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WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY Software Expertise: MS Word (20 years), WordPerfect (5 years), Excel (15 years), MS Office (20 years) Experience in: Chicago, GPO style guides (9 years), PowerPoint (9 years), Visio (6 years), MS Word templates (4 years), Adobe Acrobat (6 years), RoboHelp (3 years), SharePoint (2 years) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Drafted style guide for RS Information Systems Inc. wrote and edited training manuals as well as definitions and essays for online help system. Awarded: Chief of Naval Research Award of Merit for Group Achievement. Edited proposals and deliverables involving biometrics, hardware/software components, and information technology for EDS's contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Verified facts, helped write, and performed final edit on proposal responses ranging from 20 pages to over 1,000 pages, from basic documents to highly complex responses with sophisticated technical requirements. Result: Performance level of 34 pages edited per day, nearly 40% greater than the company standard of 25 pages edited per day, on contracts representing over 20 million dollars. Earned Honours degree in Humane Letters from Oxford University for essays on Classical Literature and Philosophy. Researched, wrote, and defended a two-year series of essays for University tutors. Result: In addition to the degree, was awarded the MacGregor Travel Grant for Archaeology (the first given to an American). Produced Gershwin Performs Gershwin, a compact disc with original recordings by the composer performing his own work. Initiated project coordinated legal ownership rights with the Gershwin family, NBC (where Gershwin's shows originally aired), and the Library of Congress negotiated release with the MusicMasters label designed the CD cover. Result: MusicMasters released the CD, which became a bestseller, garnering favorable reviews in the New York Times and elsewhere.
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