Michael Thornton Email & Phone Number

Rochester, New York Area

Rochester, Ny

• Contributing writer at Huffington Post and AlterNet.org• Author of Rochester Unemployment Examiner• Developer, administrator and content writer for Layofflist.org and NOFLAC.org• Editorial content writer at Opednews.com• Advertising content writerContent writing has attracted more than 2,000,000 online views since March 2010. Content writing has been featured on the Ed Schultz Show, Rachel Maddow Show, PBS News Hour, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor and Washington Independent. Interviewed by the Alonya Show (RT) and the Nicole Sandler Show among others. Assisted producers of 60 Minutes and PBS News Hour on special program segments.

Rochester, Ny

• Writing lengthy web based software training classes, including the development of Adobe Captivate and Flash movie scripts.• Designing, writing and testing of software training emulators for Clinical, Regulatory and Quality groups of a large international pharmaceutical corporation.• Quick Reference Cards (QRCs) writing for complex document management software platforms.• Writing and editing projects, including; document creation, editing, formatting and organization. • Assisting the media department with producing sales training and marketing videos.

Summary: Nine years experience writing, restructuring, editing, and updating network printer hardware/software user manuals and training documentation. Prepared time and resource estimates for projects ranging from 1000-word text and graphic software updates to 400,000-word network printer software helpsets. Collaborated with Subject Matter Experts, system operators and project managers to develop and produce quality, on-time documentation.Examples: Developed, authored and published PDF Scan Kit User Guide for the Xerox 4127. The document describes the high-compression and searchable text features of this optional equipment. DocuColor 5000 Decurler Adjustment: This 52-page document describes how hardware and software utilities address paper curling. A PDF copy of that document is located at: http://download.support.xerox.com/pub/docs/Creo_CXP5000/userdocs/any-os/en/Decurler5000.pdf

Management experience in a variety of multi-disciplinary environmental remediation projects. Performed quality control and project management duties with cost control and scheduling responsibilities. Technical experience includes writing detailed project reports, addressing federal and state regulatory compliance issues and reviewing and validating chemical analytical results.

B.S, Earth Sciences

A.A.S, Liberal Arts; An Emphasis In Geology