Robert Blechman

Robert K. Blechman graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA in English Literature and earned an MBA in finance and a Ph.D. in Media Ecology from New York University. Dr. Blechman teaches at Fordham University in the Department of Communication and Media Studies. His areas of expertise include social media, advertising and media industries.

Dr. Blechman has held senior technology management positions at iconic national institutions and guided his institutions through a major bankruptcy, a major merger, downsizing, resizing and rightsizing. Among his employers were Columbia University Medical Center, the New York City Board of Education, accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, HarperCollins Publishers, Olympia & York Real Estate Management, CBS (Television Stations and News) and St. George's University.

On May 6, 2009, Dr. Blechman began a literary experiment: Was it possible to maintain a narrative structure and attract a reading public in Twitter, live-tweeting 140 characters at a time? Posting a new "tweet" twice a day, every day, never missing a deadline, Dr. Blechman completed his twitter mystery or "twitstery" in 15 months. NeoPoiesis Press gathered Dr. Blechman's Twitter postings together in book form, added amazing illustrations by David Arshawsky and the result is Executive Severance, the first true, live-tweeted mystery novel!

Companies

• Award-winning Author, Media Studies Adjunct Professor Fordham University (2013)
• Adjunct Professor, Communication and Media Studies Fordham University (2003)
• Associate Director, Information Technology University Support Services, St. Georges University (2004 — 2011)
• Director, Technical Support Call Center Columbia University Medical Center (2003 — 2004)
• Director, Desktop Operations HarperCollins Publishers (2000 — 2001)
• Senior Director, VP and New York Regional Technology Leader PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (1995 — 1999)