Business and technology writer

W I L L I AM F REEDMAN

Island Park, NY 516-***-**** ****************@*******.***

SUMMARY

• Writer and editor with more than 20 years’ freelance and staff experience

• Financial expertise culled from MBA studies and Wall Street equity analysis experience

• Technology expertise gained through 15 years’ IT strategy consulting and blogging

• Worked in South Africa, Israel, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, U.K., Mexico & Canada EXPERIENCE

1988-Present Freelance New York / District of Columbia / Florida Writer/Editor/Content Manager

• Serve as web content manager and social media strategist for pup culture convention BoroughCon; Alexa rating hit top 0.01%

o Updated content daily for six months then in real time during the event weekend; built web presence via both paid and organic growth in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Quora, HARO and StumbleUpon followings o Founded the weekly 'Nerd Yorker' newsletter disseminated through MailChimp, created e-commerce portal using WooCommerce and NMG, and built phone app on Cvent CrowdCompass and adjusted content in real time o Managed a team of two CMS administrators/developers, a graphic designer, an audio producer, five social media channel managers, seven contributors and a copy editor, plus a "street team" of volunteers

o Oversaw local old-media ad buys, including Hot 97 urban contemporary radio and JCDecaux bus shelters; secured on-site coverage by NY1, Fox 5 News, 1010 WINS, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Huffington Post, AXS, The Nerdist, Queens Ledger and many other news outlets

o Arranged appearances for top management on influential blogs and podcasts o Wrote humorous blog posts related to pop culture and fandom; researched and wrote content regarding event management and marketing o Engaged in indexing, prominence promotion, discoverability enhancement and other search engine optimization tasks, relying primarily on Market Samurai

• Clients: Investors’ Business Daily, Global Finance, Chief Executive, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, DealFlow Alternative Lending Report, Federal Computer Week, Alpha, Ignites, Board Alert, Base & Bonus, Treasury & Risk Management, Hedge Fund Marketing, Job Search Digest, Investopedia, Palm Beach Post, HNW, Tom’s IT Pro, Trendprofile, History, Rodale Press, Euromoney Books, Testa Communications

• Write frequently for technology blogs sponsored by Ecolane and LogicMonitor

• Serve as IT management consultant and project manager on contract basis

• Wrote daily analyses for Trendprofile.com

• Wrote Series 7 and Series 3 exam study guides for Investopedia.com

• Write business plans for entrepreneurial ventures

• Published fictional works from short-story to novel lengths WILLIAM FREEDMAN 516-***-**** 2

1998-2013 I.B.M. Jericho, NY

Managing IT strategy consultant

• Develop project plans, work products, deliverable templates and other intellectual capital; clients include leaders in media, government and finance in the U.S. and Europe

• Developed and taught classes on IT Cost & Value and business case fundamentals

• Wrote technique papers and slide presentations on basic financial analysis for the IT Optimization offering, and for facilities and network costs in particular 1997–1998 Deutsche Bank New York, NY

Associate equity research analyst

• Supported Wall Street analyst following North American chemical stocks

• Wrote research notes and ensured their smooth flow to investors

• Interviewed companies’ top management and visited their production facilities 1995-1997 Chemical Week Magazine New York, NY

Finance editor

• Reported from New York and London on mergers-and-acquisitions, investment banking, securities analysis, executive pay, shareholder relations and economics

• Moderated panels for conferences and special editions 1989-1992 The Sun-Sentinel Fort Lauderdale, FL

Writer

1988-1989 Rodale Press Emmaus, PA

Information analyst

EDUCATION

The American University Washington, DC

M.B.A., International Business with Finance concentration, 1994. Research fellowship, co-op at trade finance consultancy First Washington Associates, published in The Graduate Review Hofstra University Hempstead, NY

B.A., Communication Arts, 1985. News director, WRHU-FM; editor, Guilders literary magazine Further training

IBM: IT Cost & Value Management, Fundamentals of IT Infrastructure Consulting, IT Accounting (Chargeback), Business Transformation Fundamentals & Design, Systems Integration Methodology, Project Management Fundamentals, E-Business Strategy, several technical and coding courses. PMI-, ITIL3- and ServiceNow-certified Deutsche Bank: Training for successful completion of NASD Series 7/63 licensure and Level 1 of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation Chemical Week: National Press Foundation fellow: Business/Economics, Community Banking CLIPS/FURTHER INFORMATION

https://freedmanfreelance.wordpress.com/

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