Content Director at ProCompare, Inc.
Greater New York City Area
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- Content Director at ProCompare
- Contributing Editor at BustedHalo
- writer/editor/essayist/columnist/reviewer (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Content Director at Housing Works
- Videographer (Self-employed)
- Music Programmer, The Click Lounge at Clickradio
- Director, Product Design at Clickradio
- Stockbroker at First United Equities
- Senior Technical Editor, Computer Reseller News at CMP Media
- owner at Mindful Technology
- Boardmember at Morrill Maine Zoning Board
- County Coordiantor (Waldo Cty) at Pingree for (Maine State) Senate
- Boardmember at Huntington New York Recycling Board
- Technology Editor, Computer Reseller News at CMP Media
- PC Labs Project Leader at PC Magazine
- Quality Assurance Manager at Information Builders Inc.
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Phil Fox Rose’s Summary
I am or have been a writer, editor, political strategist, videographer, tech journalist, web developer, software designer, music programmer/DJ, sheepherder and stockbroker. What I really do is learn about stuff, figure it out and share it with others.
I've been a technology expert for two decades, editing and writing for leading pubs, including PC Magazine, Computer Reseller News, Computer Shopper, InternetWeek, PC Computing, PC Sources, and Computer Retail Week. I also write on spirituality, politics and pop culture, and manage web projects.
Phil Fox Rose’s Specialties:
figuring stuff out and explaining it to others, technology, religion and spirituality, Series 7, politics
Phil Fox Rose’s Experience
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Content Director
ProCompare
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
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Contributing Editor
BustedHalo
(Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
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writer/editor/essayist/columnist/reviewer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)
1986 — Present (23 years)
writer/editor/essayist/columnist/reviewer on technology, politics, spirituality, pop culture, and any other topics that interest me (or you)
In addition to staff editorial positions listed separately:
-Was a Contributing Editor at Computer Shopper
-Freelanced for Internet World, PC/Computing, PC Sources, and Computer Reseller News
-Wrote a substantial part of the first edition of the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary
-Designed, edited and published a quarterly 32-page political newsletter
-Was a Contributing Editor for distance learning pub Corporate Universities International
- Edited and wrote web content for clients including Citibank, GTE and Human Factors International
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Content Director
Housing Works
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2004 — July 2008 (4 years 6 months)
Manage internal and outside resources to produce and maintain internet content, inc. HTML, CSS, CMS, blogs, online fundraising, email newsletters; Kintera, Movable Type, Expression Engine
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Videographer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Various projects, including: Editor, Electra Elf 3, directed by Nick Zedd; Produced video component of King Missile’s multimedia presentation “The Fish is Not Meant to Symbolize”, part of HERE’s curated series The American Living Room 2002; Produced 20-minute video profile of spoken word artist Celena Glenn; Shot, edited and crewed on commercial, narrative and documentary projects
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Music Programmer, The Click Lounge
Clickradio
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Music industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Developed and programmed the downtempo electronic format station on the Clickradio network.
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Director, Product Design
Clickradio
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years)
Led product design, including client application and server delivery process for the Clickradio digital radio network, with 47 stations and over 300,000 listeners. The Clickradio product combined client and server applications, song metadata and compressed encrypted audio delivery to create a digital radio experience with personalized song delivery based on past listening and song skipping during play.
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Stockbroker
First United Equities
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Banking industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year)
Series 7-certified stockbroker. (Highest Series 7 score in firm's history.)
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Senior Technical Editor, Computer Reseller News
CMP Media
(Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
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owner
Mindful Technology
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
1991 — 1995 (4 years)
Computer consulting and sales operation, specializing in environmental and health issues.
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Boardmember
Morrill Maine Zoning Board
(Government Administration industry)
1992 — 1994 (2 years)
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County Coordiantor (Waldo Cty)
Pingree for (Maine State) Senate
(Political Organization industry)
1991 — 1992 (1 year)
Part of team that coordinated this successful first campaign that launched the political career of Chellie Pingree, former Maine Senate majority leader and current Common Cause President.
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Boardmember
Huntington New York Recycling Board
(Government Administration industry)
1989 — 1991 (2 years)
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Technology Editor, Computer Reseller News
CMP Media
(Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)
1989 — 1991 (2 years)
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PC Labs Project Leader
PC Magazine
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
1986 — 1989 (3 years)
On the five-person team that launched the PC Labs (now the ZD Labs) at PC Magazine, developing test methodologies, designing and writing test suites and writing reports of results. Led testing for many comparative review projects including two annual printer blockbuster issues. Wrote feature articles and product reviews. Represented publication at major trade shows and monthly regional editorial events. Wrote landmark 1989 PC Magazine cover story profiling the Apple Mac user interface.
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Quality Assurance Manager
Information Builders Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
1984 — 1986 (2 years)
Part of seven-person team that launched the PC division of Information Builders, maker of FOCUS, one of the first tools that let end users interact directly with mainframe databases — a precursor of SQL and data mining.
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