Samuel Ackerman

Current

Executive Producer/Co-Founder at Advancing Ideas, LLC - Bright people, brilliant design.

Past

Owner and Proprietor at Grandma Myrtle's Guesthouse
CMT/Certified Acupressure Practitioner at Massage for the Masses - Chinese Healing Arts
Key Accounts Manager/Senior Producer at Aaron Marcus and Assoc. (Self-employed)

Projects Manager at Aaron Marcus and Associates
Bus Dev and Projects Manager at AM+A
Project Manager at CMP Media
Marketing Coordinator at Miller Freeman

see less...

4 more...

Education

Acupressure Institute
Miami University
Universiteit van Amsterdam

BHS
Barnesville PS

see less...

2 more...

Recommended

5 people have recommended Samuel

Connections

206 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Samuel Ackerman’s Summary

* Presentation/Training design and public speaking
* Proposal/RFP development/consulting
* Experienced selling/producing to/for Fortune 50/500
* User-centered product definition and user-experience/interface design management including planning/executing user-research and usability analysis
* Managing the design/development of computer-based training, websites and software
* Developing mutually rewarding client and partner relationships
* Building consensus, diplomacy, conflict resolution and interpersonal communication
* Social Capital, "New Paradigm" Business Theory and Application, Sustainable Development
* Cross-cultural interface design/UI localization
* Refined communications/web copy-writing
* Principles of accounting, finance, regulatory compliance and US tax law

Samuel Ackerman’s Specialties:

- Design and documentation for usability: UI/UX Design, Training, product localization, User research, User-centered documentation & training design/development/delivery.
- Feng-Shui/Chinese Medicine Principles in Business Contexts: Acupressure, "Five Elements" Theory the Human Energy Field and the role these can play in reducing stress and enhancing the health, harmony and productivity of teams/employees/students.
- The "New Paradigm of Business"/Business as Agent for Peaceful Social Change

Samuel Ackerman’s Experience

Executive Producer/Co-Founder

Advancing Ideas, LLC - Bright people, brilliant design.

(Partnership; Design industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

I am one of the Co-Founders, Managing Partner and Executive Producer of/for Advancing Ideas, LLC. We are an interdisciplinary, worker-owned collective of experienced professionals specializing in usability consulting, humanity-centered product definition, and user-experience research, design, documentation and testing. Our services include: product definition, interaction design, web/UI design, graphic design for print and other media, user research, usability testing/evaluation, design training design and user documentation/help systems and other related usability and user-experience/product design consulting services.
Owner and Proprietor

Grandma Myrtle's Guesthouse

(Hospitality industry)

August 2008 — December 2009 (1 year 5 months)

Own and operate a self-catered guesthouse and campground for Friends and other visitors to Stillwater Meeting, Olney Friends School and other attractions in the Barnesville, OH area.
CMT/Certified Acupressure Practitioner

Massage for the Masses - Chinese Healing Arts

(Alternative Medicine industry)

July 2006 — December 2009 (3 years 6 months)

I still see a few clients here and there but generally believe that acupressure is most powerful as a folk-medicine and should be practiced by many individuals in society and shared with family, friends or others in need of healing you encounter as you live your life enjoying a rich mix of pursuits.
Key Accounts Manager/Senior Producer
Aaron Marcus and Assoc. (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

September 2003 — April 2006 (2 years 8 months)

As both a full-time employee and an independent agent, I have worked with Aaron Marcus and Associates to develop, staff and manage numerous accounts and engagements. These projects have primarily been focused on research, planning, design, documentation, training and development efforts related to usability, user interfaces and user-experience. I have also presented AM+A's Cross-Cultural User Interface Design lectures and tutorials to numerous audiences from around the world.
Projects Manager

Aaron Marcus and Associates

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year )
Bus Dev and Projects Manager

AM+A

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

2000 — 2003 (3 years )
Project Manager

CMP Media

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Marketing Coordinator

Miller Freeman

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

July 1998 — January 1999 (7 months)

Samuel Ackerman’s Education

Acupressure Institute

CMT , Acupressure, Tui-Na, Shiatsu, Traditional Chinese Healing Arts , 2006 — 2006
Miami University

Bachelor of Philosophy , Directing Resources in the New Paradigm of Business to Create Social Change , 1994 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Forensics: Impromptu (1st in State), Extemporaneous, After Dinner Speaking; Vice President, MUGLBA; Diversity Affairs Council; Co-Founder, The Millennium Group; Co-Host, "The Special People Club" (TV Talkshow); Co-Host, MU Recruitment Video; Harrison Scholars Program
Universiteit van Amsterdam

Interdisciplinary Studies 1996 — 1997
BHS
Barnesville PS

Additional Information

Samuel Ackerman’s Interests:

The work and teachings of Buckminster Fuller and Nikola Tesla. 5-Element and Meridian Theory. Systems Theory, Chaos Theory, Wholistic Accounting Systems.