Assistant Quality Assurance

Monica Shaw

Monica Shaw

Cell/mobile: +** (0-78-580*-****

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http://www.monicashaw.com

Science-savvy freelance writer who combines the research skills of a mathematician with the customer-savvy of a business professional. Turns complex information into clean, readable prose designed to educate and entertain the reader. Specializes in health, fitness, travel and food with complimentary skills in photography and a penchant for investigative journalism.Qualifications

Writing: Professional writer with over five years experience in newspaper, online and business writing with credits including The Daily Telegraph and

Instructional Writing: Developer, writer and designer of e-learning material for various clients including Whole Foods Market, Minitab Incorporated, and MIT s Sloan Business School

Business and Technical Writing: Primary author of technical documentation, business reports and presentations for Royal Bank of Scotland, Imparta Limited and Enspire Learning

Academic Writing: Primary researcher and author of academic thesis in computational biology; researcher and co-author of astronomy paper presented at the 194th meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Internet and Desktop Publishing: Webmaster of ; Web skills in HTML, CSS, Java and Javascript; fluent in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint; page layout with QuarkXPress and Adobe IllustratorPublicationsNumerous health and fitness articles. smarterfitter.com. Dec 2007 - PresentResearch reports and user documentation on various topics in credit risk and regulatory capital. Royal Bank of Scotland. Jan 2007 April 2008Why runners are on a high. The Daily Telegraph. April 2008Five Good Reasons to Quit the Gym. Cranky Fitness. April 2008Restaurant Review: Chai Pani. spacekadet.org. March 2008Minitab Quality Trainer. Minitab, Inc.. May 2006Dietary Supplements and the Law. Whole Foods Market. June 2005A Monte Carlo Algorithm for Closed Polymer Chains. University of Texas at Austin. May 2003When a B[e] Supergiant Meets Two B Dwarfs. American Astronomical Society. May 1999Work History

Freelance Writer and Entrepreneur

April 2008 Present

Freelance writer of newspaper articles, business reports, instructional material, and web content; primary author and webmaster of, a popular health and fitness blog; co-wrote and developed, an online portfolio manager for writers. I also write social media reports about major international brands for .

Risk Modeler, Royal Bank of Scotland

January 2007 April 2008

Independently researched and reported various statistical models used by the Corporate Markets Credit Risk Department; produced technical documentation and user guides to explain credit rating models to members across the business

Technical Writer, Imparta Ltd

September 2006 November 2006

Designed, developed and delivered a developer's manual for Imparta's development platform for e-learning applications

Content Developer, Enspire Learning

March 2005 May 2006

Lead writer of an online statistics course for Minitab Inc; co-developed and facilitated a leadership training program to students at MIT s Sloan business school and executives at Pitney Bowes; served as primary author of Whole Foods Market s first e-learning training course

Software Quality Assurance Engineer, FTSE UK

October 2004 January 2005

Designed, executed and documented software tests to ensure a smooth and on-schedule transition to the Industry Classification Benchmark System, a merger of the Dow Jones and FTSE stock market index systems

Marketing Intern, Uship.com

May 2004 August 2004

Completed independent market research projects to discover new markets that aided the ongoing profitability of the start-up company; reported results in written documents and presentations

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas Mathematics Department

June 2002 August 2004

One of seven individuals selected for UT s VIGRE (Vertical InteGration of Research and Education) Scholarship; used statistics to research and answer questions in computational biology, the results of which contributed to the successful completion of my Master s Thesis

Lead Research Assistant, University of Georgia Mathematics Department

May 2003 August 2003

Led a team of undergraduate researchers in a mathematical programming project to study open problems in computational geometry

Mathematics Teaching Assistant, University of Texas Mathematics Department

August 2002 May 2004

Led weekly tutorials on various maths topics for undergraduates

Software QA Tester, Wolfram Research

May 1999 August 2001

Performed software tests and wrote reports to explain the cause and effect of bugs I found

Teaching and Lab Assistant, University of Illinois

September 1998 May 2000

Led computer-assisted tutorials for undergraduate calculus courses

Layout Assistant, The Daily Illini

September 1997 September 1998

Used QuarkXPress to layout classifieds section of UIUC s student newspaper; maintained a portion of the newspaper s websiteEducation

Master of Science

in Computational and Applied Mathematics

University of Texas at Austin, May 2003

Bachelor's of Science

in Mathematics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2001Memberships, June 2008 - Present

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