Experience

Substack

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Substack Writer

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Ghost Writing, translating, proofreading and editing. Contact for more info and writing samples. Ghost Writing, translating, proofreading and editing. Contact for more info and writing samples.



RPO Global

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Content Producer

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Biweekly longform (2000 words+) blogs about manufacturing, curating company newsletter, optimising web traffic Biweekly longform (2000 words+) blogs about manufacturing, curating company newsletter, optimising web traffic



Concannon Connection Business Community

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching

• Creative Technical Executive

  • Jul 2019 - Mar 2020

  Content (weekly 1000 word articles), Podcasts & Social Media curator Content (weekly 1000 word articles), Podcasts & Social Media curator



CVR Press

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Editor in Chief

  • Oct 2010 - Jan 2019

  Books and new media. Preparation, production, distribution and post marketing of books, manuscripts, news and scientific/medical articles. Recent ghost writing contracts include "Shark Man" for Random House Penguin NZ (release date 7th November 2014). "The Dexter Chronicles Vol 1: Becoming Dexter (available on Amazon, Kobo, Nook and more).. Company Motto: "the difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." samuel langhorne clemens aka mark twain Show less



Fresh Fm

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Radio Presenter

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2015

  Produced and presented a 2 hour weekly political talk radio show entitled Organic Rap Cyphers: The Art, Science and Politics of Hiphop. Focus is on spoken word art and conscious hiphop music and how these have the potential to influence public discourse and collective consciousness. One aim was to make politics palatable and attractive to a younger audience, by framing it within a cultural medium they could relate to. Interviewed politicians (current PM Jacinda Ardern then MP, Gareth Hughes MP), the 2015 NZ poet Laureate Vincent O'Sullivan as well many of NZ's seasoned spoken word artists .. the show had an international flavour with hiphop tracks from around the world in multiple languages Show less



Penguin Random House

• United States
• Book Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ghost Writer

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

  Principle ghost writer for the NZ shark conservation book “Shark Man” Principle ghost writer for the NZ shark conservation book “Shark Man”



HealthPost Ltd.

• New Zealand
• Retail Health and Personal Care Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Content Editor & Health Writer

  • Feb 2013 - Sep 2014

  Edited web content, research and drafted weekly 1000+ word natural health articles, in charge of Social Media expansion & curation for the company. Set up “shop by condition” function for the website which tracked over 80 different illnesses and their subsequent natural health treatments. Edited web content, research and drafted weekly 1000+ word natural health articles, in charge of Social Media expansion & curation for the company. Set up “shop by condition” function for the website which tracked over 80 different illnesses and their subsequent natural health treatments.



Bayer

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Specialist/Manager Oncology and Diagnostics

  • Aug 2010 - Sep 2011

  Specialised in hepatic, renal and thyroid cancer treatment and diagnostics in New Zealand Specialised in hepatic, renal and thyroid cancer treatment and diagnostics in New Zealand



LifeMatters2 Ltd

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Contract Medical Writer

  • Mar 2008 - Sep 2010

  Worked for clients as a freelance medical writer/researcher intelligence gatherer. Contracts mainly in Asian market in the pharmaceutical/biotech sector. Work examples: - Researched and compiled competitive intelligence report on several big pharma companies involved in the COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder) market. - Drafted extensive protocols and created expansive Hepatitis B awareness campaign for the Asian market in conjunction with a major healthcare communications company. Show less



Springer Healthcare

• United Kingdom
• Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Mar 2004 - Apr 2007

  Managing Editor at Research & Development Insight (R&DI). Therapeutic Areas included Immunology, Vaccines, Antimicrobials, Oncology and Neurology Managing Editor at Research & Development Insight (R&DI). Therapeutic Areas included Immunology, Vaccines, Antimicrobials, Oncology and Neurology



Proacta Therapeutics Limited

• New Zealand
• Research Services

• Scientific Consultant

  • Dec 2001 - Mar 2002

  Researched and compiled reports regarding the intellectual property (IP) and market position of various competing companies in the field of tumor targeting vectors in gene directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) Researched and compiled reports regarding the intellectual property (IP) and market position of various competing companies in the field of tumor targeting vectors in gene directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT)



Source MDx

• Boulder, Colorado

• Visiting Research Scientist

  • Jun 2000 - Apr 2001

  Work entailed performing routine blood/cell extractions and subsequent genomic analysis with ABI 6700, 7700, working on literature database and designing DNA primers/probes. Main focus of research was on pharmacogenomic evaluation of NSAIDs in various disease models. Work entailed performing routine blood/cell extractions and subsequent genomic analysis with ABI 6700, 7700, working on literature database and designing DNA primers/probes. Main focus of research was on pharmacogenomic evaluation of NSAIDs in various disease models.



Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Feb 1999 - Mar 2000

  Worked in the pathology department for MSc project (ibid) with team assessing immune responses and immune reconstitution of patients in response to HAART (highly active anti-retroviral therapy- multiple drug regimen containing protease inhibitors and nucleoside analogues,) cytokines (beta-chemokines, IL-2, IL-4, IL-16) and HIV-1 vaccines (REMUNE). Pilot study (sponsored by the Wellcome Trust) investigated possible inhibitory effects of protease inhibitors on immunosurveillance potential of CD4 (helper) and CD8 (cytotoxic) T-cells of healthy and HIV-infected subjects. Show less



German Air Force

• Armed Forces
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Sep 1997 - Aug 1998

  Employed in Microbiology department (serology and bacteriology) at the centre for disease control. Worked in laboratory as research scientist, analyzing human samples and establishing diagnosis and subsequent treatment for infected samples. Employed in Microbiology department (serology and bacteriology) at the centre for disease control. Worked in laboratory as research scientist, analyzing human samples and establishing diagnosis and subsequent treatment for infected samples.