President - Working Knowledge; Writer & Researcher
Greater Denver Area
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- President at Working Knowledge
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- Research Specialist, Program Development at CareerTrack, Inc.
- Librarian - GSLIS program at IBM
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- IMD (International Institute for Management Development) - Business Programs
- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Certified Online Instructor, Walden Institute
- University of Texas at Austin - Plan II Honors Program, B.A.
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Andrea Meyer’s Summary
* Provide custom research & writing on business innovation, strategy, supply chain management, metrics
* Write conference reports, case studies/success stories, articles & books
* Clients include McKinsey & Company, MIT, Harvard Business School, Wharton, Tuck, IMD, Young President's Organization (YPO), Forrester Research, London Business School, Carnegie Mellon, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), MetLife, SAP, AARP, Fisher Investments, ICEX, Fast Company magazine, the Tom Peters Group, Prentice Hall and McGraw-Hill.
* Publications: have written/contributed to 28 books, 450 case studies and company profiles, 73 conference reports, 32 best practices reports, 18 industry studies, four white papers, two training manuals and countless articles
* Conducted case studies in Asia, South America and Europe
* Fluent in Czech
* Gallup "StrengthsFinder" Themes of Talent: Achiever, Indivudualizer, Learner, Input, Focus. www.strengthsfinder.com
Andrea Meyer’s Specialties:
Innovation, competitor analysis, international markets/expansion, market research, mergers and acquisitions, new product development, marketing, supply chain management, international software/technology implementations, online learning, emerging technologies, writing & editing
Andrea Meyer’s Experience
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President
Working Knowledge
(Partnership; Information Services industry)
1988 — Present (21 years)
* Providing custom research and analysis for strategic planning, new product/market development, international expansion, competitor analysis, best practices, technology implementation
* Writing books, articles and case studies/success stories
* Clients (in addition to the above) include MIT Press, Lucent Press, French Ministry of Education, Norwegian Center for Leadership Development, Babson College, USC, SMU, Walden University, MIT Agelab, Healthways, SynerMed Communications, Phios, Ishan Advisors, Primix Solutions, Hurwitz Group, J.D. Edwards, FutureThink Consulting Group, and Benchmarking Partners
* wrote case studies for Tom Peters (the coauthor of In Search of Excellence). Identified target companies, conducted interviews at all levels of the company, and wrote cases used in Liberation Management, The Tom Peters Seminar, On Achieving Excellence newsletter, and nationally syndicated columns.
* project manager for the Interesting Organizations database at MIT. -
Research Specialist, Program Development
CareerTrack, Inc.
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1986 — 1988 (2 years)
* Wrote and coordinated the production of workbooks to accompany seminars (which were attended by 400,000 people annually)
* Established and managed the corporate library
* Co-authored one audio tape and contributed research to three videotapes
* Co-wrote the curriculum outline for In Search of Excellence -- The Seminar
* Conducted research for Ken Blanchard for The Power of Ethical Management
* Wrote two weekly columns and one monthly column -
Librarian - GSLIS program
IBM
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
1985 — 1986 (1 year)
* Provided information service to engineers, scientists, and managers to assist in new product development, competitor analysis and breakthrough research.
* Performed daily online database searches in BRS, Dialog, Dow Jones, and ITIRC.
* Provided individual and group instruction in the use of online databases.
* Wrote articles for Creativity, IBM-Austin's journal for technical professionals
* Authored Technical Report on Reference Interviewing
Andrea Meyer’s Education
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IMD (International Institute for Management Development) - Business Programs
Executive Education , 2008 — 2008
IMD/MIT Executive Education: Driving Strategic Innovation, September 2008
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Executive Education , 2007 — 2007
Executive Education Young Presidents' Seminar: Building the High Performance Organization, May 2007
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
Executive Education , 1997 — 1997
Sloan School of Management Executive Ed., Systems Dynamics for Senior Managers, November 1997
Sloan School of Management Executive Ed., New Product Design, Development and Management, June 1997 -
The University of Texas at Austin
Master , Library and Information Science , 1985 — 1986
GPA 4.0/4.0
- Activities and Societies:
- * Ray C. Janeway Scholarship awarded by the Texas Library Association
* Founding Editor, GlissaList
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Certified Online Instructor, Walden Institute
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University of Texas at Austin - Plan II Honors Program, B.A.
B.A. , Plan II honors program
GPA 3.9/4.0 while working part-time at the Center for Cognitive Science, the Perry-Castaneda Library and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
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Andrea Meyer’s Interests:
innovation, emerging markets, new product development, international travel, developing top talent, entrepreneurship, economic development, volunteer vacations, Czech
Andrea Meyer’s Honors:
* Who's Who in America
* Mensa
* Competent Toastmaster award from Toastmasters International and winner of club, area, and district competitions in impromptu speaking at the Toastmasters Evaluation Contest
* Chairman, Front Range Mensa Scholarship Committee, 1991-92
Andrea Meyer’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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