Michael A. Benedetto


Career Objective

¥    To obtain a position in writing or editing within a rapidly growing organization that will utilize my experiences, work ethic, strong interpersonal skills and technical expertise, while providing strong opportunities for professional growth

Editorial Development

¥    Developed and implemented standard procedure for screening manuscripts for small publishing company

¥    Edited numerous customer-facing publications, including manuscripts and publications catalogs

¥    Developed and implemented new publication cataloging process across organization

¥    Managed office communications, including routing of customer and supplier communications

Curriculum and Instruction

¥    Served as lead instructor in two courses and teaching assistant in multiple other courses

¥    Developed curriculum and all teaching and testing materials for multiple undergraduate linguistics courses

¥    Developed and maintained interactive websites for students enrolled in linguistics courses

¥    Counseled, tutored, and supported undergraduate students

Software Quality Assurance

¥    Developed software testing plans for competitive business intelligence software applications

¥    Assessed code quality through both black box and white box testing processes

¥    Managed the documentation of software flaws enabling routing to engineers for fixes

Technical and Software Skills

¥    Deep experience in office applications, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

¥    Knowledge of HTML, web publishing, and HMTL editing applications

¥    Strong command of Windows and Macintosh operating systems

 


Employment History

¥    Quality Assurance Engineer

Cymfony, Inc. 

Williamsville, NY 

2000 to 2001

¥    Graduate Assistant 

SUNY at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

1998 to 2001

¥    Intern 

New Directions Publishing

New York, NY

Summers, 1995 and 1996

           

Education

¥    State University of New York at Buffalo

M.A., Linguistics

February 2002

¥    Vassar College 

A.B., Cognitive Science

May 1998

 

Professional Honors

¥    Presidential Fellow

 

State University of New York at Buffalo

¥    President, Graduate Linguistics Assoc.

2000-2001

State University of New York at Buffalo

¥    Secretary, Graduate Linguistics Assoc.

1999-2000

State University of New York at Buffalo

¥    Treasurer, Student Organization

1997-1998

Vassar College



Address Withheld

New York, NY 10014

Phone Number Withheld

epenthesis@nyc.rr.com