Experience

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  Veryst Engineering, LLC

  • Needham, MA

  • Business Manager

    • Oct 2013 - Present
    • Needham, MA

    Manage communications and business development efforts for Veryst Engineering, a world leader in the use of advanced engineering fundamentals to allow their clients to understand product performance, thereby producing better products. Located in the Boston area, Veryst provides services in product design, manufacturing processes and failure analysis to firms nationwide.

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  Business Writing and Editing

  • Self-employed

    • 2010 - Sep 2013

    Provide writing and consulting expertise to individuals, businesses and organizations that want help looking their best in print. For most companies, writing isn’t the focus of what they do—but it’s often the way they tell about what they do. Poor writing suggests poor quality—I provide quality assurance.Select projects include managing the launch of an established company’s new website; writing content for an education foundation’s website and marketing materials; managing the planning and design of a permanent public art project on Albuquerque, NM’s historic Route 66.

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  GLC Development Resources

  • Boston, MA

  • Consultant, Project Manager

    • 1993 - 2002
    • Boston, MA

    Managed real estate development and economic development consulting projects for public, private and not-for-profit clients. Work demanded balancing what were often competing financial, political, civic and community objectives.Core services included:Communications—whether in writing or in person, knowing the audience and speaking a common language to create a shared understanding and delivering a clear and persuasive message.Community Outreach—working with local citizens and officials to build consensus, resolve objections and find mutually agreeable solutions.Strategic Planning—creating a comprehensive strategy, anticipating and overcoming obstacles.Project Management—overseeing every detail and managing multi-disciplinary teams to bring projects from concept to completion.

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  Buildings-In-Use

  • Montreal, Quebec and Wellesley, MA

  • Associate Director

    • 1990 - 1993
    • Montreal, Quebec and Wellesley, MA

    Developed and implemented methods for evaluating and improving office work environments. Services included Existing Facility Surveys, Post-Occupancy Evaluations, and Space Standards Assessments. Clients included The World Bank; Harvard University; Bell Canada; City of Montreal.

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  University of Michigan

  • Ann Arbor, MI

  • Design Consultant

    • Sep 1985 - May 1989
    • Ann Arbor, MI

    Represented the Department of Psychology in a $25 million state-funded renovation project designed to consolidate the Department’s campus-wide facilities into a single multi-purpose building that included animal-testing facilities, research laboratories, libraries, private psychiatric offices and lecture halls.