writer, editor, administrative skills, typing, research, social media

JAMAL PETER LE BLANC

**** ***** **** *****,

Montgomery Village, MD 20886

Phone: 301-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Experienced communications and public policy analyst with history of sales,

communications, social media development, and consulting work. I have

worked as an independent consultant to government and private sector

recently. However, I began in academia and worked in the nonprofit sectors

as well. Talented in research, writing, computing, and a mix of business

settings. I hold insurance licenses in Maryland and the District of

Columbia.

CAREER EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The Ivantis Group, Inc., Consulting Technical Recruiter (Aug 2014 -

Present)

. Worked with the senior management to launch technical recruiting

arm.

University of Maryland University College, Adjunct Assistant Professor (Aug

2014 - Present)

. Taught Introduction to Writing course in world's largest public

university system.

Self-employed Technology Research Consultant (Nov 2013 - July 2014)

1STCHOICEGOV, OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, Technical Writer

(Feb 2013 - Oct 2013)

. Edited bank examiners booklets, converting text into standardized

template and format.

. Supported the head publisher in his interactions with Subject

Matter Experts.

. Brought editing expertise to position by improving readability,

shortening sentences, eliminating redundancies, rearranging

sentences to improve transitions, and clarifying exhibits and

references.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Self-employed Technology

Research Consultant (Sept 2011 - June 2012)

. Independently subcontracted under John Snow, Inc. as an independent

technology evaluator in the AIDS.gov Evaluation of Mobile

Technologies Project.

. Interviewed over 50 Program managers on nature and state of mobile

health programs.

. Concluded program by determining the state of each programs and its

policy issues involved.

. Simultaneously consulted with a private management consulting group

on change management and its effect on their clients.

FUJITSU LIMITED, Senior Policy, Market & Legal Analyst (Mar 2002 - May

2011)

. Acted as analyst and subject matter expert in the areas of

telecommunications policy, cybersecurity, compliance, and

intellectual property.

. Served as internal forecaster for cloud computing, federal

enterprise architecture, and open source software trends.

. Supported five international executive conferences, preparing

reports, and supporting overall organization's functions.

. Created, analyzed, wrote, and edited sensitive materials talking

points, fact sheets, Q&A's, white papers and briefing papers.

. Worked with the General Manager to build and coordinate

relationships, primarily with key government officials and staff in

the Executive Branch, to monitor the development of laws and

regulations.

. Represented Fujitsu at industry meetings including serving as vice-

chair of industry working group.

. Recognized by promotion to Senior Analyst.

BENTON FOUNDATION, Telecommunications Policy Associate (Aug 1999 - Nov

2001)

. Acted as a telecommunications industry and policy issues analyst,

assisting with the launch of a national awareness campaign focused

on the topic of a digital divide.

. Wrote regularly in a series of articles describing the nature and

effects of the digital divide.

. Traveled and spoke extensively to policy-focused audiences on the

topic of technology disparity.

. Gathered lessons learned that would be relevant to the nonprofit

technology community.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY-BROWARD Assistant Director of Admissions -

Broward Campuses (Dec 1994-Aug 1997)

. Promoted to acting role in June 1997 after serving as recruiter,

admissions counselor, and in a pre-academic advising role in the

Davie Campus Admissions office.

. Under the direction of the Director of Admissions on the Florida

Atlantic University campus (Boca Raton) coordinated outreach,

travel, and recruiting with local and Broward County community

colleges and feeder schools.

. Worked with population of the Southern Broward and northern Miami-

Dade community college programs.

COMPUTING EXPERIENCE

. Achieved graduate degree in Internet architectures and

communications technology.

. SysAdmin for Fujitsu WDC Office, administering two Windows NT and

one Linux server

. Command line programming experience in PERL, PHP, UNIX and Basic.

. Familiar with Microsoft Office suites, Ubuntu Linux, TCP/IP

SIGNIFICANT PUBLISHED ARTICLES

"ICT Accessibility in the U.S.: Developments in the Public and Private

Sector".

Fujitsu Scientific and Technical Journal 2005-4 (Vol.41, No.1), Special

Issue: Universal Design.

(http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/MAG/vol41-1/paper02.pdf)

EDUCATION

M.A. in Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) - Georgetown University,

Washington, DC (2000)

- Graduate Fellow in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

B.A. in Liberal Arts, (Political Science, History, German & English) -

Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA (1993)

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