William Todd Davidson

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ph: (001) 646-***-****, email: acenkn@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Consultant and technical writer with ten years of professional research and writing experience on issues in finance and

economics and five years of operational experience with international financial institutions. Excellent analytical, writing, and

communication skills, including the writing of bank procedures, annual reports, white papers, and summaries of complex

financial data and economic research. Extensive experience in international financial and political negotiations,

speechwriting, and consulting with high-level officials, executives, and subject-matter experts. Former journalist in South

Asia focusing on politics, economics and international relations. Oxford educated Fulbright Scholar.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012-14 SUNTRUST BANKS, INC./CAPITAL ONE/GENWORTH FINANCIAL/U.S. BANK Richmond, VA

Consultant/Technical Writer

Wrote and edited policies and procedures associated with stress testing of capital and liquidity requirements,

mortgage banking operations, and bankruptcy proceedings in efforts to comply with new federal guidelines and

regulations associated with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Advised on

software conversion and development life cycle with regard to retirement accounts and insurance policies. Met and

worked with subject-matter experts, managers, and relevant staff as part of a consulting team tasked with creating a

centralized database of new or revised procedures for future reference by employees and bank examiners.

2011-13 THE SAYLOR FOUNDATION Washington, DC

Consultant, Instructional Design/Technical Writer

Development and editing of curriculum designed to provide comprehensive university education online. The work

involved designing the procedural structure of a course; supplying texts and online references that are freely and

legally available; and the editing and writing of instructional material, including study guide questions and exams.

Courses developed and edited at both the introductory and advanced levels have been associated with the history of

economic thought, political philosophy, and international relations.

2009-11 FINANCIAL STANDARDS FOUNDATION New York, NY

Consultant/Technical Writer

• Research and writing of procedural assessments of individual countries with regard to particular standards of

international best practice, such as individual country policies on data dissemination, fiscal policy, banking

supervision, investment and securities laws and regulations, anti-money laundering, and corporate governance.

Chief author and editor of the Foundation’s Annual Globalization Report.

• Research and writing of policy briefs and working papers on international financial institutions and issues

associated with the financial crisis of 2008. Focus was placed on changes within and dynamics between the G20,

the Financial Stability Board, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, and the IMF, with specific regard to

surveillance of bank and non-bank financial institutions, the Financial Sector Assessment Program, and issues

associated with the legal mandate of the IMF. Charted the progress and changes in the run-up toward passage of

the Dodd-Frank Act on a weekly basis, as well as all changes associated with Basel II and Basel III.

2001-06 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Washington, DC

Executive Board Operations Officer/Technical Writer

• Advised the IMF Secretary and Managing Director on key country or policy matters to be discussed and decided

upon in Executive Board meetings. Presentations were based on short to long-term research projects involving

qualitative and quantitative analysis of data. Subjects addressed included: (i) Multilateral Surveillance of the

Euro Area; (ii) Sovereign Debt Crises in Emerging Market Countries; (iii) International Standards and Codes and

the Financial Stability Assessment Program; (iv) all individual countries belonging to the South Asian

Association of Regional Cooperation, and (v) the internal policy issue of the governing structure and finances of

the IMF itself.

• Managed a four-person team in executing all preparatory and follow-up work related to a Board meeting. Wrote

procedural summaries of all documentation prior to a meeting, officially registered summaries of the discussion,

legal decisions, and press releases on lending activities and policies. Responsible for the final editing of all

archival documentation associated with an assignment. Wrote and edited internal manuals and procedures

designed for new employees of the IMF as well as representatives of member countries with regard to Executive

Board protocol and the duties and responsibilities of IMF staff.

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• Speechwriter for the Chair of the IMF and World Bank Board of Governors. Speeches covered global economic

issues, conditions in international capital markets, country-specific developments, and IMF/World Bank policies.

• Wrote confidential memoranda on restricted meetings of the IMF, particularly with regard to Central Asia,

Pakistan, and Argentina. Provided commentary on various staff papers focusing on select economic trends in

South Asia, sovereign debt crises, and the IMF’s role in low-income countries.

1999-00 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Dept. of Politics and International Relations Oxford, UK

Tutor, Chair

Taught political theory and political philosophy to undergraduate students. Duties included designing the

curriculum, preparing lectures, and grading papers. Chaired the Graduate Seminar in Political Theory.

1994-96 INDIA TODAY, THE HINDU New Delhi, India

Staff Writer

Wrote and edited articles on Indian national and state politics and economics for India’s premier weekly news

magazine, and wrote commentary for a leading daily newspaper on relations between Indian and the U.S., Indian

domestic politics, and economic reform. Served as a correspondent during the general parliamentary elections of

1996 following two candidates for prime minister.

1993-94 INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ETHNIC STUDIES Colombo, Sri Lanka

Research Associate

• Contributed to a socio-economic project designed to determine the state of relations between the largest Buddhist

temple complex and monastery in the ancient city of Anuradhapura and its surrounding lower-caste population.

• Performed research on the Northeast war zone and monitored the 1994 general parliamentary elections – the first

elections to be held in the region at that time for 12 years. Research focused on the ethnic, religious, political,

and economic situation of the region with an eye toward long-term trends of intimidation and obstruction. A

written report was delivered to the UN and the International Human Rights Law Group.

1992-93 THE PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE Washington, DC

Fellow and Investigator

• Investigated cases ranging from narcotics distribution to homicide, researched case history, and assisted

attorneys at trial. Investigations involved interviews with all persons of direct or indirect interest associated with

a criminal charge. Researched and edited appeals to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

• Performed research and conducted interviews of prisoners, policemen, attorneys, and judges as part of an amicus

brief presented to the D.C. Court of Appeals and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

EDUCATION

1996-00 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BALLIOL COLLEGE Oxford, UK

• D.Phil (ABD), Politics and International Relations. Dissertation: Secularism, Equality, and the Case of India.

Supervisor: G.A. Cohen, Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, and Quain

Professor of Jurisprudence, University College, London.

• President (1998-00), The Oxford University Civil Liberties Society, a graduate forum for leading academics,

officials, and students on issues concerning politics, philosophy, economics, law, and international relations.

• Languages studied: Hindi, French, German. Completion of the American Institute for India Studies Intensive

Language Program in Hindi (taken in Mussorie and Varanasi, India, 05-08/1997).

1993-94 UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

• Fulbright Scholar (M.Phil equivalent), Philosophy. Thesis: Philosophical Foundations of Liberalism and the

Authority of Language.

• Presented lectures at the University of Peradeniya and the International Center for Ethnic Studies, Colombo.

• Language studied: Pali, Sinhala.

1987-91 THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY Williamsburg, VA

• B.A. Honors, Philosophy. Sequenced, Economics. Thesis: Heidegger’s Critique of Descartes.

• Editor, A Gallery of Writing. Tutor, Writing Resource Center.

• Languages studied: Latin, French. Attended the Alliance Française, Paris, 08-10/1991.

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PUBLICATIONS

Finance and Journalism

• “Objectivity, Sovereignty, and Competition in International Banking and Finance: The Role of the

IMF.” The Financial Standards Foundation, 2011.

• “Annual Globalization Report, 2009-10,” The Financial Standards Foundation, 2010.

• “What Happened: The Crisis of 2008, International Financial Institutions, and

Financial Sector Surveillance,” The Financial Standards Foundation, 2010.

• “Feeling India’s Pulse,” India Today, Living Media, 15 May, 1996.

• “Wittgenstein and Humanism,” The Hindu, Kasturi Group, 16 April, 1995.

• “The Secular Debate,” The Hindu, Kasturi Group, 20 March, 1995.

• “Globalism: Reality or Fiction?” The Hindu, Kasturi Group, 5 March, 1995.

• “Western Political Theory in Sri Lanka,” The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka, 23 October, 1994.

Academia

• History of Economic Thought, Economics Course 301, The Saylor Foundation, forthcoming.

• “Perfectionism and Mill’s On Liberty,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western Political

Thought, Sub-subunit 3.5.3, The Saylor Foundation, February 2013.

• “Analytical Marxism, Distributive Justice, and Self-Ownership,” Political Science Course 201:

Introduction to Western Political Thought, Sub-subunit 3.4.4, The Saylor Foundation, January 2013.

• “The Significance of Mercenaries,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western Political

Thought, Sub-subunit 2.1.2, The Saylor Foundation, December 2012.

• “The Primacy of Law,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western Political Thought, Sub-

subunit 1.7.4, The Saylor Foundation, October 2012.

• “Distributive Justice as the Task of the Polis,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western

Political Thought, Sub-subunit 1.7.3, The Saylor Foundation, September 2012.

• “Practical Reason and Politics,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western Political

Thought, Sub- subunit 1.6.3, The Saylor Foundation, July 2012.

• “Justice as a Virtue,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western Political Thought, Sub-

subunit 1.6.3, The Saylor Foundation, July 2012.

• “The Preconditions for Virtue: Voluntary vs. Involuntary Action,” Political Science Course 201:

Introduction to Western Political Thought, Sub-subunit 1.6.2, The Saylor Foundation, June 2012.

• “The Doctrine of the Mean,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western Political Thought,

Sub-subunit 1.6.1, The Saylor Foundation, June 2012.

• “The Good Life: Virtue and Well-Being,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western

Political Thought, Sub-subunit 1.6, The Saylor Foundation, June 2012.

• “The Antagonism Between Personal and Public Virtue,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to

Western Political Thought, Sub-subunit 1.5.2, The Saylor Foundation, April 2012.

• “Poetry and Philosophy,” Political Science Course 201: Introduction to Western Political Thought, Sub-

subunit 1.4.2, The Saylor Foundation, April 2012.

• Global Justice, Political Science Course 402, The Saylor Foundation, March 2012.

• Book Note, M.Thorset, Legitimate vs. Illegitimate Paternalism, Ethics, vol. 110, no. 4 (July 2000).

SKILLS/AWARDS/CERTIFICATES/MEMBERSHIPS

• Computer Skills: Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio; LexisNexis; Adobe

Photoshop; Mac OSX 10.8.4

• Overseas Research Student Award, United Kingdom, 1996-2000.

• Fulbright Scholar, 1993-94.

• Training Certificates: American Institute for India Studies, Mussorie, India, Intensive Language Course:

Hindi 05/1997-08/1997.

• Memberships: American Society of International Law, American Philosophical Association, Oxford

Alumni Association, Fulbright Alumni Association.

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