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DAVID OCONNOR

Plainsboro,NJ

Summary

Fiction author and business writer with extensive writing and editing coursework in writing and editing from Writer's Digest University, Editorial Freelancers Association, and Mercer County Community College.


RELEVANT COURSEWORK:

Editorial Freelancers Association:

  • Developmental Editing - Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
  • Line Editing - Beginning, Intermediate


Writer's Digest University:

  • Copyediting Certification Coursecertification received
  • Revision and Self-editing
  • The Art of Storytelling - Showing vs. Telling
  • Build Your Novel Scene-by-Scene
  • Character Development
  • Point of View: Finding the Heart of the Story
  • Writing Scary Stories Horror Primer
  • Writing the Paranormal Novel


Mercer County Community College, Trenton, New Jersey

  • Keys to Effective Editing
  • Writing the Fantasy Novel
  • Writing the Mystery Novel
  • Advanced Novel Writing
  • Publish and Sell Your E-books
  • How to Make Money From Your Writing
  • Start and Operate Your Own Home-based Business

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Intelligence Analyst

ZS Associates
06.2010 - Current
  • Compose and edit business correspondance for 100+ clients
  • Compose proposals for new projects
  • Develop presentations for clients
  • Reduced manual data entry errors by automating routine tasks using SQL scripts and ETL tools.
  • Designed customized data collection models for specific visualization tasks.
  • Participated actively in stakeholder meetings, presenting data-driven insights and recommendations to support business growth initiatives.
  • Standardized best practices in report generation across departments to ensure consistency in presentation formats as well as analysis methodologies employed.


Education

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ
06.1996

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ
06.1996

Skills

Storytelling in Several Genres (Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller)

Line Editing

Developmental Editing

Copyediting

Public Speaking

Business Proposal Development

Multi-tasking in Fast-paced Environment

Certification

Copyediting Certification: Writer's Digest University

Timeline

Business Intelligence Analyst

ZS Associates
06.2010 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Montclair State University

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Montclair State University

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