Chronological Resume
Updated Q1 2025
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Professional Profile
Versatile professional with corporate, consulting and entrepreneurial experience across economic sectors, developed and emerging markets (See “Past Clients” below). Mission-driven thinker with a well-rounded skillset in Paid, Earned, Owned and Shared (PESO) media, crisis communications, investor relations, internal communications, and event management. Strong performance in marketing campaigns encompassing brand definition, brand expression, stakeholder engagement, and evaluation.
Recent Experience
The DEEL Studio (Independent Media and Consulting, New York, 1/2019-Present)
Dialogue as a Service (DaaS)
Created a portfolio of newsletters and subscription-based services providing research-based responses to problem statements. (See more at DaaS.)
Independent Consulting
Served as a media strategist for financial technology startups and marketing agencies.
Janashvili & Company (Independent Consulting, New York, 9/2016-1/2023)
Media Strategist
Managed media strategies for public and private companies in asset management, FinTech, maritime shipping, health and wellness. Served as a subadvisor to public relations (PR) firms, managing client portfolios with annualized revenues of $1.6-$1.9 million.
JConnelly (Public Relations Firm, New York, 5/2015-9/2016)
Senior Vice President
Managed media strategies for client portfolios generating up to $2.4 million in annual revenues. Implemented performance-tracking initiatives that improved transparency, profitability and staff utilization. Lead teams of 4-8 people.
Career Break, San Francisco, 11/2014-05/2015
Pursued career opportunities in Silicon Valley.
Capital Market Laboratories (Fintech Startup, New York, 08/2013 - 10/2014)
Startup Consultant
Supported the launch of an investment research startup founded by veterans of GMI Ratings (see below). Published proprietary research on extra-financial risk metrics, forensic accounting and corporate governance.
GMI Ratings (Investment Research Firm, New York, 01/2012 - 08/2013)
Managing Director, Marketing and Communications
Led marketing and communications following the merger of three businesses focused on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research. Increased qualified leads by more than 80% by building a multi-office team of writers, analysts and digital specialists and executing campaigns across U.S. and European media channels. Secured game-changing earned-media results with executive profiles, national surveys, company-specific reports, and “risk lists” highlighting companies with the most aggressive accounting practices. (Case study available)
Additional Experience
Progressed to executive leadership roles at PR firms, including Ogilvy Health, WE Communications, IGB Group, Ruder Finn Group (rehired three times).
Managed media relations, investor relations (IR) and crisis communications for New Stream Capital, a $1B hedge fund with investments in energy, healthcare and technology.
Served as an investor relations consultant to anti-virus software vendor McAfee and led the IR department of Juno Online Services, the third largest ISP at the time.
Past Clients
News and Media: Bridge21, Law360, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Threel Media.
Financial: Advisors Asset Management, AIRNET-21, Bank of America, Citigroup, CML Viz, Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Credit Benchmark, Cedar Capital, Emerging Global Advisors, ETF Securities, Exceed Investments, Fiduciary Trust Company, FINCA International, Morgan Stanley, New Stream Capital, Renaissance Capital, Schroders, and venture-stage financial technology (FinTech) startups, including Alto IRA ALTO (full-time role in 2021).
Technology: BMC Software, Deutsche Telekom, Ener 1, Energy Conversion Devices, Internet Security Systems (ISS), Juno Online Services, McAfee, Mellanox Technologies, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), MUSE Technologies, VimpelCom and venture-stage startups in cybersecurity.
Health: Abbott Labs, Bentley Pharmaceuticals, BrainsWay (full-time training program), EpiCept, Lilly, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Pharmos.
Real Estate: CrowdStreet, HOMEX, Lightstone Group, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).
Law Firms: Coudert Brothers, Haynes Boone.
Commodity Supply Chain: Aircastle, BP, Dorian LPG, New York Regional Interconnect (NYRI), RailAmerica, Repsol YPF, RusAl.
Consumer: FEMSA, Coca-Cola FEMSA.
Government: Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba, president of Zambia from 1991 to 2002.
Education
Teachers College, Columbia University
Introduction to Organizational Psychology (GPA: 4.0)
Yeshiva University
Bachelor of Science, Psychology and Sociology (GPA: 3.8)
Skills
Software
Publishing - Substack, Medium, WordPress, YouTube
Collaboration - Zoom, Slack, Trello
Microsoft - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Foreign Languages
Russian - Near-native fluency
Georgian - Basic conversational, reading and writing skills.
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