
Owner, Prof-Edit: Editor, Proofreader, Fact Checker, Writer
Albany, New York Area

Owner, Prof-Edit: Editor, Proofreader, Fact Checker, Writer
Albany, New York Area
Editor, proofreader, and fact checker of books and journals since 1991. Writer of articles, business plans, resumes since 1991.
Media include: electronic Word files, PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint slides, website content.
Subjects include but are not limited to: STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), economics, education, firefighting, healthcare, manufacturing, how-to, business, computer science, political science, social science.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
June 1991 — Present (17 years 8 months)
Editorial services: copyediting, proofreading, fact-checking, writing, research. Also, project management of large projects with a team of skilled editorial professionals. No project too large or too small.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MS; Financial Services industry)
July 1989 — January 1991 (1 year 7 months)
Computer programmer for human resources database, using Natural 2 computer language for Adabase database.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Furniture industry)
January 1980 — June 1989 (9 years 6 months)
Managed office of small woodworking company owned with my husband. Set up filing system, accounts receivable and payable; wrote correspondence, contracts, marketing materials. I still help out, but curtailed my involvement after going to work full-time as a computer programmer, then starting my own editorial services business.
BS, Math, Computer Science, 1984 — 1989
Theatre, History of Art, Government, French 1973 — 1976
Off-duty: sewing, quilting, reading, swimming, yoga, crossword puzzles, trying to stop being a news junkie (CNN, NPR) now that the election is over. Just collected the UNICEF Trick or Treat boxes from our local 5th graders for this year's collection. I'm the volunteer UNICEF coordinator for the local middle school.
Editorial Freelancers Association, Association for Women in Mathematics, UNICEF
Summa cum laude; graduation awards in computer science and mathematics; member of Dyson College Society of Fellows (at Pace University).