Management, strategy, and technology consultant
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Consultant at Kaiser Associates
- Past
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- Co-founder & Hosting Director at CoPress
- Systems Administrator at Swarthmore College Computer Society
- Editor-in-Chief at The Swarthmore Daily Gazette
- Defense and Industry Intern at U.S. Senate
- Research Assistant at Teaching Matters
- Education
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- Swarthmore College
- Ridgefield High School
- Wooster School
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Miles Skorpen’s Summary
Management and strategy consultant with 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)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 7 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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Co-founder & Hosting Director
CoPress
(Non-Profit; Information Services industry)
September 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 2 months)
Led initiatives at a non-profit organization devoted to innovative online college journalism to create an open-source hosting and support service. Within 9 months, revenue was over $35,000 with 40+ clients. Spearheaded development of a Django-based invoicing, ticket-tracking, and CRM application to scale CoPress' hosting offerings.
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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 8,000 and a daily mailing list of 2,500.
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 was named one of the top five online college news sites by the Associated Collegiate Press. -
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.
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
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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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Kaiser Associates - Alumni Network -
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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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