Originally trained in chemistry, I worked for nineteen years as an industrial chemist in two Fortune 500 companies specializing in organic mass spectrometry. Realizing that I enjoyed writing about scientific work more than actually doing it, I returned to graduate school in the early '90s to study professional writing and editing.

Technical, Scientific, and Business Writing. During and after graduate school, I served two years as scientific editorial consultant for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and several of its affiliates. Work focused on grant applications ranging from several thousand dollars up to $5 Million, and manuscripts for publication in prestigious medical journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature. I also served for two years as Editor-in-Chief of Bloodline, a periodical that deals with bleeding disorders. Bloodline targets the Greater Cincinnati
patient community as well as medical
professionals nationwide.

Since 1997, I've served Greater Cincinnati businesses and individuals with promotional literature such as websites, brochures, newsletters, flyers, newspaper ads, and campaign literature. Service manuals and service bulletins are a major part of my work (see sample illustrations). I've also written and illustrated employee handbooks, instruction manuals, and protocols. I'm a long-time member of the Society for Technical Communication. Society for Technical Communication

Teaching. In 1998, I joined the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Cincinnati's main campus. Advancing from the rank of Instructor to Assistant Professor in 2002, I taught senior-level courses focusing on business and promotional writing, technical and scientific writing, and desktop publishing with document design and web development. Unamimously reappointed in 2005 for another three-year term, I desired more real-world project work and decided to leave the academe to return to full-time consulting. In October of 2005, I opened
ProWriters Plus, Ltd. in Lebanon, Ohio.

I have lived in Lebanon, OH with my wife, Karen, since 1985.
We have three sons, David, Michael, and Matthew.