I prefer off-site contracts, and am not actively seeking permanent employment at this time. Agencies welcome.

Experience

Freelance Writer and Editor, 2006-present

Specializing in science, technology, and real estate. Clients include Apple, Quark, Intego, BusinessKnowHow.com, S.F. Chronicle, Inman News, IEEE, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Nature.com, MacLife

Professor (on-call), City College of San Francisco, 2006

Teaching Real Estate Economics classes

Trainer, Fidelity National Title Group, 2004-2006

Delivering on-site support for a escrow management system

Real Estate Agent, 2002-2004

Representing residential buyers in San Francisco

Executive Director, SpamCon Foundation, 2001-2002

For a technology-focused 501(c)(3) non-profit

Senior Account Executive, 1997-2001

GCI Group and other public relations firms

Writer, Editor, and Designer, 1988-1997

Various corporate and consumer publications

Accomplishments

• 15 years in communications: 5 years public relations, 5 years writing and editing, 5 years design and layout.
  
  
• Published over a quarter million words; edited an estimated half million more as feature articles, reviews, web sites, marketing materials, press releases, user manuals, case studies, newsletters, internal communications.
  
  
• Proficient computer user since 1978, with current expert-level knowledge in QuarkXPress, Mac OS X, HTML. Junior-level abilities in Unix, database design, scripting, hosted applications.
  
  
• Organized events and speaking engagements. Appeared as a speaker at conferences including Consumer Electronics Show, ISPCon, Macworld Expo, Direct Marketing Association, business groups, others.
  
  
• Expert appearances in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, eWeek, Wired News, MSNBCi, Gartner Group, IDG News Service, Infoworld, PCWorld, LA Times, The Guardian (U.K.), The Australian, Salon, Computerworld, CNN Online, Dow Jones Newswire, Washington Post, Cox Newspapers, dozens of metropolitan dailies. Broadcast appearances include CNNfn, CNET Radio, TechTV.

Education

U. Cincinnati/College-Conservatory of Music, B.Mus (Cum Laude) in Composition, 1991.

City College of San Francisco and Allied Real Estate School; licensure as a California Real Estate Broker, 2003.