Professional Experience
A resourceful writer, ghostwriter, and journalist specializing in mechanical technologies, covering technology, science, business and general topics. M.I.T.-educated mechanical engineer with 15 years industrial experience in engineering, 20+ years as a writer and editor in journalism, marketing communications and technical documentation. Personable, professional, flexible and thorough. Skilled at turning technology into English and making complex material easy to understand. Writing: Articles, white papers, case studies, catalog copy, press releases, company and staff profiles, explaining technology, user guides, special projects. Ghost-writing: Creating articles for the trade press based on interviews with subject experts. Providing clients an authoritative presence in trade publications with minimal client effort. Web Content: Application notes, success stories, technology overviews, product details. Clear, concise copy, written for easy readability on-screen.
Expertise
- Technical Writer 24 Years
- Editor 5 Years
- Writer 22 Years
Specialty
- Business (general) 7 Years
- Technology 24 Years
- Science 5 Years
Industries
- Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B) 12 Years
- Newspaper - Community 10 Years
- Other 24 Years
Other work history
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - editing, writing, indexing Bose - Science writer, home entertainment products Wintriss Controls- tech and marketing writer Panametrics - tech writer Harvard Post Newspapers, Inc., Editor, The Bolton Common, a small-town weekly newspaper
Foreign Language Skills
French: reading only.
Computer skills
MS office suite (experienced); Acrobat; Freehand, Illustrator FrameMaker, Quark XPress (intermediate)
Equipment
Desktop, laptop, digital camera and video, digital voice recorder.
Work permits & visas
US citizen
Associations
New England Science Writers (NESW) Editorial Freelancers Association
Manufacturing
Making Steel Last Faster
(Forward (Metals Service Center Institute) 5/8/2013)
About CermaClad, a new method of cladding metal with corrosion- and wear-resistant coatings from the MesoCoat company.
Custom Alloys
(Today's Machining World 3/1/2008)
Coverage of "designer alloys" and custom sourcing options for metals.
Material Analysis for the Machine Shop
(Today's Machining World 6/1/2007)
Coverage of lab analysis and handheld x-ray fluorescence instruments relating to positive material identification in the machine shop.
IMTS 2006-Manufacturing Technology On The Rise
(Asia Pacific Metalworking Equipment News 11/1/2006)
Coverage of the 2006 International Manufacturing Technology Show, the largest machining exhibition in the US. For a Singapore-based metalworking magazine.
Developing a Good Memory: Nitinol Shape Memory Alloy
(Today's Machining World 3/1/2009)
In March 2009 www.todaysmachiningworld.com A very special class of materials can “remember� their shape. After deformation you can just heat them and they return to their original form. . . It’s expensive and hard to machine, but Nitinol is perfect for applications that require one or m
Business Profiles
Thomas L. Green LLC
(Cityscapes Books 11/1/2008)
Profile of a manufacturing company for Indianapolis Visions, a book profiling the city of Indianapolis, Ind.
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies
(Cityscapes Books 11/1/2008)
Business profile of a manufacturing company for Indianapolis Visions, a book that profiles the city of Indianapolis, Ind.
There's No Place Like Home
(Dance Retail News 9/1/2005)
Profile of June's Dancewear, a shop in Texas.
Star Treatment
(Dance Retail News 10/1/2005)
Profile of Motion Unlimited, a dancewear store in Chicago
Business
Partner Up
(Cheer Biz News 10/1/2006)
Article about business partnerships for owners of cheerleading programs.
The Sentricon® Termite Colony Elimination System: Termite Control Without Using Toxic Insecticides
(The Better World Report 4/1/2009)
Article for a publication of the Association of University Technology Managers, about an environmentally sound termite control product developed at University of Florida and licensed to a pest control company. http://www.betterworldproject.net/documents/AUTM_09_BWR7.09_FNL.pdf
Insuring Your Employees' Health
(Today's Machining World 5/1/2007)
Article about employee medical insurance for a manufacturing trade magazine.
Livestock Feed Supplement Developed at Cornell Helps Reduce Phosphate Pollution
(The Better World Report 4/1/2009)
Article for a publication of the Association of University Technology Managers, describing an agricultural product developed at Cornell and licensed to a company for production and distribution. http://www.betterworldproject.net/documents/AUTM_09_BWR7.09_FNL.pdf
Best Hiring Practices
(Today's Machining World 7/1/2006)
Article for a trade magazine about how to select employees who have the right stuff for working in metal manufacturing.