Thomas Billington

Current

• Director, Programs, The Hildebrandt Institute at Hildebrandt International, a Thomson Reuters Company

Past

• Executive Director at Institute of Management & Administration, a Bureau of National Affairs Company
• Director, New Product Development at Pike & Fischer, Inc., a BNA Company
• Editorial Research Assistant at Reader's Digest

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Education

• Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business
• Brown University

Connections

40 connections

Industry

Publishing

Websites

• My Company

Thomas Billington’s Summary

Nearly 20 years experience developing new content for leading information and publishing companies (Reader's Digest, BNA and Hildebrandt, part of Thomson Reuters); worked with teams to develop conferences, virtual seminars, Internet web sites and newsletters. Focus has been developing these services and products with strong teams at legal B2B electronic information and publishing companies. Special talents in new product development and conference/virtual seminar content development.

Thomas Billington’s Specialties:

Developing E-Learning and Virtual Seminars
Crafting win-win partnerships with media, associations and corporations
Publishing
New Product Development
Crafting creative and sellable publications, events and virtual seminars with teams

Thomas Billington’s Experience

• Director, Programs, The Hildebrandt Institute

  Hildebrandt International, a Thomson Reuters Company

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  February 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

  Responsibility for developing the content of the business of law public events and virtual seminars; identify and recruit faculty speakers, develop topics, coordinate all content with advisory boards and conference chairs, manage the program content on site and virtually.

• Executive Director

  Institute of Management & Administration, a Bureau of National Affairs Company

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

  December 2003 — November 2005 (2 years)

  P&L responsibility for developing the content, partnerships and speakers for the the continuing education programs in the homeland security, healthcare, accounting, broadband, human resources, taxation and molecular diagnostics areas

• Director, New Product Development

  Pike & Fischer, Inc., a BNA Company

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 1998 — December 2003 (5 years 4 months)

  Launched three publications at Pike & Fischer, a BNA Company: Privacy Law Advisor, Digital Discovery & e-Evidence and Internet Law & Regulation.
  
  Launched BNA's first sponsor-supported conferences and first virtual seminars
  
  Launched the Internet law and homeland security conference series along with over 100 other conferences.

• Editorial Research Assistant

  Reader's Digest

  (Publishing industry)

  1986 — 1990 (4 years)

Thomas Billington’s Education

• Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business

  MBA, 1991 — 1993

• Brown University

  BA, English, History

  Activities and Societies:

  Authored articles in Brown Alumni Monthly and the two Brown newspapers
  Actor in Two University Theatrical Productions
  Junior Varsity Tennis Team

Additional Information

Thomas Billington’s Websites:

• My Company

Thomas Billington’s Interests:

E-Learning New emerging opportunities for innovation Tennis Skiing

Thomas Billington’s Groups:

Specialized Information Industry Association

•    Executive Suite
•    Specialized Information Publishers Association
•    Media & Entertainment Professionals

Thomas Billington’s Honors:

Winner of Editorial Excellence Award and Outstanding Excellence Award at Phillips Publishing International

Thomas Billington’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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