Embedded Files
Thomas was born in the US to a French father and a German mother, attended Hastings High School, graduated from Hamilton College and got his law degree at Dickinson law.
He has worked since the 1980s with major publishers in transforming their business from print to digital.
John Wiley
Director Enabling Technologies, Director Product Operations
Company Name: John Wiley
Dates Employed 2001 – 2018
LocationGlobal HQ, Hoboken, NJ
Responsible for developing and delivering technology systems to customers of Wiley's Higher Education division. Currently am working on the next generation of Wiley's teaching platform, WileyPLUS.
Lexis Nexis
Director, Development
Company Name: Lexis Nexis, a Division of Reed Elsevier Publishing
Dates Employed 1998 – 2001
Leadership position in development and rollout of LexisONE, a collection of web applications and content for small-to-medium size law firms.
Leading up to 2000, responsible for Y2K project for Matthew Bender, a $200MM company acquired by Lexis-Nexis.
Matthew Bender
Director, Development
Company Name: Matthew Bender, a Division of Times Mirror, Inc.
Dates Employed1995 – 1998
A division of Times Mirror -
The Thomson Corporation
Director, Development
Company Name: Research Institute of America, a Division of The Thomson Corporation
Dates Employed1990 – 1995
Prentice Hall
Director, Development
Company Name: Prentice Hall
Dates Employed 1986 – 1990
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomspeyer/
Bettina was born in the US to a French father and a German mother, attended l'Ecole Active Bilingue in Paris then moved to the french speaking part of Switzerland where she graduated from the Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande, Lausanne passing the International Baccalaureate with a major in French, English and Art. She worked for twenty years in Commodities for various international firms in Europe and at age 39 studied Interior Design in Paris and in New York where she moved back to in 1994.
Professional Experience :
Private French teacher/tutor/Conversation “salon”
Administrative Assistant at Peter J. Riolo Real Estate LLC (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
French teacher at Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
French teacher at Intervillage Continuing Education Program (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
Event Planner at Ginsburg Development Company (Valhalla, NY)
Office Manager at Choura Architecture (Scarsdale, NY)
Book keeper at Alix Unlimited LLC, (Larchmont, NY)
Assistant to the CEO at Salvatore Ferragamo (New York, NY)
Office Manager at Mary Gilliatt Inc. (New York, NY)
Contributing writer to the Swiss-American Review (New York, NY)
Forwarding agent at various international commodity firms including:
Goldman Sachs (London)
Cargill International (Geneva)
Volunteering :
Member of the Alliance Francaise of Westchester, N.Y.
Treasurer of the Champlain Islands Foodshelf, Grand Isle, Vermont
Treasurer and former Secretary of Westside Village Owners Association, Grand Isle, VT
Deacon at the First Reformed Church, Hastings on Hudson, N.Y.
Board member and treasurer of Green Tara Space gallery, North Hero, VT
Former Member of Hastings Affordable Housing Committee, Hastings on Hudson, NY
ESL volunteer with Cabrini Immigrant Services, Dobbs Ferry
Former Aide to County Board of Legislator Mary Jane Shimsky’s aides
Editor of the Irvington Presbyterian Church’ newsletter
Former Member of the School of Liberal Arts at Mercy College advisory Board
Former Board Member of Riverarts
Former Manager of the Dobbs Ferry Farmers market
Former Co- Chairperson of Dobbs Ferry’s annual street fair, Ferry Festa
Former Member of Dobbs Ferry’s Planning Board
Former Chairperson of the Dobbs Ferry Downtown Improvement Committee
Former member of the Institutional Review Board at Mercy College
Former Mercy College Film Festival coordinator
Former Docent at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
Former Bookkeeper for the Palisades Boat club, Greystone and
Last Ball (film shot in Hastings)
Skills :
Computer
Word and Excel for Windows 11, Little Green Light, Quickbooks, web design and maintenance.
Bookkeeping - Cash flow and reconciling bank statements
Negotiating credit lines with banks - Opening letters of credit and other various bank instruments
Languages :
Bilingual English and French, conversational Italian and GermanEducation :
Ecole Active Bilingue, Paris
Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande, Lausanne - - International Baccalaureat.
Ecole Benedict, Lausanne - - Secretarial Degree with a major in bookkeeping.
Personal:
Born in New York, NY
Resided and educated in Paris, France and Lausanne, Switzerland
Dual French and American citizenship (French father and German mother)
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse