Nathan Rosen

Nathan Rosen - Knowledge manager, information researcher, speaker, writer, trainer, and searcher for Wisdom.

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* Knowledge manager with 30 years of expertise in researching, organizing & distributing internal & external information. * Managed a library, continuing education training program & Intranet. * Go to person for getting things done quickly and efficiently. * Lifelong teacher & trainer. * Continuous searcher for wisdom & knowledge. * First KM librarian to be recognized as a top innovator by Inside Counsel magazine. * Identified as Top Researcher on Wall Street in book on Super Searchers of Wall Street.  Nathan Rosen

Library Research Manager at Dechert LLP

June 2012 - November 2014 | New York

Responsible for leading US reference & research services firm-wide for international law firm with 23 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, founded in 1875, and having more than 800 lawyers. * Training & orientation, outreach & coordination of research needs with departments & practice groups, continuing development of the library collection, services & resources, and use of technology to improve services & operations. * Hiring, directing, managing & evaluating Research Librarians; developing a long range strategic plan; coordinating reference operations & setting priorities among library research activities to provide the best possible service for the entire firm. * Developing & implementing library marketing & promotional efforts. * Development of electronic resources & new technologies, including portal resources for practice groups, access to electronic publications, & knowledge management initiatives.

Information Resources Manager - New York at Morrison & Foerster LLP

March 2009 - May 2012

* Lead and direct client service strategies and operations for the New York office library. * Ensure information resources align with goals and that services and resources are consistently at best practice level. * Provide senior expertise in corporate finance research for the Capital Markets Group. * Manage and develop department staff. * Ensure client service and satisfaction are attained in all areas.

VP at Credit Suisse

June 1997 - February 2009

* Substantially cut costs by renegotiating contracts with legal publishers & outside CLE vendors by average of 6% per year. Instituted & ran over 150 CLE programs providing cutting-edge and cost-effective programming. * Trained staff on LexisNexis, Westlaw, Factiva, CCH, PowerPoint, etc. Instructed more than 200 users on conducting effective & accurate research maximized staff expertise. * Safeguarded department though creation, development and maintance of business continuity database. * Created & presented innovative live/web training programs, including bankruptcy & researching legal ethics program. * Increased staff satisfaction with IT by developing targeted training & identifying priorities as IT Ombudsmen resulting in improved staff efficiency & morale. * Created new procedures for new employee orientation, prepared first department manual, & conducted new employee orientation process for more than 200 users increasing the library’s visibility and usage.

Director of Library & Technology Center at Association of the Bar of the City of New York

1996 - 1997

* Managed and ran library and supervised staff. * Established and ran Technology Center. * Designed innovative programs to expand library services to members through joint venture agreements, improved public access and member services discounts. * Reduced expenditures by 25% through developing and implementing a new policy regarding binding. Saved about $10,000 by innovative negotiations with Matthew Bender for print and CD-ROM products.

Associate Library Director at Proskauer Rose

1984 - 1996

* Responsible for day-to-day operations of NY Library and the branch libraries in DC and NJ. * Supervised, hired and evaluated over 22 library staff. * Conducted legal and business research; trained summer associates; instructed and lectured attorneys on legal research and ethics. * Built cohesive high performing team by facilitating cross training and instituting standards. * Created the firm’s first Total Quality Management project and used this information to reorganize inter-library loan operation shorting retrieval times and improving attorney satisfaction. * Assisted in negotiating particularly advantageous online contracts by collecting and analyzing statistics and wrote creative contract clauses saving the firm substantial money and improving accountability. * Established a Library e-mail box for requests, organized processes for effectively handling those requests and wrote macros for automating requests.

Columbia University in the City of New York

1982 – 1983

MS

Yeshivat Hamivtar - Brovenders

1981 – 1982

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

1977 – 1979

JD

Concentration: Law

University of Missouri-Kansas City

1973 – 1977

BA

Concentration: Psychology