Cyndy Bates Finnie

Current

• Director of Product Development at CMPMedica

Past

• Freelance Writer at PC Today magazine
• Project Management Consultant at TechWeb
• Expeditor, Product Operations at Lycos

• Senior Online Editor at ZDNet
• Associate Editor at PC Computing - Ziff-Davis Publishing
• Assistant Editor at Publish

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Education

• Cornell University

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Industry

Internet

Cyndy Bates Finnie’s Summary

An experienced Internet professional, I specialize in bringing departments (Engineering, Sales, Product, Infrastructure, etc.) together to achieve common business goals.

Cyndy Bates Finnie’s Specialties:

Product management, product development, project management, infrastructure implementation

Cyndy Bates Finnie’s Experience

• Director of Product Development

  CMPMedica

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  August 2006 — Present (3 years)

• Freelance Writer

  PC Today magazine

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

  Write monthly New Software column, reviewing four to six new software programs for home users. Select, install and use appropriate new software. Establish relationship with industry vendors. Meet monthly deadlines.

• Project Management Consultant

  TechWeb

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2004 — March 2005 (1 year)

  Manage microsites for CMP TechWeb. Generate leads, write Web copy, promotional e-mail newsletters, reporting.

• Expeditor, Product Operations

  Lycos

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  February 1998 — February 2004 (6 years 1 month)

  Specialist in simplifying horredously complicated projects.
  - Implemented Google AdSense across a dozen different Web sites, each with own product & engineering team & code base.
  - Managed migration of Lycos ad products to new IAB standards, delivering 116 million super-sized ad units in two weeks.
  - As Group Product Manager developed and implemented business plans, computed ROI, selected content & services for web-based products to meet core metrics – revenue, pageviews, unique visitors, etc.

• Senior Online Editor

  ZDNet

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)

  June 1994 — January 1998 (3 years 8 months)

  - Manage editorial and production of Ziff-Davis content to licensees. Promote ZDNet brand and editorial/business strategy, manage staff, develop editorial plans, coordinate between editorial, production and engineering.
  - Plan, conceptualize, develop and build ZDNet's Product Reviews channel. Oversee design, creation and implementation of content to build and habituate traffic. Establish editorial guidelines, develop and design new content, manage staff, promote content. Responsible for 10x growth of site.
  - Supervise ZDNet CompuServe editorial, a $10 million business for ZD. Manage staff and coordinate online content, including daily highlights, events, discussions and magazine articles.

• Associate Editor

  PC Computing - Ziff-Davis Publishing

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  September 1991 — January 1994 (2 years 5 months)

• Assistant Editor

  Publish

  (Internet industry)

  1989 — 1991 (2 years)

Cyndy Bates Finnie’s Education

• Cornell University

  Communications September 1984 — May 1988

Additional Information

Cyndy Bates Finnie’s Groups:

Internet Press Guild (www.netpress.org)
Editor, LinuxClues.com
Writer of "The Latest Software" for PC Today magazine

•    ZDNet Alums
•    IDG Alumni
•    Lycos Alumni
•    Ziff-Davis Alumni

Cyndy Bates Finnie’s Contact Settings

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