ian schugel

* Provided administrative support to Co-CEO’s with meeting management, travel planning, and other administrative tasks, as well as assist other members of the operations team. * Scheduled and facilitated meetings with Co-CEO’s and multiple internal and external partners, including meetings with investors, board members, and high-ranking government officials. * Managed ordering to ensure supplies and pantries were stocked, including daily fresh food deliveries. * Assisted teams with execution of on-site events, including planning, set-up, day-of management, and wrap-up / break-down.

Managed projects from creation to delivery in the pre-clinical and clinical medical spaces working with multi-functional teams. Responsible for accounts with budgets ranging from $250K to $3.2MM. Partnered with account managers to create project budgets based on client negotiated scopes, from the estimates stage to negotiations with clients, and finalizing budgets with account teams. Organized and led kick-off meetings to ensure expectations are set and understood by all teams, status update meetings, as well as post-mortem meetings to incorporate learnings from unexpected roadblocks. Coordinated communications with art, medical writing, editorial, presentations and production staff on behalf of team members, to ensure that process is followed, and all parties aligned on deliverables.

Provided administrative and organizational support for Vice President of Data Science, Vice President of Product and respective teams of over 200 statisticians, analysts, engineers, designers and product managers. Selected Accomplishments: Increased transparency into Data Science Organization through multiple efforts, including publicizing research papers, tracking KPIs and providing thorough insight into opportunities for improvements through research and metrics analysis.

I freelanced as a rehearsal pianist intermittently between 2006 and 2008.

● Supported VideoAds and Monetization Engineering & Product Management, Infrastructure Product Management, YouTube Data, and the YouTube UX teams, including 1 VP, 5 Directors and a staff of 245 engineers, product managers, designers and researchers. Projects included: ● Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Project Lead on the first ever collaboration of "Talks at Google" and monetized "G+ Hangouts" hosted at YouTube, bringing an all-star cast and director discussion to a live audience [Talks at Google] married with a worldwide broadcast of the event [G+ Hangouts] that was monetized with the option to buy tickets, soundtracks and other movie paraphernalia. ● Major contributor to the expansion efforts of our headquarters, offering new creative space to our UX teams, as well as more interactive working spaces for engineering teams. ● International YouTube team summits and various internal staff events

● Assisted the SVP of Creative Services, SVP of Internet Services, 3 VP's as well as a staff of 100+ production coordinators, photo producers, web developers and other professionals working to develop the Pottery Barn, PBTeen, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Bed and Bath and all web and email development with financial, scheduling and travel needs. ● Coordinated with photo production teams to schedule travel, classify expenses into their respective season and category's cost centers and take on projects as needed. ● Key player in the development of the new Williams-Sonoma Inc. corporate website as photo producer, site issue logging and on-site corporate roll-out planning and execution. ● Worked with SVP's and accounting team members to develop and negotiate fiscal budgets.

Managed all operational needs of department on behalf of Senior Vice President of Design, including budgeting, headcount, capital expenses and purchasing. Facilitated seasonal style reviews for Executive team, planned international inspiration shopping trips and provided administrative support to Senior Vice President of Design. Selected Achievements: Oversaw and evaluated daily flow of expenses in all subdivisions of fiscal budget, providing recommendations that helped meet 10% cost reduction of $8.5M budget. Served as Project Lead for Aero Gives Back 24’x36’ mural project for P.S. 114 in Brooklyn, resulting in completed cost of 30% less than budgeted. (Project scope included management of 25 associates.)

● Identified an opportunity to replace Goodspeed Opera House’s 16-year-old keyboard synthesis system with a new, state-of-the-art keyboard synthesis system, through a patron donation of $30K. o Worked with engineers at Apple and consultants to develop an easily programmable system specifically tailored to the theatre’s needs, with multiple components. o Successfully implemented and programmed the new system for 6 large-scale productions, including two Broadway-bound productions. ● Assisted Music Directors by inputting new scores into a music scoring program, copying, preparing and maintaining conductor, vocal and orchestral scores, and serving as rehearsal pianist. ● Served as Conductor and Music Director for 3 productions, Assistant Music Director for 10 productions, wrote original arrangements for 3 additional productions and provided new orchestral arrangements for 5 productions. ● Performed administrative duties, including distributing mail, answering phones and prioritizing schedules.

● Manage operational functions of the Product Department, including work with product development & launch, finance, recruiting, organizational strategy and Product Marketing Management. ● Spearheading new product development strategies, including processes, team structure, calendar checkpoints and other mechanisms for executive oversight and insurance for on-time product launches. ● Created and managed alongside the Product Marketing Management team, the Product Portfolio, a system that brings new product concepts to fruition through risk-adjusted NPV, executive review, and resource management. ● Monitor departmental spend, and analyze questionable expenses and financial obligations. ● Represent the VP of Product and serve as Point of Contact for recruiting and finance activities, as well as interdepartmental communications. ● Responsible for all logistical work of third-party consultants business, including contract negotiation, security coordination and strategic calendaring.

cum laude Minor studies in Piano and Conducting