Fourteen years of corporate communications and strategy experience as an individual consultant and eleven years of similar experience while employed by corporations. Helped found a successful open standards development organization. Emphasis in the last 16 years on defining and implementing marketing strategies to promote an industry and to promote industry cooperation. Ongoing senior consultant role in an industry standards development organization. In 2007, founded YourEnergyOptions, Inc., a social networking and referral website to promote local clean energy market development in the US and Canada.

Goals: Promote open standards for the smart grid, continue to support the OGC as a consultant, and find a partner for YourEnergyOptions.

2000 - Present 
OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.)
Senior Consultant
Worcester, MA
Managing OGC's written outreach: Writing, planning and public relations supporting nine years of growth in membership numbers, sponsor income and reputation in the IT standards world. Projects have included strategic plans, program and project proposals, articles, white papers, columns, book chapters, slide presentations, brochures, and other materials. OGC now has over 380 corporate, government and university members from 39 countries.

2006 - present
YourEnergyOptions, Inc.
President and Founder
With help from daughters Caitlin and Emily McKee, conceived and designed a unique social networking and local market development website for clean energy. Funded the site development and formed a company. Currently seeking a partner to manage the website.

1994 - 2000
OGC
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Wayland, MA
As a start-up team member, vice president and secretary of the corporation, helped OGC become a highly successful industry standards organization. Led the consortium's marketing and outreach activities for six years, worked with colleagues to shape message and image in support of recruiting members and project sponsors. Spoke frequently at industry conferences and seminars.

2000 - 2001
Mosaicad, Inc.  
President
Worcester, MA
Left VP position at OGC to start Mosaicad. Invented, patented and built a web-based CAD/CAM system for designing and producing ceramic tile mosaics. Won customers, obtained financing and built the business. The business was not profitable after a year and further financing was not available. Sold assets to investor.

1991 - 1994
Concurrent Computer Corporation, ESI Computing, OGF, Okidata Microsystems Division, Syminex, TeamWorks Technologies, VMARK Software and others.
Marketing Services Consultant
Westford, MA
Created marketing materials to support industry positioning, customer awareness and sales, mainly in the area of real-time control and data acquisition.

1989 - 1991
Concurrent Computer Corporation (merged with Masscomp)    
Senior writer, marketing,  
Westford, MA
Created marketing materials to support the company's real-time control and data acquisition business.

1986 - 1989
Masscomp    
Geographic Information System marketing manager
Westford, MA
Wrote the company's first GIS market sector business plan, configured products, managed third party vendors, produced collaterals, managed trade show participation and supported sales efforts.

1970 - 1986
Technical writer, draftsman, teacher, research assistant, machinist           

Excellent writing and communications skills: Adept at learning and explaining technical information and placing it in application contexts and business and social contexts.

Experience in all aspects of marketing communications, including market research and analysis, strategic planning and message refinement, coordination, writing, review, illustration, ad sales, direct marketing, prepress/production and public relations. Working knowledge of magazine and book publishing.

Familiarity with not-for-profit industry association business issues. Direct experience with 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) business issues including incorporation, bylaws, intellectual property (obtained patent, trademarks, and domain names), director recruiting and board meetings, membership recruitment, fund-raising, outreach and marketing.

Familiarity with technology standards world. Experience in promoting industry cooperation. Knowledgeable about standards organizations' issues: pace of technology change, importance of vendor and user buy-in, harmonization with related standards etc.

Familiarity with computing and communications technologies: Web services, XML, geographic information systems and Earth imaging, location services, real-time computing, sensors, measurement and control, signal processing, networks, document image management, languages, CAD/CAM, BIM, desktop publishing and operating systems.

Desktop publishing skills: Word processing, page layout, illustration and internet applications on Macintosh and Windows.

Entrepreneuring and small business: Founder and past president of a small start-up that took on the challenge of commercializing a radical new technology. Helped found a new consensus standards organization, helped shape it to meet market needs. Founded a clean energy social networking and referral website

Network of resources: Years of collaboration with people who have a practical understanding of standards efforts. Also, years of collaboration with a talented professional graphic artist and designer. Ongoing relationships with other writers, PR firms, etc.

1985-89    American Management Assoc. Seminars in management.

1983         Clark University. Technical Writing certificate.

1980         Worcester State College, Worcester, MA. MA, Education.

1970         University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. BA, English.

Renewable energy and energy efficiency and their relationship to environmental, social and economic issues. A founder of the Worcester Clean Energy Campaign (formerly Sustainable Worcester) discussion and advocacy group. Co-organizer of Worcester's successful Step It Up! 2007 event and a 2008 Focus the Nation climate action teach-in at South High School in Worcester. Vice president and past president of the Tatnuck Brook Watershed Association. Member and formerly a director of the Worcester area Regional Environmental Council (REC). Former editor of the REC newsletter. With my nephew, designed and built in public spaces two mosaic covered fountains ( one solar powered ) that depict the hydrology and history of the Blackstone River Watershed.

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