Professional/Personal Overview
I'm an award-winning business & finance editor & journalist with 19 years of experience. I've also had a successful career as a senior level finance executive, lending an in-depth level of knowledge to the stories I write. My experience includes editing & writing for finance magazines, business newspapers, & business news websites, in addition to writing & editing business academic journal articles, white papers, & corporate website text. If you're looking for someone who understands derivatives & SEC filings, then I'm your person. I'm able to translate difficult financial info into user-friendly prose. I've written columns on stocks to watch, finding a finance or accounting job, alternative investing, & asset-based lending. From penning a personal finance column to handling editorial revamps of magazines & websites, I have wide-ranging skills. I've also ghostwritten & edited business books.
Work Info
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
15 Years
Editor
17 Years
Writer
19 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
19 Years
Finance
16 Years
Personal Finance
16 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
19 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
BizActions (11+), Careers In Finance Markets (11+), EFinancialCareers.com (11+), Emory Business Magazine (11+), FSO Magazine (11+), JobsInTheMoney.com (11+), Knowledge@Emory (11+), The Secured Lender Magazine (6-10), President & CEO Magazine (3-5), Strategic Finance Magazine (1-2), BankNews Magazine (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Trampsteamer Media (11+), Undisclosed/Top Finance & Auditing firms (11+), Undisclosed/Top Finance & Auditing firms (11+)
Other Work History
Managing Editor, FSO Magazine (Financial Services Outsourcing Magazine), Manalapan, New Jersey (4/07-9/08)
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, PageMaker, Quark, Powerpoint
Equipment
Audio recorder, scanner, fax machine, laptop, two separate desktop computers (MAC and PC), two printers, digital cameras, etc.
Work Permits & Visas
U.S. citizen
References
Mark Feffer, Senior Editor, Dice Holdings, Phone: (212) 370-8516, Email: mfeffer@dice.com
Awards
Fellowship recipient, Society of Environmental Journalists (2004 and 2005)
Associations
Society of Environmental Journalists
Other
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(President & CEO Magazine , 8/1/2011)
The role of the CFO has rapidly changed in the past decade, propelled by M&A activity, quickly shifting economic sands, and heightened regulatory scrutiny.
(Knowledge@Emory, the online business news and research website for Emory University's Goizueta Business School , 5/13/2009)
From layoffs to bankruptcy filings, corporate leaders are finding it hard to go a day without delivering bad news to their staff. But the best way to deliver even the most painful information is to face it head-on, according to experts at Goizueta Business School.
(The Secured Lender Magazine , 2/1/2009)
Certainly, the current credit crisis is not a welcomed situation. Yet, asset-based lenders and factors are benefiting from the downturn and the pullback in more traditional lines of credit.
(EFinancialCareers.com , 7/10/2008)
Globalization of operations, products and services means multinational financial services firms must redefine the nature of their diversity programs. But morphing inclusion policies present benefits and challenges to both companies and local employees.
(Knowledge@Emory, the online publication of Emory University's Goizueta Business School , 4/9/2008)
The move to use a $29 billion guarantee from the Treasury Dept. for ailing Bear Stearns was an unprecedented taxpayer-backed bail out. Professors from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School discuss whether or not taxpayer funds should be used to prop up an investment firm.
(Strategic Finance Magazine , 1/1/2008)
The increased use of formal controls in today’s business environment may have an unintended consequence: the erosion of trust between management and employees. This study examines the effects that various types of organizational controls have on employee trust and cooperation in order to provide org
(FSO Magazine , 12/31/2007)
The cover story from the year-end issue (Qtr 4 2007) of FSO Magazine, detailing the many M&A deals, key partnerships, and near-shoring moves by major players in the BPO sector.
(eFinancialCareers.com , 2/28/2007)
A candid Q&A with a top futures trader and former trading desk manager from the Chicago Merc.
(Knowledge@Emory, the online publication of Emory University's Goizueta Business School , 2/14/2007)
An online story tackling the issue of what sort of moral commitment Corporate America should have to its employees and to the world-at-large.
(eFinancialCareers.com , 1/3/2007)
A story on the job prospects for floor traders, as well as information on electronic trading opportunities.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
