Ruth Hurd

Current

• Watercolor Landscape Artist at Ruth Hurd

Past

• EVP & Chief Content Officer at Leadership Directories, Inc.
• V.P.-Publishing Operations at Thomas Industrial Network, Inc.
• Publisher, Thomas Register of American Manufacturers at Thomas Publishing Company

• Director of Marketing, Dun's Marketing Services at Dun & Bradstreet

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Education

• New School for Social Research
• Bucknell University

Connections

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Industry

Arts and Crafts

Ruth Hurd’s Summary

Sept. 2005 - Dec. 2007 Leadership Directories, Inc. New York, NY
EVP & Chief Content Officer
Key strategic/implementation leader for content; responsible for developing the organizational capabilities needed to embrace new models of content acquisition.

Sept. 2002 – June 2005 Thomas Industrial Network New York, NY
VP – Publishing Operations
Manage the Editorial & Production for T.I.N.’s online, CD-ROM and print products

Managed the ongoing shift from legacy systems to more flexible and responsive systems, saving $1.2 million

June 1986 – Sept. 2002 Thomas Publishing Company New York, NY
Publisher – Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (the premier B-2-B industrial sourcing guide, in online, CD-ROM print formats).
Manage editorial, production, circulation, new product development, sales support, technology utilization functions.
Part of a 5 person management team that provided the rationale and operational plan for combining two business units: Thomas Register and Thomas Regional Directory Company.

Managed growth in print circulation from 30,000 to 90,000; managed shift in circulation, revenue and focus from print to CD to online.
Created online system to manage production and publishing of client content by 300+ outside vendors.
Created and managed sales support function providing tools for prospecting, proposing, creating and submitting sales electronically for a 400+ sales force.
Improved internal operations to eliminate two months from the annual publishing schedule, reducing errors and improving customer satisfaction.

Feb. 1968 – June 1986 Dun & Bradstreet Corporation New York, NY

Held positions including: Director of Marketing; Publisher & General Manager, Exporters’ Encyclopaedia; Marketing Manager; Senior Systems Sales Representative; Editor, U.S. Marketing Guide; Manager, New Product Development-Research; Project Administrator/Programmer; Business Analyst/Credit Reporter.

Ruth Hurd’s Experience

• Watercolor Landscape Artist

  Ruth Hurd

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Retired from Leadership Directories, Inc. at the end of 2007, I am now able to focus full time on my watercolor landscapes. I've exhibited at The Art Students League, the National Arts Club and the Salmagundi Club, among others. My painting, Finney Farm, won First Prize for Watercolor at the Vintage Artists Show recently.
  You can see my work at www.ruthhurd.com and at www.1100watercolor.org.

• EVP & Chief Content Officer

  Leadership Directories, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  Key strategic/ implementation leader for all content; responsible for the continued success of LDI's content acquisition efforts.

• V.P.-Publishing Operations

  Thomas Industrial Network, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  December 2002 — June 2005 (2 years 7 months)

  Direct the management of editorial, production and client relations functions for all Thomas Industrial Network products in print, CD and Internet media (Thomas Register,Thomas Register Regional, ThomasNet).

• Publisher, Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

  Thomas Publishing Company

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 1986 — November 2002 (16 years 6 months)

  Responsible for ensuring the current and future viability of Thomas Register; direct reports included editorial, production, circulation, technolody development, sales support, list sales.

• Director of Marketing, Dun's Marketing Services

  Dun & Bradstreet

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Publishing industry)

  May 1968 — June 1986 (18 years 2 months)

  Held a variety of positions within several divisions of Dun & Bradstreet; responsibilities included marketing, sales, research, programming, credit reporting, etc.

Ruth Hurd’s Education

• New School for Social Research

  MA , Psychology , January 1980

• Bucknell University

  BA , German, French , June 1967

  Cum Laude

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa