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KEY SKILLS
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Creative Writer: Headlines, USP, Product and Company Stories, Bid & Technical Writing, 4 P Specialist. Verified by American Writers and Artists Inc. (AWAI) Member of Professional Writers Association.
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8 Published Novels.
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Strategic Planning: Focuses on developing strategies that invest in future sustainable business success. Communicates clearly to teams organizing to achieve overall business objectives.
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Operational Management & Control: Organizes business resources and processes so that all are working towards common goals. Uses management information to incentivize work force and ensure delivery of targets.
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People Management: Firm believer in participative style of leadership to encourage and develop ideas at all levels. Builds strong teams supported by mentoring and coaching, encouraging loyalty.
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Communication: Consistent clear inclusive style of communication, supported with empathetic ideas considering other’s viewpoints when deciding most appropriate communication method and content.
KEY WINS
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Website Content Leckerbites.com; wheels4sure.com; St. Matthews Finance; Great Health Watch.net;
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Real Estate Agents, Architects, and many others.
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Published the “Dream Team” Trilogy of “Face & Justice,” “Face & Honour,” and “Face, Fire & Morality?”
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Saved over US$20million by devising and writing new specification for on-line insulation of valves. Allowed early plant start-up and full tanker load 2 weeks early. Yemen LNG.
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Introduced new Nano Technology product to offshore rig in the Adriatic Sea. Cutting 3 months of program time and saving many US$ Millions.
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Awarded Best Team on Australian Project recovery.
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Trained 23 Indian Quality Inspectors in Saudi Arabia
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Managed 500 in Yemen; 1200 in KSA; 600 offshore Venice; 500 in China. All jobs on time & budget.
CAREER HISTORY
Copy Writer- Brian George - Present
B2B Copy Stories. New Products, Start-ups, Contractual and Legal Claims, Bid & Technical Writer, Business Travel Specialist. E.mail blasts.
Freelance Writer; Technical; Claims; Contracts; Project Management-Worldwide
August 2000-Jan 2017
Writer for hire. Wherever I have worked I've been the go-to writer of contractual, methodology statements, bid & technical writing for estimating & tenders, sales & marketing copy, business to business for all forms of construction, property, self - help via yoga and meditation, Hotels and world travel. These duties while working as: -
Biche Management Services Ltd. Hong Kong 2015-2017
Director Consultant: Project Management
My own company. I wrote at every level from legal, technical, investment, sales and motivational presentations. I had direct experience of the natural resistance of buyers to change specifications, to buy into new products or technology and what is needed to demonstrate the benefits of innovation and cost savings. The writing of sales copy including bid & technical, marketing content such as blogs, and case studies, and web copywriting for SEO.
Country Manager China- Insultec Ltd 2015 – to 2017
All aspects of company management including Project Manager on 2 LNG Modular Projects, with Cryogenic Insulation, self-contained including all writing tasks, Bid & Technical, Method & Risk Assessments, QA/QC, Contractual & Commercial, Claims Management. valued at over US$60Million.
Aspen Aerogel Inc. (Consulting) 2014 - to 2017
Manufacturer of Nano Technology Insulation. Sales and technical writing for methodology and specifications.
Product Applications Specialist
Trained Contractors in India in new Nanotechnology material. Demonstrated, & devised new method due to shortage of key fixing materials & tooling. Technical writing of methods to application instruction manuals.
Biche Trading Ltd. Director 1993-2014
Independent Agent, Quantity Surveyor, QA/QC, Project Manager, Agent, Contracts & Claims Manager.
Biche was my own company. I was during this period a Consultant, Agent, Project Manager, Labour Agent for various companies. My management and representation geared me to writing duties, along with Surveys, QA/QC, and Site Management in so many countries. I was in UAE, Qatar, KSA, Kuwait, Yemen, Malaysia, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Philippines and sometimes back in Europe. Since way back I've always been the go-to writer on call for Bid Writing, Technical, Method Statements, QA/QC Manuals, for Contractual Issues on Projects, for Sales and Marketing. I was assisting companies in China, Nigeria, Libya and Tunisia with written proposals, bids, tenders, and technical documentation.
Kaefer Group as Business Development Manager, Project Manager, Offshore Contracts Manager
Industrial Services, Multi-skilling International Contractor; Bid Writer, Tenders, Methods, Business Proposals.
Insultec Ltd as Project Manager, and Country Manager
International Multi Skilled Engineering Contractor; All Bid writing, Technical, Tenders and Claims.
J and J City Ltd as Senior Project Manager for Asbestos & Hazardous Waste
Construction & Demolition Contractor based in London. QA/QC Method Statements, Bid & Technical writing.
Other consultancies:
Sub Contract Manager (Nuclear and General Engineering Ltd) 2005-2006
Contracts Manager (Gill Insulations Ltd) 2003-2004
Retained Agent/Consultant (Rilco Mfg. Co. Inc.) 1995-2010
Retained Agent/Consultant (Pittsburgh Corning International) 1993-2008
QA/QC Manager Petrokemya/Project Manager (Willich Saudi Ltd) 1990-1993
EDUCATION
*B.Sc Engineering Management
GCE ‘O’ Levels
Economics ‘A’ Level
Courses in: -
*Web Copy 2.0
Verified by AWAI Copywriting
Simulated Copywriting Training
B2B Copywriting
QA/QC Management
QA/QC Assessor Courses.
Contracts Procurement,
Contracts Surveying & Administration
Insulation Training
Project Management
Health & Safety at Work
Asbestos & Hazardous Waste Management