Lydia S. Musher

5047 Yarwell Dr • Houston, Texas 77096

(713) 898-9467 •

EXPERIENCE

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT Houston, TX

Principal 2009-Present

• Lean-style project planning and execution as for clients such as KIPP Houston, Fox Interactive Media, Breastcancer.org, startups.

• Founded, obtained funding for, and operated three small startup companies.

Hx TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Philadelphia, PA

Vice President, Operations 2008-2009

• Formalized and managed the quality assurance, customer service, IT, and project-management functions for a startup company.

• Assisted with marketing, HR, financial, and strategic-planning efforts across the organization in order to grow and fund the firm.

AMAZON.COM Seattle, WA

Manager 2003-2004

• Created and led the $300M business unit responsible for Amazon's wish lists, wedding/baby registries, and gift certificates.

• Worked on effort to reduce $100M customer-service burden by offering self-service customer functionality on Web site.

VULCAN, INC. Seattle, WA

Program Manager 2001-2003

• Performed research, tech strategy, and project management for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at his venture-capital firm.

• Projects included Digeo, Charter Telecommunications, Environment Institute, Brain Institute, SpaceShip One.

SCIENT CORP. New York, NY

Software Architect, Consultant 1999-2001

• Managed teams of engineers, architecting and building Web software for AT&T, iSteelAsia, Homebuilder, and others.

• Provided firm-wide sales and technology strategy support as internal consultant to various projects. Fastest promoted employee.

NETSCAPE CORP. Mountain View, CA

Software Engineer 1997

Intern software engineer on Netscape Navigator 4.x for Windows team, implementing new features and fixing bugs.

MICROSOFT CORP. Seattle, WA

Program Manager 1996

Intern program manager in Microsoft Project business unit, creating initial specifications for 2.0 versions of lean management product.

EDUCATION

THE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, PA

Master of Business Administration, concentrations in marketing and entrepreneurial management 2004-2006

Winner, Price Fellowship (entrepreneurship). Teaching assistant for two courses: public speaking, operations.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Cambridge, MA

Master of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 1998-1999

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering 1994-1998

• Burchard Scholar for excellence in humanities. Alumni class officer, 1998-2003. Interviewer for freshman admission, present.

• Research assistant at MIT Sloan School of Management. Teaching and lab assistant in several courses.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Service: Board member, Beth Yeshurun Day School, Houston, TX.

• Music: Soprano in the choruses of the Houston, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Boston Symphony Orchestras.

• Languages: Conversant in Spanish. Some French, Hebrew, and Romanian. Native speaker of English.