Alexandra Gross

Responsible for outreach and engagement with key stakeholders in the M&A community

Responsible for sales leadership, sales process development, recruitment and performance management of sales team.

Responsible for building and driving strategies and programs to build sales through lead generation, PR and marketing, and post-sales customer service. The company markets web-based solutions and technology nationally to hospitals and healthcare institutions.

Accountable for sales to existing customers and prospects for a leading Norwegian developer of Linux clustering software designed to improve the performance super computers in data centers.

Responsible for first-person research to support a two-year project funded by a Mellon Foundation Grant that examined issues relating to US immigration policies during World War II. Interviewed and wrote mini-biographies of more than 100 Holocaust survivors who fled Nazi Germany for the book, What Happened to the Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

Initiated and managed post 9/11 visits of students to promote understanding of the Saudi Arabian culture and people with tours in Saudi Arabia to study media, political trends and US-Saudi relations. Created an international program of collaboration between US and Saudi Universities, managed students’ publication of online diary, website, and film. Coordinated international exposure, including appearance on the Today Show with Katie Couric, and academic presentations in Saudi Arabia and the US.

Responsible for strategy, media planning and event implementation to support the candidate. Executed campaign messages for state-wide political office. Wrote & distributed press releases, rehearsed speeches with the candidate to ensure preparation to media and constituents. Managed fundraising campaign. Trained and coordinated volunteer field teams to canvas prospective supporters, collect voter information, and solicit support.

Supported a Berlin-based company opening its US headquarters in Boston with liaison and interpreter services for senior officers to facilitate the transition from Germany and contact with the Boston Mayor's office. The result was a successful launch of a new manufacturing plant in South Boston and a 20-year contract with the City of Boston.

Assigned a leadership role in establishing a new NPR news bureau based in Berlin. Researched and presented stories for distribution for NPR Eastern Europe. Provided production content from conception to broadcast, coordinating the activities of reporters, researchers, writers, directors, and other personnel. Developed local press contacts, original research and administrative support facilitated by language skills and cultural and political awareness of Germany and Eastern Europe.

History (1993); Schule Birklehof (1989)