Tony Bove
[email protected] • 415-515-9479 • www.tonybove.com Career Highlights • Manager, Publications and Training for Deem, Inc. • Author of more than two dozen books including iPod & iTunes For Dummies, Just Say No to Microsoft, The Art of Desktop Publishing, iPad Application Development For Dummies • Developer and publisher of Tony’s Tips for iPhone Users (iPhone app) • Marketing director, customer reference manager, and writer for companies such as Adobe, BEA, McAfee, SumTotal, and Sun • Producer of wikis, CD-ROM titles, video, animation, blogs, and podcasts • Communications director, editorial director, publisher, and editor Skills • Superior writing, research, interview, and content development skills • Strong aptitude for understanding technology and articulating its business value • Proven ability to manage media production, including online, video, presentations, and print • Extensive experience with B2C, B2B, and B2E communications and marketing • Thorough knowledge of the demand generation process • Proven success managing technical publications, training, and customer reference programs • Accomplished, self-motivated, and influential communicator Current Employment Manager, Publications and Training, Deem (2011-present) I manage publishing and training for partners, merchants, developers, users, and internal departments such as sales and customer service. Responsibilities include all product release notes and documentation, help content, API documentation, marketing content, white papers, training videos and presentations, and process documentation. I am recognized as the “go to” leader in developing content, documentation, training, process charts, presentations, and collateral. I also manage the company’s 30,000-page wiki. I anticipate problems, take a long-term view, and turn strategies into workable plans. For example: • Addressing the need for marketing collateral across the company, I transformed my writing team to extend its reach into training, sales and marketing.