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United States

• Edited and managed freelance and in-house articles, focused on improving engagement and SEO• Researched and wrote articles on investing, personal finance, brokerages, estate planning, IRA and wealth management for Bankrate.com informed by SEO• Represented Bankrate on TV, radio and print media (live and taped) discussing stocks, investing and behavioral finance• Domain expertise includes personal finance, investing, portfolio and wealth management, behavioral finance, mutual funds, ETFs, asset allocation, stock analysis, and brokerages

Greater New York City Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched and wrote articles on investing for NerdWallet’s site as well as The Associated Press and other partners.• Optimized and audited articles for SEO, based on data from Google Analytics, Tableau, SEMrush, Clicktale, and other analytics tools• Domain expertise includes personal finance, portfolio management, behavioral finance, mutual funds, ETFs, asset allocation, stock analysis and selection, and brokerages• Articles: https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/author/jroyalnerdwallet-com/

Alexandria, Va

• Led the investing team at Special Ops to find outperforming special-situations investments, including spinoffs, demutualizations, recapitalizations, et al. • Developed valuation methodologies for analyzing special situations and made trading decisions in a real-money portfolio, advising subscribers when to buy and sell• Researched and wrote articles for publication, including weekly commentaries detailing state of the market and portfolio reviews • Built stronger website community through customer interactions on message boards, creating engagement in order to lead to greater customer retention

Alexandria, Va

• Researched and prospected for great stocks at Special Ops, the company’s premium newsletter focused on special-situations investing• Researched, edited, and wrote articles for publication at Special Ops, including weekly commentaries detailing state of the market and portfolio reviews • Built stronger website community through customer interactions on message boards, creating engagement in order to lead to greater customer retention• Participated in, researched, and wrote for the Rising Stars Program, a real-money portfolio

Alexandria, Va

• Managed pool of contract and in-house writers, assigning news stories and analysis for publication on fool.com based on SEO and coverage needs• Researched, edited, and wrote financial articles for daily publication on the company’s website• Selected for the company’s Analyst Development Program, a year-long curriculum articulating the principles of good investing• Researched and composed revenue-generating copy for the premium newsletter business, resulting in sales of thousands of newsletter subscriptions

Gainesville, Florida

• Drafted and edited technical documents, proposals, and articles for the College of Engineering and the Department of Chemistry• Responsible for editing lengthy (100+ pages), multi-million-dollar proposals to federal agencies, with quick turn-around

Gainesville, Fl

• Drafted and edited technical documentation for Sage products, including the company’s flagship software suite for the healthcare industry, Intergy • Converted 500-page documentation manual from Microsoft Word to Adobe Framemaker

Cologne, Germany

Editor at Ford of Europe's headquarters in Cologne• Researched, wrote, and edited pan-European in-house communications for Ford of Europe, including magazines, video-news scripts, and intranet sites• Extended responsibilities to include video-script and news writing, interviewing executives, reporting on-site, and translation• Researched, wrote and edited monthly pan-European internet newsletter for the Communications Vice President

Phd, English

Activities and Societies: • Math Tutor, University of Florida’s Teaching Center, 2008 • Mentor, University Writing Program, 2007 – 2008 •.

Ma, English

Activities and Societies: • Graduate Assistants United Representative for the Dept of English, 1999 - 2000• Concentration in 20th-century.

Bs, Management, German, Economics

Activities and Societies: • Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society• President’s List for 4.0 in overall business coursework, 1994 -- 1996.