Kevin W. Perizzolo

kwwayne@sprynet.com

Career Summary

Sixteen-years experience in publications, communications, and writing. Five years as Co-Director, publications manager, and advisory board member for annual Metro-Denver Very Special Arts Festival. Four year Hospice of Saint Johns volunteer.


Experience

12/87-Current
Writer’s Cramp
Freelance editing, writing, design and publishing business using desktop publishing equipment. Went online with story and poetry galleries on World Wide Web August 1996.

6/93-1/99
Libraries Unlimited/Teacher Ideas Press
Publishing House
Production Management Editor (4/95-1/99)—Duties include responsibility for master typeset schedule of up to 80 books each year; management of freelance editors, proofreaders, indexers, production editors (testing and hiring of same). Continued to produce average of 20 books each year.
In-house Production Editor (6/93-4/95)—Responsible for production of library reference books, teacher education books, folklore, and annotated bibliographies. Team leader of production group consisting of freelance editor, freelance proofreader, freelance indexer, in-house typesetter, and graphic artist. Produce on average 20 books each year.

7/91-12/91
First Trust Corporation
Creative Services/Marketing
Contract fulltime freelance business writing concerning pension plan and IRA trust industry. Produced and wrote four newsletters, brochures, pamphlets, press releases and various client letters and package materials.

10/83-4/91
Martin Marietta Corporation (Astronautics Group)
Publications, Presentations & Proposals; Denver, Colorado (1/85-4/91)
Writer/Editor (10/90-4/91)—Editing/design of proposals, newsletters and presentations. Project management included: computer graphics, word processing, design, layout, and printing.
Lead Editor (10/88-9/90)—Research laboratories publication shop. Scheduled and planned proposals and reports. Use of Macintosh with Microsoft Word, MacDraw and PageMaker for preparation of final camera ready copies.
Writer/Editor (1/87-9/88)—Editing/design of publications and classified documents off-site.
Associate Writer/Editor (1/85-12/86)—Editing/design of proposals for contract bids; Independent Research and Development (IR&D); reports; viewgraphs and newsletters. Macintosh computer systems and document layout experience.

Space Shuttle Project; Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (10/83-1/85)
Associate Logistics Engineer (7/84-1/85)—Wrote fire alarm and suppression systems maintenance instructions for Space Shuttle launch pad facilities. Used vendor data, blueprints, electrical/mechanical schematics and analysis reports.
Associate Logistics Engineer (10/83-7/84)—Editing of procedural documents for Launch Pad and Space Shuttle facilities.

Awards/Published Works

Book reviews in American Reference Book Annual (ARBA). 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 editions.
Book reviews in ARBA Subject Guide to Dictionaries and Encyclopedias. 1997
Book reviews in Selected Works for Small and Medium Libraries. 1994
The Promise, Open Your Heart to Having the Feelings, Untitled, Medallion, and Reflections on the Death of a Butterfly (short stories) published online at Writer’s Cramp.

Education

Metropolitan State College 1/79-12/81
Denver, Colorado
Majors: Journalism/English
Minors: Public Relations/Creative Writing
Degree: Bachelor of Arts

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kwwayne@sprynet.com

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