Kevin Terpstra

*** ******* *** **** *****, ILLINOIS 60044

734-***-**** ac1mt2@r.postjobfree.com

Specialties: Business proposals, government procurements, academic and technical texts, legal briefs.

Topics: Academic, scientific and technical nonfiction, including economics, pharmacology, medicine, information technology, national security, sociology, psychology.

Editorial Services: Substantive and developmental editing, copyediting/proofreading, writing and rewriting, manuscript evaluation and remediation, fact-checking, audience analysis.

Edit Types: Substantive, Policy, Integrity, Screening, Format, Mechanical style, Language.

Creative and Production Collaboration: Coordinate with project managers, engineers, account executives, attorneys. Work with creative directors, writers, graphic artists, traffic managers and proposal desks. Agency and client relations.

Publishing and Production Services: Indexing. Creative and publication process management. Website development.

Ancillary Services: Forensic document analysis. Public Record Act requests (FOIA, PRA). Gap analysis. Research. Public relations. Government relations (executive and legislative). Earned media.

SELECTED EDITORIAL PROJECTS

Substantive and Developmental Editing

MWH Americas, The San Joaquin River Restoration Project PEIS/R, for the United States Bureau of Reclamation. Sacramento, 2009.

FARO Consulting, LLC, Establishing a PMO for the California Prison Receiver. Sacramento, 2008. In Re: Plata v. Schwarzenegger, Class Action, Order Appointing Receiver, United States District Court for the Northern District of California. [Business Proposal, Government]

D’Antoni, Joseph S., Ph.D., The Market Value Discount for Risks of Terrorism to the South Coast Plaza Shopping Center, Costa Mesa, California. Pasadena, 2007. In Re: Jeanette E. Segerstrom (appellant) v. Commissioner, Docket No. 399-06, United States Tax Court. [Economics, Risk Analysis, Legal Briefs]

California Commission for Economic Development 2003 Annual Report. State of California, 2004. [Economics, Government]

Department of Information Technology 2001 Annual Report. State of California, 2002. [Information Technology, Government]

Department of Information Technology response to Information Technology: Control Structures Are Only Part of Successful Governance. California State Auditor, Bureau of State Audits, 2002-111. [Audit, Information Technology, Government]

Department of Information Technology response to Enterprise Licensing Agreement: The State Failed to Exercise Due Diligence When Contracting With Oracle, Potentially Costing Taxpayers Millions of Dollars. California State Auditor, Bureau of State Audits, 2002-111. [Audit, Information Technology, Government]

Department of Information Technology response to Information Technology: The State Needs to Improve the Leadership and Management of Its Information Technology Efforts. California State Auditor, Bureau of State Audits, 2000-118. [Audit, Information Technology, Government]

Pacific Syndication, Inc., Prospectus. Burbank, California, 1995 [Corporate Finance]

Advertising

Al Paul LEFTON Company, Philadelphia. A business-to-business and industrial account agency. Performed proofreading and traffic management services on campaigns for the following clients:

Rohm and Haas Company (worldwide producer and marketer of industrial and agricultural chemicals and plastics)

Huntsman Polyurethanes (manufacturer of polyurethane-based chemicals for a wide variety of industries)

Atofina, Atoglas Division (manufacturer and distributor of acrylic sheets and resins)

University of Pennsylvania (Ivy League university and research institution)

Locate in Scotland (inward investment arm of Scottish Enterprise)

Scottish Enterprise (economic development agency for Scotland)

Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. (manufacturer of electrical and electronic products)

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (manufacturer of medium-duty trucks)

Morgan Corporation (leading manufacturer of truck bodies)

SELECTED PUBLISHING PROJECTS

Website Development, Testing and Evaluation

FARO Consulting, LLC 2007. www.faroconsulting.com. [Information Technology]

Scottish Enterprise, 2001. [Economic Development]

Indexes

Kiernan, John A., MB, ChB, PhD, DSc, Barr’s The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint, North American Edition. London: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008. [Medicine, Anatomy]

Domanski, Michael, MD and Sonja McKinlay, PhD, Randomized Clinical Trials. London: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008. [Medicine, Scientific Process]

Molecular Neuropharmacology. Forthcoming. [Medicine, Pharmacology]

Immunopharmacology. Forthcoming. [Medicine, Pharmacology]

Transanal Pathology. Forthcoming. [Medicine, Pathology]

Haugen, David M., National Security. (At Issue Series). Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. [National Security]

Miller, Debra A., Homeland Security. (Current Controversies Series). Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. [National Security]

Wilson, Mike, Terrorism. (Opposing Viewpoints Series). Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. [National Security]

Hiber, Amanda, Adoption. (At Issue Series). Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. [Social Policy]

Kukathas, Uma, Consumerism. (Contemporary Issues Series). Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. [Social Values]

Laney, Dawn, People with Disabilities. (The History of Issues Series). Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. [Social Policy]

Nelson, David, Teens and Sex. (Current Controversies Series). Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. [Social Policy]

SELECTED PRODUCTION PROJECTS

En Banc Spectrum Hearings, Briefing Book. Federal Communications Commission, 1995. [Telecommunications Policy, Regulatory Law]

EDITING FOCI

Grammar, spelling, usage, punctuation, diction, syntax.

Special orthography, symbols and formatting for foreign languages, engineering, chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, Latin and Greek.

Logotypes, copyrights, trademarks.

Presentation, comprehensibility, completeness, correctness, retrievability (index, table of contents), references (documents, links).

Organization, clarity, logic, rhetoric, consistency, parallelism, flow.

Tone, voice, audience alignment, conformity with style standards.

EDITING LEVELS

Substantive (Ensuring coherence of individual parts)

Organization and subordination

Parallelism

Proportionality

Gaps

Consistency of meaning (terminology)

Relevancy

Usability

Retrievability

Graphics – tables, charts and figures

Policy (Ensuring document reflects organization policy)

Required elements (cover, title page, table of contents, index, copyright notices/trademark acknowledgements)

Veracity, substantiation

Integrity (Ensuring that parts of a document match)

Table of contents correlates with text headings and pagination

Accuracy of index references

Table, figure, equation and footnote precision

Spine label - cover consistency

Screening (Ensuring organization’s minimal editorial standards)

Spelling and grammar

Clean and properly labeled artwork

Missing material

Format (Ensuring text and artwork conform to visual requirements)

Typography

Layout

Charts, tables, figures and illustrations

Mechanical style (Ensuring text and art conform to organization style)

Capitalization

Spelling

Bibliographic references

Formatting (italics, bolding, line weights, borders, etc.)

Spacing

Hyphenation

Language (Ensuring clear and effective presentation of text)

Spelling

Grammar, diction and syntax

Punctuation

Usage

Parallelism

Conciseness

Orthography (for foreign languages, mathematical and statistical formulas, scientific and engineering equations, chemistry and physics and the use of Greek, Latin and special symbols)

Terminology, abbreviations, acronyms

Coordination (Handling and controlling manuscripts, i.e., traffic management)

Planning and estimating

Maintaining records

Marking up manuscripts

Scheduling, follow-up, monitoring and liaison

~ July 2017 ~

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