podcast for the IU School of Medicine's Sound Medicine NPR radio show as well as troubleshooting and fixing some various database and PHP issues client was encountering.

Senior Development Editor

Pearson Technology Group (September 1996 - March 2006)

Most recent responsibility was the development of professional level technical books. Job duties included:

• Research and evaluation of emerging technologies in Networking, Web development, Open Source and Mac OS X segments of computer publishing industry.
• Identifying and evaluating potential authors and contributors to relevant texts.
• Working one on one with authors through the planning and writing of the book to help improve overall marketability and quality of the content.
• Managing workflow of multiple simultaneous book projects from inception to completion with project length ranging from 3 to over 12 months.
• Effectively managing freelance contributors and authors throughout length of the project.
• Working well within a team environment, including dealing effectively with situations where goals of involved parties are often in conflict with each other.
• Creation, development and management of the "Developers Library" imprint.
• Creation and maintenance of series guidelines and style guides for various series covering a wide range of approaches and audience levels.

Consultant, Sales Consultant, Apple Sales Specialist

Elek-Tek, Inc. (October 1995 - September 1996)

Provided various technology solutions and hardware to both retail and corporate customers. Additional responsibilities included working with customers and co-workers to provide specific Macintosh based solutions and support.

Publications & Presentations:

Mac OS X Leopard Beyond the Manual (ISBN# 1-590598-377) Apress, December 2007

Documenting Open Source: A Guide For Reaching Your Audience: Apachecon Us, November 2004

Creating A Simple Extendable Module System: Phpbuilder.Com, December 2004

Education:

Indiana University

Bachelor of General Studies
English, Computer Technology (CPT), and Graphic Arts

SSI / PMI

Core Project Management: PMP #CPM001, June 2005

Skills:

Business Skills:

• Project Management
• Problem Solving
• Intrapersonal Communication
• Public Speaking
• Technical and Professional Writing

Computer Application Skills:

• Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
• Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash)
• Numerous other applications on various platforms.

Advanced Computer Operating System Experience:

• Microsoft Windows 9x & NT/2000/XP
• Mac OS (Classic and OS X)
• Linux (including Red Hat Enterprise, Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu, Slackware)
• Unix (Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD)

Web Development Skills:

• Design (HTML/XHTML/XML/CSS)
• Scripting (JavaScript, PHP, CGI)
• Web Services (XML-RPC, RSS)
• Data Access (SQL)

General Development Experience:

• Scripting and Dynamic Programming (Bash, Perl, Python, Ruby)
• Mac OS X Development (Cocoa, AppleScript, xCode, Interface Builder)
• General Programming (C, Obj-C, Java, Pascal)
• Database Development and Admin (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS Access, FMP)

Associations And Other Experiences:

• Apple Developers Connection (Select Member)
• Beta Tester for Microsoft (Office 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows Media Center, Windows Update)
• Beta Tester for Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Free-Lance Web Design And Programming (On Going)