C.K. Sample III

C.K. Sample III

Director of Special Projects at Crowd Fusion

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Director, Special Projects at Crowd Fusion
  • Editor at Obsessable.com
Past
  • Director of Product Marketing at Crowd Fusion
  • Consultant at Self-Employed
  • Social Media Consultant at Crowd Fusion

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Education
  • Fordham University
  • Illinois State University
  • Mississippi College
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Industry
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C.K. Sample III’s Summary

During my career, I've worn a plethora of hats as a blogger, writer, editor, educator, product manager, promoter, leader, idea generator, and developer of best practices for growing organizations.

I have developed a myriad of skills that can all be summarized by the following: I think deeply about products, about how to make products better, and then I catalyze the improvements of those products by either writing about them or by working with the companies behind them.

C.K. Sample III’s Specialties:

Editing, writing, blogging, business development, online media, technical writing, grant writing, academic paper writing, social news, social media, team management, business planning, feature planning

C.K. Sample III’s Experience

  • Director, Special Projects

    Crowd Fusion

    (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

    August 2009 — Present (4 months)

    As Director of Special Projects at Crowd Fusion, I work closely with the CEO and the management team to develop and implement new ideas and initiatives for our business, to plan the growth of the Crowd Fusion platform, to familiarize business partners and clients with our platform, and to evangelize and market the Crowd Fusion platform to potential future clients and future business partners.

  • Editor

    Obsessable.com

    (Internet industry)

    September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

    As one of the editors of Obsessable, I help cover technology news and produce features for the site, in addition to growing a team of writers working to provide informative coverage of all things technology.

  • Director of Product Marketing

    Crowd Fusion

    (Internet industry)

    November 2008 — July 2009 (9 months)

    As Director of Product Marketing at Crowd Fusion, I help develop strategies to best position and market our platform.

  • Consultant

    Self-Employed

    (Online Media industry)

    January 2007 — July 2009 (2 years 7 months)

    Please see my LinkedIn profile for a full overview of my experience helping to lead, manage, and develop online properties with distributed workforces. Please do not hesitate to reach out should you think you or your business could benefit from my consultation.

  • Social Media Consultant

    Crowd Fusion

    (Internet industry)

    September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)

    I'm working with a great group of people helping plan and develop the social media strategy for an exciting new web publishing platform.

  • Editorial Director

    Mahalo.com, Inc

    (Internet industry)

    January 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 8 months)

    I support people and help launch new online brands. During my 18 months at Mahalo, I worked with the rest of the management team to develop and execute the editorial strategy for the site and to discover how to build Mahalo as a sustainable product to provide people with the best links and information online. During my time with Mahalo, I built and managed a great team of 40 full time individuals in Santa Monica dedicated to serving the web by curating all the information available in the search arena. In addition to and through those direct reports, I managed over 200 freelancers working for Mahalo in the Mahalo Greenhouse and over 30 remote hourly workers working worldwide.

  • Director & General Manager, Netscape.com

    AOL, LLC

    (Public Company; Online Media industry)

    November 2006 — March 2007 (5 months)

    Both the editorial and development teams at Netscape report to me. I am both here to serve this great team of people and the great community of Netscape members and readers by helping us all continue to innovate and grow the site.

  • Managing Editor / Lead Anchor, Netscape.com

    AOL, LLC

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)

    January 2006 — November 2006 (11 months)

    Being the Managing Editor of a social news portal is a somewhat interesting position, and I think it is probably an entirely unique position, as well. I manage a dedicated news team, helping support them in all their endeavors, I coordinate disparate bits and pieces with our developer team, with different AOL business units, with Weblogs, Inc bloggers, and with different event coordinators. I help find good people who are interested in doing good work. Finally, I spend a lot of time crawling Netscape.com, helping to shape the community by preening the occasional bit of spam or clarifying a member-submitted story with a misleading title. At the core, I see this position as an educational one. I'm here to learn and to help facilitate understanding of how things like blogging, social news, citizens media, and journalism can all work together to provide a better contextualized view of the world.

  • Lead Blogger Emeritus, TUAW.com

    Weblogs, Inc

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

    March 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 8 months)

    In March, 2005, I began freelance blogging for Weblogs, Inc at The Unoffocial Apple Weblog (TUAW). Shortly after beginning, Judith and Jason asked me to become lead blogger for the site. A few short month later, I began blogging for other Weblogs, Inc. blogs, including Cinematical and TV Squad, where I cohosted TV Squad's Lost Podcast. I retired from active Weblogs, Inc blogging in May 2006 to focus on Netscape.

  • Instructional Technologist

    Fordham University

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    August 2005 — January 2006 (6 months)

    Managed the 3 Faculty Technology Centers for Fordham University, helped coordinate technology training for the Faculty and Staff of the University, and helped Professors with the use of technology in the classroom.

  • Blogger

    Cinematical -- Weblogs, Inc. / AOL

    (Online Media industry)

    2005 — 2006 (1 year )

  • Author

    O'Reilly Press

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    June 2005 — December 2005 (7 months)

    After several years spent as a freelance contributor to various O'Reilly books, including Mac OS X Panther Hacks and iPod & iTunes Hacks (for which I was also the technical editor), I authored PSP Hacks for O'Reilly in the summer of 2005.

  • Lab Coordinator

    Fordham University

    (Higher Education industry)

    August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  • Adjunct Professor of English

    Iona College

    (Higher Education industry)

    September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)

    Taught one class of English composition per semester.

  • Technical Supervisor

    Fordham University

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

    October 2000 — August 2004 (3 years 11 months)

    Lab supervisor for the computer labs at the Fordham Graduate Center in Tarrytown, New York.

  • Instructor of English

    Illinois State University

    (Higher Education industry)

    August 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 6 months)

    Taught 4 classes per semester in an adjunct position with the English department. Classes were a mix of English Composition and Writing Across the Curriculum.

C.K. Sample III’s Education

  • Fordham University

    M.Phil. , English , 2000 — 2006

  • Illinois State University

    MA , English Studies , 1996 — 1998

  • Mississippi College

    BA , English and Art , 1991 — 1995

    Activities and Societies:
    Circle K

Additional Information

C.K. Sample III’s Interests:

Everything except for country music, aesthetically displeasing things, and anything boring.

C.K. Sample III’s Groups:

  •    Fordham University Alumni Networking Association
  •    Freelance Editors
  •    Ultra Light Startups
  •    Game Payments

C.K. Sample III’s Honors:

Sarah A. Rouse English Award, 1995
National Merit Scholar

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