Barry Graubart

Vice President, Product Strategy & Business Development at Alacra

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Vice President, Product Strategy & Business Development at Alacra
Past
  • Vice President at PRIMEDIA
  • Vice President, at Nelson Information
  • Acting General Manager, NY at LegiTech
Education
  • SUNY Albany
Connections
260 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Barry Graubart’s Summary

20 years experience applying technology to content to generate new revenues. Content, technology, eCommerce and social media leader with strong top line experience. Deep understanding of paid content business with experience in the financial services, distance learning and government markets.

Barry Graubart’s Specialties:

Social media, product development, business development, web 2.0, sales & marketing, exploiting content through technology.


Barry Graubart’s Experience

  • Vice President, Product Strategy & Business Development

    Alacra

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

    December 2005Present (3 years 1 month)

    Lead product strategy for this venture-backed content technology company. Primary focus is on the development and launch of new products for eCommerce platform as well as our traditional web-based applications. Also, lead business development efforts.

  • EVP and Chief Marketing Officer

    Leadership Directories, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

    September 2004December 2005 (1 year 4 months)

    Head of sales, marketing, business development and product strategy for this provider of need-to-know business content.

  • VP, Business Development

    ClearForest Corp.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2000September 2004 (4 years 2 months)

    Lead ClearForest's partnerships with systems integrators, indepdent software vendors and resellers.

  • VP, Call Center Solutions

    Kaplan / Washington Post

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

    October 1999August 2000 (11 months)

    Managed small business unit selling distance learning and assessment solutions to the call center industry.

  • Vice President

    PRIMEDIA

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PRM; Online Media industry)

    April 1993September 1999 (6 years 6 months)

    Held various roles within PRIMEDIA Information Group and its subsidiaries, including QWIZ, Inc. and Nelson Information.
    Launched various new products, generating new revenue streams through the repurposing of content through various digital media channels.

  • Vice President,

    Nelson Information

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

    September 1986April 1993 (6 years 8 months)

    Led the transition of Nelson Information from a print publisher to an online information service.
    Later moved to parent company, Primedia, which acquired Nelson in 1993

  • Acting General Manager, NY

    LegiTech

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

    June 1985September 1986 (1 year 4 months)

    Various roles for this early online startup, funded by McClatchy Newspapers.


Barry Graubart’s Education

  • SUNY Albany

    BA, Political Science, September 1981May 1985


Additional Information

Barry Graubart’s Websites:

Barry Graubart’s Groups:

Member, Board of Directors, SIIA Content Division

  •    University at Albany AlbanyNYC Alumni
  •    Infocommerce
  •    Data & Text Analytics Professionals (1000+ members)
  •    Web 2.0
  •    Social Media Today
  •    Social Media Marketing
  •    brandhackers
  •    Kaplan Professional Alumni

Barry Graubart’s Honors:

Author, Content Matters blog www.ContentMatters.info


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