Challenge
Stakeholders from the world’s four leading cardiology journals (two European publishers and two U.S., including the American College of Cardiology and Elsevier Science) sought support from Multimedia Software (MSI) to develop an innovative product to deliver 3 years of journal content converted to be browseable and searchable on a single compact disc.
My Role
As Manager of Electronic Publishing for MSI, I led a team of 5 editors/multimedia developers and a dedicated programmer (developing a custom HTML browser) to convert, tag, and process the text and graphics file of all journal content and managed stakeholder feedback loops and communications over the 2.5-year project.
Action(s)
I assembled/hired and trained the editorial and multimedia team members; established processes for content and graphic conversions; wrote Word macros and compiled programs; managed project timelines; expectations and QA; and engaged with the Senior Technical Manager to troubleshoot build and compression issues and track the project budget. Represented the company to debut the product at a global healthcare expo in Stockholm, Sweden.
Result(s)
The resulting program was delivered under budget by 20% and the product (at the time) was an innovation in continuing medical education, enabling access to a much wider audience base for authors and conversion of research to practice at scale. Success of the project allowed principals to attract more clients across the medical education to innovate through technology.