MARK STEIN

51 Delmar Avenue H: 201-445-6613

Glen Rock, NJ 07452 E: mstein48@optonline.net C: 201-321-2735

PROFILE
Highly organized Senior Publications Manager with extensive experience managing editorial teams in development of
mission critical print publications serving clients globally including Asia, Latin America and Europe. Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills having worked with business users at all levels including executives and senior
management teams.

SKILLS / COMPETENCIES
• Publishing & Printing • Editing / Proofreading
• Production Management • Budget / Cost Management
• Print Design / Layout • Management / Supervision
• Market Research / Analysis • Vendor Management

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Reduced by 75% delivery time of Industry/Company Analyst Reports to Hong Kong clients while also
decreasing shipping/handling costs by 50% by instituting change in global print procedure.
• Edited, compiled and managed printing and distribution of 400+ Page Portfolio Strategy Publication for Global
Emerging Markets strategy team within tight timeframe in time for strategy team marketing trip to Asia, and Europe.
• Enabled sales to successfully market “Moody’s Emerging Markets Service” as real time product by developing first-
time News Summary Writing Guidelines for analysts and implementing procedure to manage daily news production.
• Developed and published nine Equity Investment Guide Publications including Moody's Handbook of Common
Stocks, NASDAQ Stock Guide and Moody's Handbook of Dividend Achievers generating $2MM in annual revenue.
• Developed and published two special investment guides, One Billion Plus & Fastest Growing and
Handbook of Foreign Companies, yielding $750,000 in revenue.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., New York, N.Y. 1997-2008

Senior Editor, Emerging Markets Equity Research
Managed team of three including editor, desktop publisher, and administrative assistant in editing of research reports by
New York, Sao Paulo, and London-based emerging markets equity research team. Managed all emerging market,
European and Hong Kong research traffic between New York office and print shop.
• Reduced by 75% delivery time of Industry/Company Analyst Reports to Hong Kong clients while decreasing
by 50% costs for shipping/handling by assessing and recommending change in print procedure from NY to Hong
Kong subsidiary.
• Gathered and analyzed cost information from Asian vendors to determine best alternative.
• Ran dual production to ensure deliverability by new vendor; reviewed sample text copies from new vendors to
ensure adherence to house style; implemented new US approval process to further expedite printing.
• Edited, compiled and managed printing and distribution of 400+ Page Portfolio Strategy Publication for Global
Emerging Markets strategy team within five business days in time for client marketing trip to US, Asia, and Europe.
• Met with lead strategist to identify print deadlines for each report section; set and
communicated deadlines for submission of write-ups by Latin America and Asian analysts and strategists.
• Collaborated with editor to design new template to simplify and reduce data entry time for analyst write ups of
latest stock selection ideas across emerging markets; coordinate compliance approvals of written report.
• Developed client mailing list; worked with strategists to clean and update client information; provided cleaned list
to printer; leveraged existing relationship with print vendor to provide print priority and 24 hour turnaround.
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• Reviewed and approved all external print shop-related billing; managed print vendor relationship.
• Co-managed global production operations of annual Equity Research Publication through NY office significantly
reducing production time and ensuring all analysts in Asia, Latin America and Europe were represented.
• Coordinated editing, proofreading, production and distribution of submissions by 44 Asian, Latin American and
European Analysts to U. S. editorial team; brainstormed new cover design with senior management and editors
globally; provided input to content; edited and assembled Latin American, Asian and European sections.
• Leveraging knowledge of Emerging Markets analysts, provided table of contents sections for inclusion
into final document to prevent analyst/report omissions.
• Planned, organized and chaired daily Analyst Oversight Committee meetings to provide research analysts
from Emerging Markets, Europe, and Hong Kong within timely forum to present investment thesis on up to six
companies for initiation of coverage.
• Met with senior analysts to discuss requirements including timing, report elements, and presentation.
• Identified and contacted key individuals to ensure proper participation; reviewed draft copy and presentation prior
to meeting to ensure all required report elements were present; set up conference call for off-site participants.
• Initiated and facilitated meeting to ensure schedule was maintained; introduced participants.
• Documented changes required by Committee and ensured recommendations were included in final report.
• Organized meeting with sales force to enable analyst to present investment thesis.

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, New York, NY 1973-1996

Senior Editor (1994-1996)
Member of start-up U.S. based emerging market research department. Managed staff of eight including editors and
assistants with full responsibility for editorial content.
• Enabled sales to successfully market “Moody’s Emerging Markets Service” as real time product by developing first-
time News Summary Writing Guidelines for analysts and implementing procedure to manage daily news production.
• Worked with senior management to develop topics for categorizing news stories.
• Edited business and economic news on emerging markets; managed data entry process for news abstracts;
analyzed test feeds from news clipping service; recommended content changes; interacted with market analysts.
Associate Director, (1989-1994)
Directed production and publishing of quarterly investment guides. Managed staff of 15 analysts, editors, and data entry
operators with full responsibility for editorial content, scheduling, budgeting, recruiting, and salary administration.
• Developed and published nine Equity Investment Guide Publications including Moody's Handbook of Common
Stocks, NASDAQ Stock Guide and Moody's Handbook of Dividend Achievers generating $2MM in annual revenue.
• Developed and published two special investment guides, One Billion Plus & Fastest Growing and Handbook of
Foreign Companies, yielding $750,000 in revenue.
• Developed new On-line Database Entry/Retrieval System to improve productivity while reducing costs by eliminating
duplication effort of data capture for investment guides and centralizing data collection process.
Managing Editor, (1982-1989)
Managed staff of nine analysts and editors. Updated over 1,600 companies listed on New York, American, and
NASDAQ stock exchanges. Edited content, managed production, and oversaw training. Directed development of
on-line Oracle database entry and retrieval system resulting in increased productivity.

EDUCATION
B.A., Accounting, William Paterson College