Management, strategy, and technology consultant
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Consultant at Kaiser Associates
- Advisor at CoPress
- Past
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- Hosting Director at CoPress
- Systems Administrator at Swarthmore College Computer Society
- Editor-in-Chief at The Swarthmore Daily Gazette
- Public Area Consultant at Swarthmore College ITS
- Summer Associate Consultant at Kaiser Associates
- Defense and Industry Intern at U.S. Senate
- Research Assistant at Teaching Matters
- Office Assistant at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Education
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- Swarthmore College
- Ridgefield High School
- Wooster School
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Miles Skorpen’s Summary
Swarthmore graduate with substantial leadership experience. A focus on providing high value through innovative use of technology and new media.
Miles Skorpen’s Specialties:
Technology, business strategy, media.
Miles Skorpen’s Experience
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Consultant
Kaiser Associates
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
Kaiser Associates is a boutique strategy consulting firm with headquarters in Washington, DC and London. Kaiser Associates is dedicated to helping leading global corporations improve their performance and unlock new sources of sustainable, profitable growth. We provide our clients with strategic insight and analysis that drives decision-making. Founded in 1981, we maintain deep, long-standing relationships with the most admired companies in the world, including five of Fortune’s Ten Most Admired Corporations and six of the top ten of Business Week’s ‘Global 1,000’. In addition to our headquarters locations, we maintain offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; Toronto, Canada and Hong Kong.
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Advisor
CoPress
(Non-Profit; Information Services industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
CoPress empowers student newsrooms to hack the future of journalism. At the core of initiative is a vibrant community, an ever-growing resource library, and reliable support infrastructure.
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Hosting Director
CoPress
(Non-Profit; Information Services industry)
September 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 1 month)
Led initiatives at a non-profit organization devoted to innovative online college journalism to create a rival hosting and support service to industry-giant College Publisher.
Spearheaded development of a Django-based invoicing, ticket-tracking, and CRM application to scale CoPress' hosting offerings. Made major contributions to ideation, code, and design. -
Systems Administrator
Swarthmore College Computer Society
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
March 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 4 months)
A student-run organization which provides extensive server services (including hosting, mailing list, shell access, and proxies), web services (WordPress MultiUser, FedoraCore Media Server, and custom textbook and class rating systems), and equipment access, including high-end video and photo-editing workstations.
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Editor-in-Chief
The Swarthmore Daily Gazette
(Newspapers industry)
September 2005 — June 2009 (3 years 10 months)
The Daily Gazette is the largest student publication at Swarthmore College, with a weekly readership of 6,000 and a daily mailing list 2,500 strong.
As Editor-in-Chief, I oversaw a dramatic restructuring of the Gazette, moving to a 24/7 news model, adding advertising (and expanding revenues to nearly $10,000), and doubled the staff size.
During my tenure, the Daily Gazette has named one of the top five online college news sites by the Associated Collegiate Press. -
Public Area Consultant
Swarthmore College ITS
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2006 — May 2009 (2 years 10 months)
Provided technical support at the College library.
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Summer Associate Consultant
Kaiser Associates
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)
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Defense and Industry Intern
U.S. Senate
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Legislative Office industry)
May 2007 — July 2007 (3 months)
Conducted legislative research and analysis regarding defense, terrorism, and financial intelligence, wrote policy memos to Senator Dodd, and drafted letters to executive branch officials.
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Research Assistant
Teaching Matters
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
May 2006 — July 2006 (3 months)
Researched civil rights movements in the US, the roots of democracy in Ancient Greece, and electoral politics in NYC, in order to contribute to a technology-based political science curriculum for NYC secondary school students.
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Office Assistant
Teachers College, Columbia University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2005 — July 2005 (2 months)
Helped register several thousand participants for summer institutes. Worked to organize agenda, schedule room assignments, and to duplicate and lug materials. Served as assistant to a project direcotr, answering phones, managing email, and writing letters.
Miles Skorpen’s Education
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Swarthmore College
BA with Honors , Political Science, minor in History , 2005 — 2009
Graduated through the Honors Program.
Courses include American Foreign Policy, Defense Policy, South African History, Spanish, History of Central Africa, Social & Political Philosophy, Data Structures and Algorithms, Information Retrieval, and Journalism Workshop.- Activities and Societies:
- Swarthmore College Computing Society (Administrator), Swarthmore Forum (Creator), Psi Phi Association (President), Photographer's Union (President), Amos J. Peaslee Parliamentary Debate Society (Tab Director), The Swarthmore Daily Gazette (Editor-in-Chief)
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Ridgefield High School
2001 — 2005
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Wooster School
1992 — 2001
Additional Information
Miles Skorpen’s Websites:
Miles Skorpen’s Interests:
Journalism, Media, Organization, Writing, Photography, New Media
Miles Skorpen’s Groups:
Associated Collegiate Press, Swarthmore College, CoPress
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Swarthmore Daily Gazette
Miles Skorpen’s Honors:
Pearson Award for Journalism, 2008
Swarthmore College Honors Program
Led a college newspaper when it was named the fourth best online college news source in America.
Miles Skorpen’s Contact Settings
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