Principal at ilumus photography
Greater San Diego Area
- Current
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- Recipes Department - Eat & Drink at San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine
- Past
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- Principal and Freelance Writer at ilumus photography
- Project Manager, Global Web Development Team at Borland
- Global Partner Website Administrator at Lucent Technologies (formerly Ascend Communications)
- Web Administrator, Global Partner Extranet at Lucent Technologies
- Global Partner Website Administrator at Ascend Communications
- Corporate Communications Manager at TCSI
- Maven of Marketing Materials at TCSI - Teknekron Communications Systems
- Education
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- Chapman University
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Ramona d'Viola’s Summary
Freelance writer, columnist and award winning photographer, Ramona d'Viola has garnered a loyal readership throughout the West Coast.
Adept at creating compelling editorial and marketing copy, as well as eye-catching imagery, her work, written and photographic, appears with alarming regularity in regional magazines such as San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, San Diego, Riviera, Biz San Diego, What’s Here Visitor’s Guide, and the Concierge Connection magazines.
For the past three decades she has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Central America, Australia and the Caribbean Islands, and has participated and covered noteworthy events such as the 1985 Women's Tour de France, the 2001 Australian Paddleboard World Championships, and the 2003 World Record setting Women's Full Moon Paddle from Cuba to Key West.
A frequent contributor to sports and travel publications, including Adventure Sports Journal, Inside Surf, Surf Life, and Wahine magazines, d'Viola is an accomplished cyclist, surfer, sailor, and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
Ramona d'Viola’s Specialties:
Project management rock star, darn good writer, architectural photography stand out, and part-time snake charmer - I know how to get the job done - on time and on budget.
Ramona d'Viola’s Experience
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Recipes Department - Eat & Drink
San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
As a monthly columnist and special features writer, Ramona heads up the Recipes Department at San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine. For more than 6 years, d'Viola has provided lively profiles of some of San Diego's luminaries.
Since late in 2008, d'Viola has eaten her way through the regions' rapidly emerging culinary scene, if not a bona-fide destination. Every month d'Viola interviews local chefs and compiles these recipes into easy to duplicate delicacies to be served for friends and family.
Most recently, d'Viola was recognized by the San Diego Press Club and garnered an Excellence Award for her "Best Restaurant Design" feature, submitted by SD Home/Garden magazine.
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Principal and Freelance Writer
ilumus photography
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2002 — November 2009 (7 years 7 months)
Freelance Journalist/Photographer — San Diego, CA
Responsible for researching, interviewing, writing, and photographing subjects for a variety of local, regional, and nationally distributed publications. Wrote monthly features for San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, San Diego, Riviera, What’s Here Visitor’s Guide and the Concierge Connection magazines. Frequent contributor to sports and travel publications including Adventure Sports Journal, Inside Surf, and Wahine magazines. Worked closely with editors and art directors in creating compelling editorial copy and eye-catching imagery. www.ilumus.com -
Project Manager, Global Web Development Team
Borland
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BORL; Computer Software industry)
January 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for the re-design, re-branding, and ultimate deployment, of Borland’s global web presence. Duties included the creation of technical specifications for decentralized websites, delivering dynamic content to 18 regional websites in 12 local languages. Created end-user documentation and conducted training enabling marketing teams to self maintain product-specific content through a templated user interface.
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Global Partner Website Administrator
Lucent Technologies (formerly Ascend Communications)
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
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Web Administrator, Global Partner Extranet
Lucent Technologies
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LU; Telecommunications industry)
April 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Lucent Technologies, Alameda, California
Manager, Global Partner Extranet (contract position)
Responsible for the on-going development and maintenance of Ascend’s Global Partner extranet. Duties included the management, scheduling, and distribution of marketing materials crucial to synchronized product launches, on a worldwide scale. Improved execution of product launches, content delivery and web-casts through the development of procedural systems to insure timely delivery of mission critical product information. Worked directly with product managers, marketing professionals, end-users, agencies, and other members of Ascend’s core web development team. -
Global Partner Website Administrator
Ascend Communications
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ASND; Telecommunications industry)
April 1997 — April 1999 (2 years 1 month)
Responsible for the on-going development and maintenance of Ascend Communication’s Global Partner extranet. Duties included the management, scheduling, and distribution of marketing materials crucial to synchronized product launches on a worldwide scale. Improved execution of product launches, content delivery and web-casts through the development of efficient procedures insuring timely delivery of mission critical product information. Worked directly with product managers, marketing professionals, end-users, agencies, and other members of Ascend’s core web development team.
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Corporate Communications Manager
TCSI
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; TCSI; Computer Software industry)
January 1993 — April 1997 (4 years 4 months)
Managed creative services group in the creation of company collateral including Annual Reports, Inter and Intra-net as well as product and marketing materials.
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Maven of Marketing Materials
TCSI - Teknekron Communications Systems
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1990 — 1996 (6 years )
Ramona d'Viola’s Education
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Chapman University
Journalism, Communications 1977 — 1980
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