Cosmo A. Catalano III

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Resume

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Web Architect, Healthcommunities.com - December 2010-Present

  • Back-end edits on websites serving ~4.5 million page views/month
  • Managing on-site advertisements through DART for Publishers
  • Designing and building websites for physician private practices

Web Developer, SEO Specialist, Freelance - July 2010-November 2010

Web Specialist, Union of Concerned Scientists - January 2008-June 2010

  • Produced and planned online content for science advocacy group
  • Developed webpage redesign through Convio CMS
  • Expaned traffic, online presence through social bookmarking sites

Technical Writer, Comverse Technology - April 2006-October 2007

  • Wrote documentation for top billing software company
  • Managed over 500 pages of total documentation
  • Updated legally-binding software product descriptions

Web Content Writer, Freelance - November 2004-Present

Bicycle Mechanic, Ute City Cycles - April-September 2005

Intern, Upper Valley Trails Alliance - October 2004-April 2005

  • Designed and wrote 60-page trails guide
  • Composed donor appeal letter that returned over $3,000 in donations
  • Tripled webpage traffic from Oct '04 to Jan '05

IT Professional, Williams College - May-September, 1999-2004

  • Deployed and upgraded faculty computers
  • Tested software education packages
  • Trained and managed summer support staff

Bicycle Mechanic, The Spoke - June-September 2004

Educational Consultant, Camp Winadu - June-August 2004

  • Educational program at elite summer boys' camp
  • Designed one-on-one Latin III curriculum
  • Tracked improvement through weekly quiz

Student Technology Worker, Dartmouth College - Sept-Dec 2003

  • IT support to Baker/Berry Library complex
  • Researched internet for products and software solutions
  • Weekly maintenance of over 200 public computer terminals

Education

A.B., English Literature and Creative Writing, Dartmouth College, 2004

  • graduated with a 3.5/4.0 GPA, Honors in major, wrote a bad novel
  • published in Dartmouth Review, Stonefence Review and The Daily Dartmouth.
  • verse translations of Horace's Epodes recognized with Citation for Excellence
  • member of Dartmouth Ski Team and Dartmouth Cycling Team.

Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, 1995-1998

  • nerd camp; college-level course taught over three-week summer program
  • coursework included Logic, Paleobiology, Chemistry, and Biomedical Science
  • attended at Hamilton College, played for '97, '98 Ultimate Frisbee champs

Mount Greylock Regional High School, 2000

  • graduated seventh in class, GPA 4.0/4.0, participated heavily in AP Program
  • standardized test scores of 720/760/800 (Math/Verbal/SAT II Writing)
  • captained Cross Country, Nordic Skiing and Track teams