Conference Manager/Contributing Editor at Thomson Reuters
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Conference Manager/Contributing Editor at Thomson Reuters
- Past
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- Managing Editor at Thomson Reuters
- Associate Editor at Thomson Reuters
- Education
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- Brown University
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- Publishing
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Mark Cecil’s Experience
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Conference Manager/Contributing Editor
Thomson Reuters
(Public Company; TRI; Information Services industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
*Managed multiple conferences throughout the year, recruiting dozens of leaders in the business community of multiple events at one time; creating all conference content, marketing and Web materials; liaising with all speakers; obtaining feedback from attendees to shape future events; developing a cohesive conference strategy ( www.buyoutsconferences.com)
*Emcee of all events
*Brokered a host of co-sponsorships with trade associations to boost awareness by thousands of new customers
*Interviewed renowned keynote speakers, moderated panels with dozens of leaders in the business community
*Organized awards program and annual Awards Dinner -
Managing Editor
Thomson Reuters
(Public Company; TRI; Information Services industry)
September 2006 — July 2007 (11 months)
*Managed staff of 5 reporters, graphic designer, hired staff for industry leading, 21-year old magazine (www.buyoutsnews.com)
*Assigned stories on all aspects of private equity industry, helped reporters shape articles, guiding them through several revisions; edited content
*Maintained Web site; ramped up on line activity to posting daily, as opposed to a previous bi-weekly schedule
*Other duties: moderating panels; co-designing editorial calendar; writing news; co-designing look of issue -
Associate Editor
Thomson Reuters
(Publishing industry)
November 2005 — September 2006 (11 months)
*Led reporting on fundraising and institutional investing, broke major stories that were later picked up by national publications
*Managed fundraising database, published quarterly, for which I was in contact with each of the U.S. private equity firms raising the several hundred LBO funds in the market
Mark Cecil’s Education
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Brown University
BA , English and American Literature , 1995 — 1999
- Activities and Societies:
- *Wrote for Brown Daily Herald, The College Hill Independent
*Resident Counselor
*JYA University College London, 1998
*4.0 GPA in English Department, 3.5 overall GPA
Additional Information
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Mark Cecil’s Interests:
Basketball, reading, writing novels, boxing...
