Sanjay Tripathi

15 Years of Experience in Print & Digital Publishing My online resume

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Experience
IT & Operations Head
Cardinal Technology Solutions - Lucknow, India - Full-time - August 2012, Present

Contact me
Twitter @sanjaytripathi27

Business expansion | P&L Management | Leadership Talent engagement | Talent Acquisition | Recruitment Process Consulting | Team building capability | Employee relations & Motivation Client Servicing | Service Delivery | Business Operations | Process Improvement | Performance Management | Unit Administration

About Me
Accomplished publishing operations professional with extensive experience in the ePublishing and Digital Media Industry. Proven success in project management and meeting company goals by streamlining departments to reduce operating costs and integrating newer and more efficient workflows. Ability to multitask and properly execute multiple simultaneous assignments without sacrificing efficiency or quality of the work. I have developed considerable expertise in print and digital production workflows and technologies. My skill is in analyzing and rationalizing workflows and concepts (such as XML first workflows), and in identifying, describing and disseminating best practice. Additional areas of expertise include cost containment and vendor management, ranging from individual freelancers. My goals are to continue to learn new skills and benefit from new opportunities in the print and online publishing environments.

Sr. Manager - Journals Production

Aptara Inc. - New Delhi, India - Full-time - October 2011, July 2012

Responsible for planning, coordinating and reporting on the critical path of products across the assigned division, to ensure the publishing schedule is delivered on time and on budget. Maintaining a visible master schedule for the operations process with key benchmark milestones within the schedule. Ensure clear communication of the schedule and milestones to the key stakeholders Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Journal Publishing Services, through improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions.

Manager - Operations
Thomson Digital (India Today Group) - Nodia, India - Full-time - January 2008, October 2011

Played catalytic role in production of "Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering" (9 Vols) by John Wiley & Sons. Managed more than 720 Authors, 56 Section Editors and 2 Editor-in-Chief. Project Manager for "Handbook of System Toxicology" (4 vols) by John Wiley & Sons. Operational control of activities in order to achieve optimal performance. Motivate and influence personnel to work as a cohesive and productive team focused on achieving project/team objectives and targets. Created and maintained job scheduling and tracking systems for production department. Researched and contracted with vendors for ePUB and XML coding. Checked content for accuracy and style, consistency, figure and table quality, and ensures all parts of manuscript are complete and usable.

Manager - Service and Delivery

Integra Software Services Pvt Ltd - Pondicherry, India - Full-time - September 2006, January 2008

Operational control of activities in order to achieve optimal performance. Motivate and influence personnel to work as a cohesive and productive team focused on achieving project/team objectives and targets. Performed hands-on production, including 4-color layouts, page layout. Worked with Springer Quality Team to developed standard macro package for Springer. Directly involved in macro testing for Springer (Heidelberg). Accomplished work: T1-global book layout across all locations, SVMULT5.1 for Springer Heidelberg division.

Senior Executive - Operations

Macmillan - Bangalore, India - Full-time - August 2005, September 2006

As a Sr. Project Executive, responsible to ensure that projects are completed on time and according to project specifications. Standard activities include capacity planning, Client relationship, training the new comers on regular interval. Developed & implemented a manpower and equipment (operational) resource plan to meet project deliverable and schedule. Implemented systems and standards to improve and enhance the quality in the production. Also worked as Linux System Administrator (partly).

Software Engineer - Publishing Projects

SR Nova (P) Ltd. - Bangalore, India - Full-time - August 2002, August 2005

Initiated XML first typesetting workflow for Cambridge University Press books. Designed a book (Java: An Eventful Approach by Kim B. Bruce) for Pearson. Modified author template for AASTeX Society. Released ver. 5.2.

R&D Executive
Aptara (Formerly known as TechBooks Elec. Ser.) - New Delhi, India - Full-time - January 1998, August 2002

Initiated XML Front-End typesetting for Cambridge University Press. Created template for generation "Typescript" for Oxford University Press manuscripts.

Skills
Publishing
Content development Project Management Streamlined Publishing Processes Off-shore Editorial Services/Managing Peer Reviews Production in print and online formats of large scale Digital publishing (ePUB, Mobi, XHTML, CSS) Cost effective workflow analysis and development Handling multi-volume and multi-contributor works

Operations
P&L management Resourcing and training staff SOP development and maintenance Internal Auditor for ISO 9001:2008 Facility maintenance Inventory management
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Education
Bachelor - University of Allahabad
September 1992 - September 1992

English-Literature, Economics, History

High Secondary - Kendriya Vidyalaya

September 1990 - September 1990

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics