Kathy Sandler is the author of this blog.

I work for Scholastic, and this is my personal opinion.

Bio: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ksandler

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@ksandler1

Blog: http://www.sandlertechworks.com

E-mail: ksandler1@gmail.com

INDUSTRY COMMITTEES:

Trustee, Graphic Communications Scholarship, Award and Career Advancement Foundation, 2010-

Committee Member: P3 Planning Committee, a network of IDEAlliance, 2010-

Co-Chair: IDEAlliance PRISM Working Group for XML metadata standards for images, 2009-

Member: NYC College of Technology, Department of Advertising Design and Graphic Arts, Advisory Commission, 2008-

Leadership Team: Digital Distribution of Advertising for Publications, 2005

Board Member: Association for Graphic Communications, 1999-2000

Board Member: American Business Press Production/Manufacturing Technology Committee, 1998-2001

Webmaster and Recording Secretary: Digital Ad Lab, New York Chapter, 12/98-2/01

President: Women In Production, 1997-1998

CONFERENCES:

Speaker: “Creating an eReader Edition,” Premedia Spectrum 2.1, Naples, FL, January 2011

Moderator: “How to Cut a Week from Your Production Cycle” and “Production Roundtable,” Publishing Business Conference, New York, March 2010

Coordinator: PubTEC conference, Hearst Magazines, New York, Fall 2007

Speaker: Top 10 Lessons I Learned Implementing K4, ProPub Summit, New York, 2007

Proposed and Chaired: Magazine Publishing Track, Seybold New York, February 2002

Proposed and Chaired: Cost Savings Day, Seybold New York, February 2002

Moderator: “Digital Asset Management: Making It Work,” Seybold Seminars, Boston, April 2001

Proposed and Chaired: Return on Investment Track, Best Practices for Print Publishing Conference – Delivered Keynote, Seybold San Francisco, September 2001

Speaker: Management Track – Digital Asset Management: How to Assess Your DAM Needs, International Prepress Assn. Technical Seminar, Chicago, May 2001

Proposed and Chaired: Digital Asset Management Day, Seybold San Francisco, September 1999

Moderator: Discussion on Responsibility, Digital Ad Lab, New York, April 1999

WRITING:

Blog: http://www.sandlertechworks.com, October, 2009-

“Be a Production Hero without Breaking a Sweat,” by Kathy Sandler, InDesign Magazine, June/July 2005, pp. 16-24, see full issue at http://tinyurl.com/38zfwrj

“Avoid These 10 Sure Ways To Bust Your ROI: Rules to Live By When Investing in New Equipment or Technology,” by Kathy Sandler, Digital Output Magazine, February 2002, pp. 10-11

“Real-World ROI For CTP,” by Kathy Sandler, Folio: Magazine, December 1, 2001

“Preflighting eases desktop turbulence,” by Kathy Sandler, Folio: Magazine, August 1, 1996

PRESS:

“DAM: Changing the way we work,” by Alex Brown and Debra Smith, Folio: Magazine, January 2002

Publishing’s 40 Most Influential People, Folio: Magazine, March 2001

“For Keeps? A Digital Asset Management To-do List,” by Natalie Hope McDonald, Publishing Executive Magazine, December 2000

“The impact of technological change on those employed in magazine production,” by William C. Edwards, White Paper, American Business Press, April 2000

“Digital production: Who should manage the pre-flight process?” by Barbara Love, Folio: Magazine, January 1, 2000

“Finding a Cure,” by Gretchen A. Kirby, Publishing Executive Magazine, December 1999

“Digital Content Control,” by Dzintars Dzilna, Folio: Magazine, September 1, 1999

“The Creeping Edge,” by Jennifer Sucov, Folio: Magazine, October 1, 1997

TEACHING:

Adjunct Professor: E-Books: Technology, Workflow, and Business Model, Master’s in Publishing program, Pace University, Fall 2011 (new course I proposed and developed)

Adjunct Professor: Information Systems in Publishing, Master’s in Publishing program, Pace University, Fall 2010, Spring 2012 (expected)

Guest Lecturer: Workflow in Digital Asset Management, M.S. in Information and Digital Resource Management, Columbia University, October 7, 2010

Co-professor: Information Technology Management in Publishing, Master’s in Publishing program, NYU, Fall 1999

LEARNING:

IDEAlliance E-Media Certification in Cross-Media Publishing, 2010

LEAN Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Young & Rubicam, 2009

Adobe Certified Expert, InDesign CS/CS2

Dale Carnegie Leadership Training for Managers, 1997

MBA, Co-Major in Management and Information Services, NYU, 1995