 |
Project Descriptions
|
CVE/MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, September
1999-Present
Contract marketing and communications consulting work includes
conceptualizing, writing, and editing numerous Web, marketing
collateral, print news, and other projects for the Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures (CVE) project at cve.mitre.org.
As Marketing Communications Manager, responsible for developing
annual CVE marketing plan and managing related activities including
trade shows, placement of news stories, direct mail, development
of new collateral and Web materials, outreach programs, etc.
Also, developing topics and writing the news, calendar, homepage
updates, and other marketing-related sections of the CVE Web
site on a daily basis, along with writing and issuing the CVE-Announce
e-Newsletter. |
CCE/MITRE
Corporation, Bedford, MA, September 2006-Present
Contract marketing and communications consulting work includes
conceptualizing, writing, and editing numerous Web, marketing
collateral, print news, and other projects for the Common
Configuration Enumeration (CCE) project at cce.mitre.org.
As Marketing Communications Manager responsible for developing
annual CCE marketing plan and managing related activities
including trade shows, placement of news stories, direct mail,
development of new collateral and Web materials, outreach
programs, etc. Also, developing topics and writing the news,
calendar, homepage updates, and other marketing-related sections
of the CCE Web site.
|
CWE/MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, September
2006-Present
Contract marketing and communications consulting work includes
conceptualizing, writing, and editing numerous Web, marketing
collateral, print news, and other projects for the Common Weakness
Enumeration (CWE) project at cwe.mitre.org.
As Marketing Communications Manager responsible for developing
annual CWE marketing plan and managing related activities including
trade shows, placement of news stories, direct mail, development
of new collateral and Web materials, outreach programs, etc.
Also, developing topics and writing the news, calendar, homepage
updates, and other marketing-related sections of the CWE Web
site on a daily basis, along with writing and issuing the CWE-Announce
e-Newsletter. |
CME/MITRE
Corporation, Bedford, MA, September 2005-Present
Contract marketing and communications consulting work includes
conceptualizing, writing, and editing numerous Web, marketing
collateral, print news, and other projects for the Common
Malware Enumeration (CME) project at cme.mitre.org.
Responsible for developing annual CME marketing plan and managing
related activities including trade shows, placement of news
stories, direct mail, development of new collateral and Web
materials, outreach programs, etc. Also, developing topics
and writing the news, calendar, homepage updates, and other
marketing-related sections of the CWE Web site as needed,
along with writing and issuing the CME-Announce e-Newsletter.
|
OVAL/MITRE
Corporation, Bedford, MA, February 2002-2006
Contract marketing and communications consulting work includes
conceptualizing, writing, and editing numerous Web, marketing
collateral, print news, and other projects for the Open Vulnerability
Assessment Language (OVAL) standardization effort at oval.mitre.org.
Researched, designed messaging, and wrote all pages of the
OVAL Web site during that time period. As Marketing Communications
Manager was responsible for developing annual OVAL marketing
plan and managing related activities including trade shows,
placement of news stories, direct mail, development of new
collateral and Web materials, outreach programs, etc. Also,
developing topics and writing the news, calendar, homepage
updates, and other marketing-related sections of the OVAL
Web site on a daily basis.
|
|
MITRE Corporation,
Bedford, MA, May 1999-October 1999; part-time as of March
2000-Present
Contract writing and communications consulting work includes
conceptualizing, writing, and editing numerous corporate Web,
intranet, and print news, marketing, and corporate communications
projects. Also, developing communications plans for technical
and corporate projects and services.
|
Less-Stress, Inc., Wilmington, MA, November
2003
Researched, wrote, and designed list of services data sheet.
|
RobergeDesign, Chester, NH, November 2003
Researched and wrote "Pricing" section and "How-to Compare Estimates
for Website Work" page for RobergeDesign.com
Web site. Also developed messaging and wrote two direct mail
pieces, one directed to prospects without Web sites and one
directed to prospects with outdated Web sites.
|
Less-Stress, Inc., Wilmington, MA, August
2003
Provided quick-turnaround freelance proofreading/copyediting
services for company's external Web site. Also provided communications
and marketing critique of site layout, organizational flow,
and messaging.
|
Triad-Engineering Corporation, Woburn,
MA, June 2000
Organized information, developed messaging, and wrote text for
corporate identity display folder brochure. Also, rewrote and
edited 1 of 5 high-level inserts.
|
back to top
|
Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA,
August 1999
Provided quick-turnaround freelance proofreading/copyediting
services for Arthur D. Little, Inc.'s Q-3 1999 Prism general
business topics publication.
|
Amherst Computer Solutions, Inc., Amherst,
NH, May 1999
Wrote and edited Amherst's corporate backgrounder publicity
text for use in Web and print marketing.
|
Metcalf & Eddy, Wakefield, MA, March 1999-June
1999
Contract technical writing work included researching and writing
six user manuals and associated documentation for integrated
Oracle-based Accounting, Procurement, Receiving, Billing, Tracking,
and Distribution system for users at various corporate sites
worldwide. Contract was extended on a part-time basis for the
final two months.
|
Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA,
April 1999
Provided quick-turnaround freelance proofreading/copyediting
services for Arthur D. Little, Inc.'s Q-2 1999 Prism general
business topics publication.
|
Zwicker & Associates, P.C., Andover, MA,
January 1999
Rush work included conducting research, organizing information,
and writing proposal text under quick-turnaround rush deadline.
Proposal text included targeted explanations of client's technology
and professional services and capabilities.
|
Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA,
January 1999
Provided quick-turnaround freelance proofreading/copyediting
services for Arthur D. Little, Inc.'s Q-1 1999 Prism general
business topics publication.
|
Zwicker & Associates, P.C., Andover, MA,
November-December 1998
Conducted interviews, organized information, and wrote text
for proposal to financial services industry prospect under extremely
tight deadline.
|
Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA,
October 1998
Provided quick-turnaround freelance proofreading/copyediting
services for Arthur D. Little, Inc.'s Q-4 1998 Prism general
business topics publication.
|
Zwicker & Associates, P.C., Andover, MA,
September 1998-October 1998
Conducted research, developed messaging, and wrote copy for
three information fact sheets.
|
Zwicker & Associates, P.C., Andover, MA,
September 1998
Conducted interviews, organized information, and wrote copy
for Annual Report.
|
Zwicker & Associates, P.C., Andover, MA,
August-September 1998
Conducted research and interviews, organized information, and
wrote proposal text under extremely tight deadline. Proposal
text included explanations of client's technology and professional
services capabilities. Also, coordinated printing and binding
of final document.
|
LJR Communications Design, Boston, MA,
July 1998
Provided editorial services for copyediting and proofreading
of user-conference signage.
|
back to top
|
Sybase, Inc., Concord, MA, August 1997-July
1998
As part of contract providing editorial services, managed internal
creative group's proofreading/ copyediting function for software
product packaging, white papers, data sheets, online publications,
data cards, CD-ROMs and packaging, booklets, user manuals, user
conference materials, license agreements, the annual report,
etc. Also, magazine staff proofreader for January 1998 and April
1998 editions of Sybase's quarterly Powerline magazine.
|
Taylor Imaging, Boston, MA, May 1998
Organized material and rewrote and edited client copy for presentation/speech
to an audience of software users at a high-technology conference.
|
Sybase, Inc., Concord, MA, April 1998
HTML work to convert April 1998 edition of Powerline magazine
for posting on the Sybase Web site included extracting text
from original Quark files, separating and converting articles/magazine
sections into .txt files, and completing HTML text coding for
all articles, columns, etc.
|
Sybase, Inc., Concord, MA, February 1998
HTML work to convert January 1998 edition of Powerline magazine
for posting on the Sybase Web site included extracting text
from original Quark files, separating and converting articles/magazine
sections into SimpleText files, completing HTML text coding
for a number of articles, and inserting HTML tags for all Sybase
trademarks.
|
Sybase, Inc., Concord, MA, October 1997
Contributed one article and the "Product News" column to the
Fall 1997 edition of Sybase's quarterly Powerline magazine.
This magazine is also published online on the Sybase Web site.
|
Thomson Financial Services-Electronic
Settlement Systems, Boston, MA, July-October 1997
Developed topics, wrote articles, and coordinated production
of four-page global newsletter and three two-page regional inserts.
Also, coordinated with graphic designer for layout of newsletter
and inserts.
|
Zwicker & Associates, P.C., Andover, MA,
July-September 1997
Developed creative concepts and wrote copy for corporate image
brochure. Coordinated with graphic designer to link visuals
and other design elements with concepts and text.
|
Nihas Institute, Nashua, NH, January 1996
Rewrote and edited client copy for advertisement in a high-technology
magazine.
|
Robert Pappalardo & Associates, Reading,
MA, October 1995
Promotional writing and communications consulting included developing
and writing a press release and assisting in the development
of a media presentation kit. Also, assisted in concept development
and wrote copy for promotional direct mail piece.
|
The United States-Kuwait Redevelopment
Corporation, Burlington, MA, March-April 1991
Organized, wrote, and formatted sales presentation/proposal
and correspondence to Kuwait Embassy officials and Kuwait Ambassador
to the United States under extremely tight deadlines.
|
back to top
|
|
|
