Jeff Chaltas, Msj, Mba Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Under contract, review and edit agricultural research reports, commodity outlooks and other information written by the nation's top agricultural economists and other USDA professionals.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Collaborated with top U.S. attorneys to write informative and persuasive legal services proposals that achieved an exceptional win rate of nearly 70 percent.• Maintained, analyzed and enhanced the quality and integrity of corporate contact/customer records and affiliations by using internal and external data sources.• Wrote technical documentation for users of the firm's customer relationship management (CRM) system.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Wrote, edited and managed communications to more than 40,000 students and alumni by using diverse computer applications, systems and methods.• Developed and updated a university glossary of common terms and acronyms to assist new and seasoned employees with a document to help promote uniformity, accuracy and familiarity with higher education terminology.• Provided media relations strategic planning and content to maximize positive outreach and enhance the university's reputation.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Provided technical writing and editing services and met all deadlines under contract for software documentation and applications of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).• Attained NACI background investigation (public trust) clearance via the U.S. federal government.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Provided technical writing and editing services and met all deadlines for the largest engineering design company in the United States under contract to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).• Became knowledgeable on and applied Section 508 Compliance standards -- part of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other U.S. laws -- to documentation.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Managed a team of proofreaders who reviewed medical literature.• Wrote and edited informative medical booklets used by patients and physicians.• Wrote and submitted grant proposals on behalf of non-profit partner organizations to create medical guides.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Provided writing/blogging, editing, marketing communications, public relations, communications counsel and similar solutions to a wide array of corporate clients in a variety of industries.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Generated a seven-fold increase in positive media coverage from local, national and international media outlets over an 18-month period through best-in-class public relations initiatives.• Increased brand and customer awareness of the company's information security solutions through positive publicity in USA Today, Security Week, Channelnomics, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Business Journal, KC Business and dozens of other print, broadcast and online media channels. • Provided marketing communications, public relations and employee communications to the largest "pure play"​ information security company in North America, often working with C-level executives to achieve success.• Interacted effectively with all levels of management and built consensus and support for internal and external communications. • Developed and executed internal communications programs that informed, engaged and aligned employees with FishNet Security's strategies.• Displayed a solid understanding of senior management perspective so that information could be presented in ways appropriate for senior management communications. • Wrote, edited and managed a high percentage of external and internal communications, including news releases, employee newsletters, marketing collateral, website content copywriting/editing, blogs, customer letters and video slideshow production.• As the company's lead content editor, created a comprehensive editorial style guide for use by Marketing and other departments.• Ghostwrote blogs by working with the company's information security experts to build thought leadership in the industry.• Built and extended media/influencer relationships to promote the company's messages and interests.• Leveraged Cision and Marketwire applications to increase efffectiveness during PR outreach and to measure results.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Used exemplary writing, editing, time management and project management skills to create and distribute seven client-facing (primarily physician offices) newsletters and other communications on deadline each quarter.• Served as a website content manager and mastered the company's content management system (CMS) to create and post marketing information and news stories to the corporate website.• Administered and contributed heavily to internal blogging (social media), news stories and associate profiles to enhance the organization's collective knowledge, employee recognition and teamwork.• Wrote and edited marketing brochures, trade show collateral and sales proposals to help ensure a professional image for the company and increase sales.• Managed work with minimal supervision and collaborated effectively with company-wide communications colleagues to leverage knowledge and resources, ensure consistency of messages and foster teamwork.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Provided internal and external communications support to various company divisions and C-level executives. This included extensive projects in the areas of public relations, marketing communications and internal/employee communications.• Wrote a variety of communications, including news releases, key strategic messages/Q&As, speeches, presentations, intranet articles, ghostwritten trade publication articles and other general communications.• Developed strategic recommendations and supported the execution of executive communications, including external communications, for major lines of business.• Served as writer and managing editor for several online and hard-copy employee newsletters, and managed many video projects, webcasts and "town hall" events for senior executives. • Wrote extensively for the corporate intranet and the company's award-winning corporate magazine (serving as one of its editors as well), ghostwrote many executive messages and created several executive presentations.• As one of the company's leading public relations liaisons and spokespeople, promoted corporate interests by working with national, international, metro and trade media outlets. Quoted in numerous major newspapers, business journals and trade publications, including The Wall Street Journal and The Kansas City Star. • Wrote more than 120 Sprint news releases and associated materials, resulting in substantial positive media coverage.• Oversaw a major public relations campaign and team that tripled positive media coverage about the company’s wireless network investments and improvements. • Wrote executive bios and customer testimonials.• Handled crisis communications during network outages and other negative events as the communications representative on Sprint's Emergency Response Team.• Edited Sprint news releases to ensure proper Associated Press (AP) Style, grammar, uniformity and error-free text and to project a professional corporate image to target audiences.

Master'S Degree, Journalism

Completed advanced coursework in editing, marketing communications, media relations, crisis communications, communications law and other.

Mba, Business Administration/Marketing Emphasis

Completed advanced coursework in marketing, management/leadership, global business operations, accounting, human resources, IT, ethics.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communications/Journalism

Activities and Societies: Writer/Photographer - Student NewspaperWith Honors

Journalism, Technical Writing, Sales And Software Training

Activities and Societies: Copy Editor - Nationally ranked student newspaper

Bachelor'S Degree, Agriculture - Horticultural Science

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon