National City Corporation is a super-regional bank, but that doesn't mean it's got a big red N on its chest. I started out developing the online application system documentation structure and when they found out I could spell and put words together in a series that sounded good – a talent generally lacking in most managers and executives, no matter what company – I was soon in demand for more creative duties. It also didn't hurt that I could make Excel spreadsheets readable to normal human beings.

Gases & Welding Distributor Redesign

GWD was a tired-looking magazine when I came in as editor. "Experts" in welding supplies and gases had been running it . . . pretty much into the ground. Why fix something that wasn't broken? Sometimes it takes a new viewpoint to see that the pig needs fresh lipstick.

Gases & Welding Distributor Clips in Web Format

I was the editor-in-chief of this controlled-circulation business magazine. That means that we offered free subscriptions to qualified recipients. The magazine went to virtually every welding supply and industrial gas supplier in the U.S. and Canada.

GWD Clips in Acrobat – Be warned, these are big

I freelanced a supplement to Northern Ohio Live magazine.

Back when it was the Lewis Research Center, now the Glenn Research Center, I created a variety of materials ranging from promotional brochures for potential clients of the Lewis wind tunnels to videos targeted toward visitors to the center.

MOT was another controlled-circulation business magazine. I started off as an assistant editor and left as an associate editor – that was a promotion in case you're wondering. The magazine name pretty much says it all.

This was my first career gig out of college. I started as the city beat reporter for Medina. I covered city council, politics, and murder. The Gazette is a morning daily the publishes Monday through Saturday

Odds 'n' Ends

Like most real writers, I've sold stuff to a variety of places and done work that really doesn't fit into a resume. Here's a sampling [I created that cool graphic; neat, huh?].