Ronald Gordon

Current

• Senior Writer/Editor at Analysis Group, Inc.

Past

• Contributing Editor at The American Lawyer
• Managing Editor at IBM
• Business Writer at Abovo Marketing Group

• Litigation Manager at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

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Education

• Emory Graduate School
• Yale University Graduate School
• University of Virginia School of Law

• Yale University
• Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA

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Recommended

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Connections

116 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• 2009 WMA WebAward

Ronald Gordon’s Summary

Internal, executive, and client-facing communications writer and editor

Corporate communications adviser and strategist

Freelance magazine feature writer

Web video and new media producer (and actor)

Voiceover actor

Ronald Gordon’s Specialties:

Internal/Employee Communications; Executive Communications; Client-Facing Communications; New Media (Web video); Communications Strategy

Ronald Gordon’s Experience

• Senior Writer/Editor

  Analysis Group, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  Corporate Communications writer and editor for an economic, financial and strategy consulting firm.

• Contributing Editor

  The American Lawyer

  (Publishing industry)

  May 1999 — April 2009 (10 years )

  Contributing Editor to the nation's leading legal news and features monthly.

• Managing Editor

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2001 — May 2007 (6 years 2 months)

  Field Communications Managing Editor for $34 billion Systems & Technology business unit
  
  Communications strategist and writer for global sales leader, global marketing & strategy leader, and Americas sales leader
  
  Editor of biweekly sales enablement newsletter (20,000 distribution)
  
  Developer of corporate-wide business skills training program for IBM communicators
  - Won global proposal competition
  - Secured cross-unit program funding
  - Co-branded program with Duke Corporate Education
  - Achieved 96% global attendee satisfaction rating and 100% ROI for pilot session

• Business Writer

  Abovo Marketing Group

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

  Developer of B2B advertising, Web content, and marketing communications for angel-funded e-commerce clients
  
  Winner:
  - IABC Golden Flame for dimensional direct mail (2000)
  - Forbes Magazine "B2B Best of the Web" (2001)
  - Web Marketing Association Standard of Excellence (two awards) (2001)

• Litigation Manager

  Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1989 — 1990 (1 year )

  Managed litigation support staff (internal and IT vendors) for large-scale document productions.

Ronald Gordon’s Education

• Emory Graduate School

  Ph.D. Candidate and M.A. , American studies , 1992 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Completed all requirements for the Ph.D. (including qualifying examinations) except the dissertation
  Instructor: American literature; American studies; Film studies
  Emory Minority Graduate Fellow

• Yale University Graduate School

  M.A. , African American studies , 1990 — 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Yale University Fellow

• University of Virginia School of Law

  No degree , 1981 — 1984

  Summer Associate:
  - Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC
  - Finley Kumble, Beverly Hills, CA
  
  Withdrew to care for disabled parent

• Yale University

  B.A. , American studies , 1977 — 1981

  Activities and Societies:

  Yale Russian Chorus
  Manuscript Society

• Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA

  1974 — 1977

  Activities and Societies:

  Medill School of Journalism (Northwestern University) Summer "Cherub" Program
  Editor-in-Chief, Literary Magazine
  National Merit Scholar

Additional Information

Ronald Gordon’s Websites:

• 2009 WMA WebAward

Ronald Gordon’s Interests:

Architecture and design (mid-20th century); American history and literature; American popular culture; Film criticism; High-end audio (published reviewer); hiking; tennis; Jeopardy! (on-air contestant in 1997)

Ronald Gordon’s Groups:

Mensa; Team Ivy, Atlanta; Various Yale Clubs: Boston, Georgia (Atlanta), New York, Washington (DC)

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    Emory Alumni Association
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Yale University Alumni
•    International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
•    Corporate Communications Executive Network
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    Public Relations and Communications Professionals
•    University of Virginia School of Law Alumni
•    Analysis Group Community
•    Ivy League Jobs and Recruiting
•    Ivy Referral Network (IRN)
•    IVY GROUPS - The Professional Network for Ivy League Alumni
•    IVY GROUPS: Advertising, Media & Public Relations
•    IRN-Boston
•    Technology Marketing Professionals

Ronald Gordon’s Honors:

Web Marketing Association "Best of Industry" WebAward: 2009

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Silver Quill: 2008

Forbes Magazine "B2B Best of the Web": 2001

Web Marketing Association Standard of Excellence (2): 2001

IABC Golden Flame: 2000

Ronald Gordon’s Contact Settings

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