Gwynne Monahan

Current

• Adjunct Professor at International Academy of Design and Technology
• Founder at Lawyer Connection
• Founder, Chief Consultant at Shadow Froggy Consulting

• Freelance at Self-Employed

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Past

• Research Assistant / Web Developer at The John Marshall Law School
• Contractor at Imagination Publishing
• Corporate Communications / Project Management at BBJ Linen

• Online Marketing Coordinator at Azavar Technologies
• Export Documentation at Evergreen America Corporation

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Education

• The John Marshall Law School
• DePaul University
• University of Missouri-Columbia

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Connections

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Gwynne Monahan’s Experience

• Adjunct Professor

  International Academy of Design and Technology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Teach undergrad courses in technical communication, and legal aspects of computer forensics.

• Founder

  Lawyer Connection

  (Law Practice industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  A social network born from a question on Twitter about having a place for laid off lawyers and legal professionals to connect. Its goal is to create a community of attorneys dedicated to assisting one another make our way through the economic downturn.

• Founder, Chief Consultant

  Shadow Froggy Consulting

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  A class project turned potential business geared toward educating the legal community on practical uses of open source applications such as OpenOffice.org, Joomla, Drupal and others.

• Freelance

  Self-Employed

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Freelance writer/editor/technical communicator.

• Research Assistant / Web Developer

  The John Marshall Law School

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — January 2009 (9 months)

  RA/Web Developer: Responsible for redesigning Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law website and IT Moot Court website, write search engine friendly content, reorganize content for IT and Privacy section on John Marshall website. Update information on all websites. Start and update/maintain CITPL blog.
  
  As a Student: Helped edit legal papers of classmates; introduced wikis and "cloud" apps like Google Docs to help facilitate collaboration both in and out of the classroom.

• Contractor

  Imagination Publishing

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2008 — August 2008 (1 month)

  Help transfer content into Drupal for LowesForPros website. Assist with link check and final content transfer review.

• Corporate Communications / Project Management

  BBJ Linen

  (Privately Held; Events Services industry)

  November 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  • Create, implement and maintain Corporate Intranet using open-source software (DotNetNuke). Train company employees on how to access and use Corporate Intranet. Train Section Editors on how to add, edit and remove content from Corporate Intranet. Edit existing policies and procedures. Work with staff to identify, draft, test and implement new ones.
  
  • Project Management Team – Automated return label project team lead, Search Engine Optimization team lead, assist with systems enhancement, act as liaison between departments.

• Online Marketing Coordinator

  Azavar Technologies

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  March 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 9 months)

  Editorial planning and content development for client email newsletters and websites, Azavar corporate website and corporate email newsletter. Regular contributor to corporate blog. Manage on-going email marketing campaigns for multiple clients. Manage pay-per-click campaigns for multiple clients within budget. Monitor website statistics for multiple clients, and provide weekly and monthly custom reports. Coordinate design and programming needs with designers, developers and clients.

• Export Documentation

  Evergreen America Corporation

  (Public Company; Import and Export industry)

  January 2004 — March 2005 (1 year 3 months)

  Process export bills of lading. Handle all export bills of lading for Allied International/North American. Assist customers with United States Customs regulations. Trouble-shoot shipping problems. Train export documentation staff on new global system.

Gwynne Monahan’s Education

• The John Marshall Law School

  M.Sc. , Information Technology and Privacy Law , 2007 — 2008

  *Graduated with honors.
  *Nominated for the Presidential Management Fellowship.

  Activities and Societies:

  Research Assistant/Web Developer - Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law.

• DePaul University

  Certificate , Professional Business Writing , 2006 — 2006

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  BA , English , 1999 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Maneater, Vice President Finance Committee for Missouri Students Association