1. CURRICULUM VITAE
AMIT KUMAR
House No. 1234, Sector 55
Faridabad (NCR)
Mobile Phone: 9811358430
Email: ak_tonnon@yahoo.co.uk
DoB: October 18, 1975
Job Roles
Present: Full-Time Freelance Editor
Last: Production Editor (for Wiley US)
Organization: Aptara
Tenure: From April 2013 to September 2015
Designation: Manager
Job Description: Managing the complete
production cycle of 10 hybrid publications
from Jossey-Bass (a Wiley’s division)
PRESENT & LAST PREVIOUS
Copyediting Manager (Books)
Organization: Aptara (aka Techbooks)
Tenure: 11 Year, 7 months (August 2001 to
March 2013)*
Progression (during 8 years before becoming
Copyediting Manager):
Copy Editor (2 Yrs) Sr. Copy Editor (3 Yrs)
Assistant Manager (3 Yrs)
*Resigned from Aptara and worked with a publishing house
as Sr Editor for about 8 months (purely to exhance
understanding of the industry) and then rejoned Aptara.
Total Work Experience: 15 years (approx.)
Industries: Publishing (14 Yrs); Information Technology (1 Yr)
2. Core capabilities
Editorial work & staff management
Process and work design
Communication
Higher Secondary: From Haryana Board in 1991 (Division: Second)
Senior Secondary: From CBSE in 1993 (Division: First)
Bachelor’s Degree: B.Com from Delhi University in 1998 (Division: Third)
IT Education: Two-year software diploma from NIIT, New Delhi, in 1998
(Grade: Excellent); Microsoft Certifications for VB and SQL
MBA (PGDHRM): From Symbiosis, Pune, in 2012 (Grade: A [1st Class];
0.19% short of Grade A+ [Distinction])
Education
3. Signature: AMIT KUMAR
Martial arts
MusicReading &
writing
Excogitation
Pursuits
CORE BELIEF
YOU = YOU
‘This condition must hold true ad infinitum’