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Moody’s

Head, Editorial Services in the Americas (’14 – ‘15)

Led and managed editorial team that worked on high-profile research and also supported Communications. Responsible for team’s overall performance. Wrote and delivered performance evaluations. Responsible for new hires. Coordinated staff scheduling. Prepared workflow reports. Monitored work of editors and mentored as necessary. Advocated for editorial services within senior management.
Developed and taught business writing course for Moody’s Analytics.
Developed program for improving press releases promoting Moody’s research.

Deputy Head, Editorial Services in the Americas (’13 – ‘14)

Coordinated and supervised editorial staff. Mentored, monitored quality of work. Contributed to employee performance evaluations.
Participated in the development of Moody’s first-ever content management system.

Assistant Vice President, Senior Editor, US Public Finance, Infrastructure and Sovereigns (‘11 – ‘13)

Edited high-profile rating action press releases and reports on sovereigns and sub-sovereigns in the Americas, including on the US government; helped draft and edit press release and associated reports placing the US government on review for downgrade in 2011.
Edited reports also for US public finance and infrastructure, wrote press releases to promote them.
Oversaw “back-of-book” for Moody’s flagship newsletter, Credit Outlook.
Wrote Muni Monitor, newsletter that summarized US public finance research.
Oversaw Moody’s in-house style guide.

Assistant Vice President, Senior Editor, Structured Finance (‘07 – ‘11)

Edited research reports and high-profile rating action press releases on US residential mortgage-backed securities during financial crisis.
Launched and edited four newsletters for investors: Auto Navigator (on US auto asset-backed securitizations), Credit Card Statement (on US credit card ABS), CLO Interest (on collateralized loan obligations) and Resi Landscape, on US residential mortgage-backed securities.
Developed and taught class on writing for analysts.

Senior Editor/Financial Writer, Corporate Finance (‘97 – ‘07)

Executive Editor (’91-’96)

Oversaw group of 6-9 US newsletter titles on insurance and shipping for publisher then owned by Lloyd’s of London, at times publishing over 150 issues a year. Produced photo-ready pages.
Worked on budgeting and marketing. Developed new titles, wrote business plans, hired freelancers and part-time staff. Participated in evaluating small acquisitions, integrating titles into production system.

Business

Wrote, edited and published newsletter for the Marble Collegiate Church’s endowment campaign (’97-‘01).
Wrote column on effective classified apartment ads for Professional Apartment Marketing (’91-‘06).
Interim editor of the INTA Bulletin, newsletter of the International Trademark Association (’97).
Wrote articles for International Marine Business and Lloyd’s List (’92).
Wrote profiles of information industry companies for Simba Inc. (’90-’91).

Computers/Science

Researched and ghost-wrote chapters on computers, software and lasers for Who Gives a Gigabyte? A Survival Guide for the Technology Perplexed, published by John Wiley & Sons (’96-’97).
Wrote four Working Knowledge features for Scientific American (’97).
Wrote for the BusinessWeek Newsletter for Information Executives, McGraw-Hill (’90).
Wrote chapters for Energy Alternatives and Small Engines, Time/Life home improvement books (’82).

Travel/Children/Sports

Wrote overview article describing course for official program of the New York City Marathon (’06). Wrote articles on commute running, nature runs in NYC, running in Lower Manhattan, running during lunch, NYC tracks for New York Runner (’04-‘08), magazine of the New York Road Runners Club, and on running vacations for Running Times (’02).
Published story about exploring subways with children for New York Family (’98). Sold essay on child cross-dressing to Sesame Street Parents (’97), travel essay on RVing with kids through Alaska to FamilyFun (’95).
Wrote two articles for Sunday Travel Section of the Chicago Tribune (’80-’81). Writer/Researcher for Let’s Go: travel books (’79,’80); wrote original chapter on Egypt.

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