Sales Marketing

Chris Smith

Executive Presentations

Corporate/Principal Bios

SharePoint Development

Web Design & Development

**************@*****.*** 817-***-**** Fort Worth www.about.me/chrisMsmith SOP’s / RFP’s / RFQ’s Asset Prospectuses Press Releases Brand Strategy & Logos

Business, Technical, and Marketing Writer Job Descriptions Product Marketing Well-versed in web technology development and social media monitoring & analysis. Print & TV News Copy Release Notes Thought leadership in human capital, energy, and business process analysis & design. Newsletters Glossy Brochures Experienced in creative, editorial, branding, and marketing for intellectual capital initiatives. Online Help Programmer/User Guides Experience composing content for both non-technical consumers and application developers. Quick Reference Reference Guides Talent in bringing order and universality in chaotic environments. Data Sheets Full-frame Photography WRITING & PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE

Edge Resources Operating Communications Director 2007 - Present Began at company inception & played significant role in growth of this natural gas exploration & production company. Responsible for the creation of all internal & external communications, including policies & procedures, asset prospectus evaluations & proposals, web content & development, community outreach, marketing & employer branding, memorandums, vendor & business partner contracts, and executive presentations. Corporate Representative /

Media Relations /

Public Relations

Create press releases and respond to media inquiries, acting as corporate spokesperson.

Create marketing documentation and multi-media presentations for Public Relations / Community Outreach.

Regulatory: act as corporate representative with city councils & staffs, Texas Railroad Commission, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, National Audubon Society, and Texas Workforce Commission.

Business Process Modeling /

Corporate Policy Generation

Author Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) & workflow documentation across divisions (IT, Accounting, HR).

Create corporate job descriptions and HR-related change management, onboarding, and succession plans.

Create templates for standard business operations, such as competitive analysis summaries, sales activity reviews, contractor / employee invoicing, title run sheets, and mineral ownership reports. Marketing / Branding /

Web Development

Create marketing strategies for intellectual capital and knowledge distribution.

Oversee the content, design, and production of promotional publications and brochures.

Create asset prospectuses, prospect proposals, and feasibility studies that include the calculation of return on investment (ROI) ratios, internal rates of return (IRR), estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) reserve analysis, and payout schedules for venture capitalists & institutional investors.

Design and develop Homestead corporate website. Responsible for content creation, including text & graphics.

Develop Microsoft SharePoint site used internally as corporate intranet and for shared document storage.

Create executive biographies for distribution to high-net-worth venture capitalists and private equity firms.

Design marketing flyer for company 6-truck give-away lease signing incentive program.

Design corporate logo and create letterhead and fax cover templates. Document / Contract

Management

Create and manage file system procedures.

Review for accuracy / execution and then coordinate filing & distribution of partnership agreements, including Joint Operating (JOA), Participation (PA), Confidentiality (CA), Master Service Agreements (MSA), Areas of Mutual Interest (AMI), and vendor contracts.

Chesapeake Energy Project Writer (Energy) / Land Consultant (contract) 2004 - 2007 Professional Research Research chain of title to state-granted land patent date (late 1800’s) and create error-free run sheets for executive analysis and decision making.

Business Forms / Reports /

Templates

Compose marketing collateral for use by sales / lease team for distribution to community property owners, including notices, memos, offer letters, and PowerPoint presentations.

Compose & design prospect packages for asset sales and feasibility studies for acquisition prospects.

Create templates for land documentation reports used by title researchers.

Create mineral ownership and lease take-off reports.

Prepare oil & gas leases and surface use agreements. MTU Wireless Principal Writer (Sales / Marketing) / First-Line Manager (exempt) 2001 - 2002 Product Catalog /

Sales / Marketing

Edit and update annual product catalog, including product image layout & design, as well as form documents: Terms and Conditions, Client Information, Credit Application, Fax Order, and Return Authorization.

Create new and copy edit existing marketing collateral for B2B distribution, including FAQ’s, Who Is MTU, and B2B executive PowerPoint sales presentations.

Employee Matrices /

HR Forms

Create performance matrices for business development team and associated HR forms, such as sales activity reviews and performance evaluations.

Texas Instruments Technical Writer (contract) 1997 - 1999 Programmer Application Reports /

Reference Guides

Copy edit engineering application reports for digital signal processor (DSP) chip architecture (Designing Artificial Neural Networks for Fault Detection in Induction Motors).

Design & compose programmer reference guides for ThundersSWITCH 16/3 schematic descriptions / schematics.

Compose task cards, reference guides, release notes, and quick reference data sheets for DSP chip architecture. Texas Health Resources / Harris Methodist Health Plan Technical Writer (exempt) 1997 - 1999 Provided in-house and internal client technical support by researching, writing, and editing installation guides, user bulletins, task cards, programmer application reports, and PC / mainframe online help files on multitude of custom developed software and systems platforms. Develop initial corporate intranet for this for-profit HMO managed care provider. Online Help Tech writing lead for Fort Worth Provider Sponsored Network delegation contract.

Author online help, both mainframe and PC.

Create procedure documentation for Help Magician to RoboHelp conversion.

Document format conversions.

Web / Intranet Development 2-person team member with complete design & development of corporate intranet supporting 3,000+ users.

Design, compose, edit, and maintain Managed Care Services website, consisting of 7 landing pages and scores of sub-pages.

Programmer / User Guides Create user bulletins, user guides, and task cards for Historical Claims and Provider Sponsored Network.

Create Technical Specification Manuals for the Fort Worth Provider Sponsored Network. QA Testing QA testing for project applications.

Esmaili Incorporated Ghost Writer / Copy Editor (contract) 1997 Published Children’s Narrative Ghost writing and copy editing for the children’s computer animation book Zagros and the Nature Force published by Pakistani-based Bibliotechnology Systems and Publishing Company. I Have a Dream Foundation Statistical Report Writer (contract) 1995 - 1996 Responsible for program analysis and Federal report creation used to gauge effectiveness of the foundation’s program targeted for Fort Worth inner-city youth. The Foundation is part of Bill Clinton’s AmeriCorps project and specifically offers long-term academic service programs to support low-income, at-risk students (elementary through college). Non-Profit Federal Reporting Gather and compile data from various sources, such as personal interviews and statistical records.

Write quarterly reports used to gauge program effectiveness and subsequent funding. Texas Wesleyan University Graduate Assistant / Copy Editor 1995 - 1996 Marketing / Branding Copy edit and assist in the creation of Distance Learning graduate program glossy marketing flyer. KXAS-TV Channel 5 Assistant Sports Producer (hired following internship) 1993 - 1995 Served as determined, unpaid intern for longer than one year before becoming 1 of 2 to be offered assistant sports producer status for this Dallas / Fort Worth NBC-affiliate. Had the great pleasure of covering the Dallas Cowboys during the glory years of the triplets, as well as the other local professional and collegiate teams. TV News Copy Create and copy edit daily newscast scripts, including but not limited to news stories, teasers, and crawlers.

Roamed the Dallas Cowboys sidelines at all home games. Regular locker room presence pre- and post-game, as well as at Valley Ranch during the week in-season and training camp during the summers.

Edit video and create sports news packages.

Interview for sound-bites and printable quotes local and national celebrities such as Troy Aikman, Emmit Smith, Ken Griffey, Jr, Darrel Royal, Earl Campbell, Jerry Jones, Donald Trump, and Tim Allen. Though I did not get to interview him, it bears mentioning I was within 30 yards of the great Nelson Mandela! Times Record Newspaper Sports Editor (exempt) 1992 - 1994 Full-cycle sports editor for this multi-county newspaper, covering community sporting and associated events for 5 local high schools. Responsible for entire sports department activity, including section layout, content, and sports action photography. Print Journalism / Media Write weekly editorial column and daily game stories and feature articles.

Responsible for layout and design of Sports section. Photography Photograph local sporting events for newspaper inclusion. RELATED EXPERIENCE

Fort Worth FC Soccer Club Web Developer (pro bono; www.fortworthfc.com) 2004 - 2006 Web Content & Development Complete design and development of robust website for competitive soccer club, including landing pages for 19 club teams and subsequent sub-pages. Other landing pages included coaching and administrative biographies, photo libraries, tournament information, partner re-directs, club information, and research and reference materials specific to the sport on a regional and national scale. Lancaster High School English Teacher (AP & EAG American Literature; exempt) 1996 - 1997 Teaching / Lesson

Plan Development

Teach 11th grade American Literature & Writing Composition to Advanced Placement and Exceptional & Gifted students.

Plan & create lesson plans for annual school year curriculum.

Initial first-year Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex teacher to receive Teacher-of-the-Week recognition by the Dallas Morning News and Minyard Food Stores (Dec 2006).

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Operating Systems/Platforms Wintel (Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/200/NT/95/CE/DOS), Apple/Mac, SunOS, SharePoint, M204 Design & Authoring WordPress, Microsoft Office (Word, Publisher, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft SharePoint, Adobe CC and CS6

(Photoshop, Illustrator, FrameMaker, Bridge, Lightroom, Premier Pro, Premier Elements), Microsoft FrontPage

(98 and 2000), Macromedia Dreamweaver, FrameMaker 5.0, RoboHelp 5.0, InterLeaf 6.2, Help Magician Pro 3.1, Aldus Pagemaker, NetObjects Fusion

CRM/ATS/Accounting/ERP Salesforce.com, Act2000, Karma, MicroJ, WolfePak Oil & Gas Accounting (ERP), QuickBooks, Quicken, Software for Sailboats, Eliyon, PlaceWare, HireDesk ATS, and Oracle Expense Reporting. Other Technologies HTML, CSS, CuteFTP, TCP/IP, XML, Javascript, DropBox, Google Docs EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Teaching (33/39 hrs), Texas Wesleyan University, 1996 BS Business Communications, Texas Wesleyan University, 1994 (3.3 GPA) Continuing Education: Digital Imaging I (Tarrant County College), Digital Photography II (TCU), Shooting Star Trails (FW Camera), Mastering Meter & Exposure (FW Camera)

HONORS / AFFILIATIONS

Current:

Fort Worth Arts Council: Executive Board Member

American Association of Petroleum Landmen (AAPL) Former:

Metroplex Teacher of the Week; Dallas Morning News & Minyard Food Stores (Dec. 29, 1996)

Dean’s Academic Honor List (1992-1996)

Montessori Children’s House: Executive Board Member

American Cancer Society: Relay for Life Committee Chair

YMCA Leadership Training

Society for Technical Communication (STC)

Dallas Coalition of Character & Values Committee (Lancaster ISD rep.)

Fort Worth Youth Soccer Association (Vice President, Executive Committee member, Player Placement Committee Chair, Competitive Committee Chair, Treasurer, Commissioner, youth coach)

North Texas State Soccer Association (NTSSA): Competitive Committee member

Fort Worth FC: Team Manager, Webmaster, & Youth Coordinator

Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

Fort Worth Red Sox amateur baseball (1992-94)

University Little League (youth softball coach)

Precinct delegate for political party of choice

PERSONAL

Hobbies / Interests:

Health

The Humanities, reading, photography (full-frame), technology, travel, lifelong learning, piano, fitness Excellent

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