Project Marketing

HOLLY A. AMUNDSON

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Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043

650-***-**** (c)

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Summary of

Qualifications: Eleven-plus years of writing, editing, and proofreading

experience (for both online and printed products) in a

technical/research environment; Three-plus years of

experience in a supervisory role managing a cross-

functional marketing team; Extensive experience with

project management, event planning, and strategic marketing

activities/planning for both internal and external

purposes; MBA with a concentration in marketing

Professional

Experience: Computer Sciences Corporation (contractor for NASA), Mt. View,

CA Aug '07 - Dec '10

Lead, Publications and Multimedia team; Sr. Technical

Marketing Writer/Editor

. Leading and managing a team of writers, designers, and

web developers in supporting the promotion of NASA's

high-end computing endeavors through creation and

generation of various products including online

documentation and knowledge base articles, technical

reports, white papers, brochures, annual reports,

posters, videos/animations, custom graphics, and more

. Providing direct assistance to senior management with

presentation development, paper writing, and event

planning/coordination

. Planning and assisting with coordination of large-scale

international conferences including development of

project schedules, managing and tracking deliverables,

budget input, registration site coordination, customer

interfacing, and on-site support

. Lead writer/editor for winning agency-wide (NASA)

security operations center proposal including

participating in multiple strategy meetings, writing and

iterating on proposal drafts, and coordinating graphics

generation for proposal

. Planning, organizing, executing, and tracking multiple

projects simultaneously using scheduling software and

holding regular planning/status meetings to ensure

progress, timeliness of deliverables, and customer

satisfaction

Computer Sciences Corporation (contractor for NASA), Mt.

View, CA Apr '00 - July '07

Sr. Technical Marketing Writer/Editor, Publications-Media

staff

. Writing, editing, and reviewing content for

organization's websites and print publications/materials

including: user documentation, knowledge base and news

articles, feature stories, technical papers, and

presentation slides

. Creating and assisting with the production of PR

materials including websites, brochures, data sheets,

posters, technical papers, reports, and press releases

. Interviewing science and engineering subject matter

experts, conducting background research, and boiling

down technical concepts into content appropriate for

public consumption/target audience

. Writing award-winning content for NASA's Invention of

the Year Award (2001), NASA's Software of the Year award

(2002), Ames Honor Awards (2003-2006), and the NASA

Honor Awards (2003-2007)

. Orchestrating logistics for large technical conferences

including working within tight budgets, venue

arrangements, catering, coordinating/editing

proceedings, and event website content generation

Sterling Software (contractor for NASA), Mt. View, CA

Nov '99 - Apr '00

Technical Writer

. Writing feature articles about the work being conducted

at NASA's supercomputing facility-topics including:

astrobiology, grid computing, computational fluid

dynamics, cancer research, space-based computing,

computational chemistry, and aerospace applications

. Developing and maintaining extensive mail database for

organization's publication

. Attending press checks for print publication

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Mt.

View, CA Jun '99 - Nov '99

Science Writer (Internship)

. Writing feature stories and news items for division's

print publication

. Studying the field of journalism and technical writing

. Familiarizing myself with the "underpinnings" of high-

performance computing, information technology, and

aerospace research

Education: MBA, Marketing, California State University,

Dominguez Hills (graduated with honors: 3.9 GPA)

B.S., Business Management, University of Phoenix (graduated

with honors: 3.9 GPA)

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

(coursework for B.S., Materials Science and Engineering)

Computer

Skills: Macintosh and Windows platforms, Microsoft

Word/Excel/PowerPoint, UNIX, VI Editor, HTML, KBPublisher

(CMS tool for knowledge base development), QuarkXPress,

Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop, FastTrack Schedule (Mac

OS version of project scheduling software)

Related

Skills: Ability to multitask, work well under minimal supervision, self-

starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment,

reliable and on-time delivery of quality products, creative

and innovative, extremely well-organized, willing to learn

new skills, strong leadership skills, extensive teamwork

experience

References: Customer/client, supervisor, and peer references available

upon request

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