Thomas Overton Email & Phone Number

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

Research and develop new funding and partnership opportunities for major federal contractor in the energy space. Research, draft, and edit high-level scientific, technical, and business content and analysis for C-level clients, serving as POC for subject-matter experts. Manage department patent portfolio and serve as POC for law department and outside counsel on application and prosecution. Oversee cross- functional scientific and business communications efforts to meet strategic goals. Write articles and produce videos positioning senior management as thought leaders in industry forums. Launched and managed department social media presence, including sourcing and generating content.• Led or supported proposal development efforts for more than $80B of federal opportunities in fusion energy and related fields, including successful bids with Savannah River National Laboratory, DOE Fusion Energy Sciences, ARPA-E, DARPA, and the National Nuclear Security Administration.• Developed high-level communications plan for business unit to support launch of new fusion reactor concept and address strategic challenges as a second mover in the space.• Spearheaded new presentation skills training program for senior and middle management, transitioning group from reliance on outside consultants to fully in-house expertise.• Produced video and blog post for division head and placed with influential industry forum, which led to multiple requests for further contributions and speaking slots from other groups.

Rockville, Maryland, Us

Write and edit short- and long-form content for industry-leading energy trade magazine. Manage production and publication. Source/produce and edit photographs for publication. Recruit and manage outside authors, including editing/ghostwriting articles. Oversee social media strategy across multiple platforms. Track and analyze site performance with Google Analytics and other tools.• Conceived and spearheaded launch of GAS POWER electronic newsletter, including writing and curating content. Transitioned from bimonthly to monthly and won 2012 company award for best e-newsletter. Lead Gas Power article for August 2013 was POWER magazine’s top electronic piece for the year by unique pageviews.• Wrote and edited feature-length articles for POWER covering complex issues across the power generation industry. Cover article for August 2014 issue was POWER’s top piece for the year by unique pageviews and won 2015 company award for best feature. Wrote short news pieces for POWERnews e-newsletter.

Carlsbad, California, Us

Managed all operations of quarterly peer-reviewed journal. Responsible for overseeing staff and interacting with vendors and authors. Facilitated marketing, budgeting, and long-range planning. Edited material for publication.• Successfully managed major contraction of department budget due to 2009 economic crisis that reduced overall expenses by 30% and hard production costs (printing/prepress) by 50%.• Located and vetted vendors, oversaw creation and formatting of content, and led launch of online/PDF version of journal, which grew to represent approximately 40% of subscriber base within two years.• Conceived and spearheaded launch of G&G eBrief electronic newsletter, creating new venue for dissemination of GIA research and highly well-received publication for subscribers.

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Edited and managed production process for legal practice manual updates. Drafted, reviewed, and edited a wide variety of sample legal documents.-Increased publication responsibilities from eight to twenty supplements within two years, eventually representing largest share of department revenue. -Wrote copy and advised marketing department on strategies for marketing supplements to subscribers, leading company to retain several titles that had been slated for retirement.

Acted as chief legal counsel for e-book publishing company. Drafted company operating agreement. Negotiated and drafted licenses and work-for-hire agreements for all site content.-Resolved complex multistate formation issues, leading to successful on-time roll-out of web site.-Successfully developed strategies in response to changes in credit card merchant billing agreements.

Performed litigation support, document management, and discovery for a variety of construction defect, personal injury, and professional malpractice matters.

Washington, Dc, Us

Served aboard USS Enterprise 1986-1987.

J.D., Law

Certificate In Finance

B.A., English

Fga, Gemmology

Gg, Gemology