Michael Chotiner
911 Davis Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
michael.chotiner@gmail.com
202-306-5707
Summary
Versatile writer and editor with a strong grasp of technical subjects and significant experience with documents related to building design, construction, analysis and planning for US Government clients. Also experienced in proposal writing, training materials preparation, presentations and general business writing. Excellent grammarian and copyeditor; all desktop publishing skills. Much project- and publications management experience.
Objective
To obtain a technical editing/writing assignment or senior-level staff position
Relevant Experiences and Achievements
- Led teams of architects and engineers in preparing RFPs on expedited schedules that resulted in successful bids for US Army and Navy construction projects
- Led teams of architects and engineers in preparing parametric design reports for complex US Army development projects to validate revised DoD 1391 budget allocations
- Editor of NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 8800, Real Estate Management Program Implementation Manual
- Lead writer of report to Congress, “Regarding NASA 2011 Deferred Maintenance Reduction Plan”
- Wrote and edited proposals for new business from government clients
- Created comprehensive manual of style for internal use by the firm’s technical writers and editors
- Created training materials for firm’s project managers
Employment History
Design Studio Product Manager, Government Services IPT, Lanham, MD – 2008 to 2009
Director of Content, ebuild.com, Hanley Wood, LLC, Washington, DC – 2000 to 2007
Vice-president, Sumner Rider & Associates, New York – 1998 to 2000
Editor, Bob Vila’s American Home, Hearst Magazines, New York – 1996 to 1998
Editor-in-Chief, Home Mechanix, Times Mirror Magazines, New York – 1991 to 1995
Principal, Yankee Builders, Brookyn, NY – 1975 to 1980
Publications
Editor of:
- Lighting & Electricity, Time-Life Books “Fix-it-Yourself” series
- Major Appliances, Time-Life Books “Fix-it-Yourself” series
- Popular Mechanics Book of Home How-To, Wiley
Author of:
- Building Crafts Series, TPC Publications, Chicago
- Math for the Healthcare Worker, Activity Records, Baldwin, NY
- Math for the Carpenter, Activity Records
Contributor to:
- Architectural Record
- Consumers Digest
- Old-House Journal
- Popular Mechanics
- Bisnow on Business
- The Editorial Advantage
Education
B.A., Comparative Literature, Rutgers University
Proficiencies
- Writing in virtually any style and format
- Writing business requirements for Web sites, applications
- Creating and styling tables, charts and graphs
- Copyediting/proofreading
- Keen eye for layout and graphics
- Reads architectural and engineering drawings
- Project management
- Microsoft Word, including style sheets and auto-formatting
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Adobe Acrobat
- SpecsIntact
- ProjNet/DrChecks