I have worked for many years as a professional communicator, primarily in the petroleum industry. I have an in-depth understanding of the infrastructure, the market, the technology and the players.I also served as a writer and editor for a Canadian national travel trade magazine. While travel writing is no longer my full-time job, I occasionally take on freelance travel-writing assignments.I have worked for small businesses, large corporations and start-ups, public and private. I have been a researcher, accountant, manager, trainer, event planner, corporate-compliance administrator, curriculum developer, patent editor and travel planner. I take pride in the fact that if I've never done it before, I’ll figure it out.As Communications and Marketing Manager for HSE Integrated, I was responsible for all internal and external communications. I helped develop an intranet to manage and standardize documents, foster employee engagement and facilitate collaboration. I handled HSE's marketing and branding, and personally created a corporate style guide to ensure consistency and professionalism in all communications.Through Winterhawk Marketing, I researched and wrote a variety of specialized oil-industry forecasts, marketing studies and reports for petroleum-industry organizations, E&P companies, and service-sector firms. I produced newsletters, websites, annual reports, proposals and marketing materials. I am currently VP Communications and Marketing for Winterhawk Well Abandonment Ltd. (WHWA), a company formed to commercialize proprietary new technology for the reliable retirement of oil and gas wells that have reached the end of their commercial lives. WHWA also provides technology to address surface casing vent flow (SCVF) in previously abandoned wells and a mechanical diagnostic tool to identify the location of micro-annuli leaks within a wellbore.Favorite quote: "I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter." - Pascal