Industry Vice President at Reed Exhibitions
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Industry Vice President at Reed Exhibitions
- Show Manager at New York ComicCon
- Director at BookExpo America
- Past
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- Store Manager at R.J. Julia Booksellers
- General Manager at Bound to be Read
- Owner at Warrenpages and North Perk, LLC's (Self-employed)
- Education
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- University of the District of Columbia
- Connections
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- Industry
- Publishing
- Websites
Lance Fensterman’s Summary
I have over 10 years of leadership experience with a common theme of leading and inspiring large groups of people and employing creative, enthusiastic, innovative and entrepreneurial business practices to a wide array of professional fields.
I have a strong footing in the book and publishing world through the platform of large scale event management and small business management. However my experience and background is wide ranging and my skills sets are applicable across industry borders.
Lance Fensterman’s Specialties:
Proven leadership skills, highly motivated; strong work ethic; highly creative; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to manage multiple and shifting priorities; ability to manage large and small picture tasks and ideas; skilled at listening and building collaborative and effective relationships; quick learner; effective presentation skills; trustworthy; persuasive; proven business building and sales skills; demonstrated ability to assume accountability; results oriented.
Lance Fensterman’s Experience
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Industry Vice President
Reed Exhibitions
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2007 — Present (10 months)
I am responsible for the trade and public events, BookExpo America, New York ComicCon and the New York Anime Festival - The pop culture, media and publishing portfolio of Reed Exhibitions North America.
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Show Manager
New York ComicCon
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2007 — Present (10 months)
I am responsible for one of the fastest growing and largest cons in the U.S. with 50,000 fans attending. New York ComicCon is widely accepted at the second largest pop culture event in North America.
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Director
BookExpo America
(Publishing industry)
April 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
I am responsible for all aspects of creating the second largest trade book fair in the world – an annual event that moves around the United States. Approximately 2,000 companies exhibit and over 30,000 people attend.
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Store Manager
R.J. Julia Booksellers
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
June 2005 — April 2006 (11 months)
I was in tasked with expanding the R.J. Julia Booksellers brand (based in Madison, CT) into Fairfield County in Connecticut.
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General Manager
Bound to be Read
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
April 2002 — May 2005 (3 years 2 months)
General Manager of the largest independent bookstore in Minnesota.
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Owner
Warrenpages and North Perk, LLC's (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 1999 — March 2002 (3 years 3 months)
Created and financed two businesses in Ohio which were sold in 2002. One being online media the other a coffee shop and restaurant.
Lance Fensterman’s Education
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University of the District of Columbia
Political Science 1997 — 1999
Additional Information
Lance Fensterman’s Websites:
Lance Fensterman’s Interests:
Books, legos, cooking, wine.
Lance Fensterman’s Groups:
American Booksellers Association, Association of American Publishers, Center for Independent Pulishing.
Lance Fensterman’s Honors:
Rookie of the Year, Reed Exhibitions - The Top New Employee in the company for 2007.
Lance Fensterman’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
