Ray Katz

About Ray Katz

WHAT I OFFERI\'m a solid manger of people, processes and finances. I hold an MBA with a concentration in marketing. I\'m a generalist and do many things well, but in any specific area a strong specialist would do better. People who have worked for me know I value and respect their expertise and I\'m there to help provide resources and support as needed. Success is a collaborative process. I\'m comfortable working with people at all levels and love talking with clients—both helping the clients and managing their expectations.(My philosophy has always been \"under-promise and over-deliver.)In terms of solid specific skills, I\'m a very experienced WordPress web developer, with most of the related skills including some server management. I\'m very capable of managing a team of developers and designers, something I did for about a decade.When it comes to management, I not only love working with people, I\'m obsessed about analyzing and improving processes. This happened when I was taking my MBA—I realized that the way things are done can limit—or improve—the results. All too often, processes are ignored because \"that\'s the way we\'ve always done it.\" That approach is, to me, a bad one.WHAT I DON\'T OFFERWhile I have certain very strong technical skills and using me to develop websites would yield solid results, I\'m not the deepest skilled technician you can find. If you need a SCRUM developer or an expert in digital marketing, hire a technician. I could manage the technicians and designers for you and get the best results.WHAT I WOULD EXPECT FROM YOUEnvironment is as or more important to me than money.(And strong benefits are more important to me than a high salary.)I want to work with and/or manage people and, ideally, processes as well. I would love client interaction and I feel it\'s necessary and beneficial to communicate across departments.I both offer and expect respect for and from everyone. My focus is always to fix the problem and not the blame.

Experience

1. President

   Katz Internet

   Jan 2010 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   Consulting to create optimized marketing messages and deliver them via the web and social media.

Education

• Stony Brook University

  BA, Economics

  1975 — 1980

• Fordham Gabelli School of Business

  MBA, Marketing

  1985 — 1987

Skills

• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Budgets
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Team Building
• Management
• Marketing Communications
• Public Relations
• Marketing
• Blogging
• Strategic Communications
• Content Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Market Research
• Editing
• Digital Media
• Online Marketing
• Interactive Marketing
• Public Speaking
• Wordpress
• Team Leadership
• Leadership
• Nonprofits
• Social Media
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing