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Renka
Gesing
Experience
in:
- business
and technical writing and editing
- documentation
management
- technology
tracking
- organization
of special events such as networking meetings
- general
training, English and French language instruction
and translation
Positions
held:
- Vice
President & CFO Gesing Consultants Inc. (current)
- Vice
President & Partner, Cleghorn
& Associates Ltd., a firm specializing in
environmental management and strategic alliance networking
(current)
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Technical information coordinator, Huron Valley Steel
Corporation
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President, Tailored Texts, a firm specializing in
writing and editing
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Communications officer & newsletter editor and
writer, Ontario Centre for Materials Research (now
part of Materials and Manufacturing Ontario)
- Alcan
International, Kingston Research and Development Centre;
Newsletter writer and editor; assistant to manager
of personnel; manager and instructor for Alcan's French
language program
Education
MA
French Language, Pennsylvania State University (1975-1977)
Writing
& editing:
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Editing of journal publications and presentations
for Gesing Consultants Inc.
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Editing for Huron Valley Steel Corp.: user manual
for eddy-current separators, internal reports, presentations
on sorting of automotive scrap
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All aspects of newsletter production - including writing,
editing, layout and design, desktop publishing and
photography - for organizations such as the Ontario
Centre for Materials Research (OCMR), Alcan's Kingston
Research & Development Centre, the Thyroid Foundation
of Canada and various volunteer and sports organizations
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Preparation and editing of press kits and research
proposals for Alupower, a company developing products
using aluminum/air battery technology
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Editing and indexing of conference proceedings, books
and reports, for Queen's University, Centre for Resource
Studies
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Writing and editing of internal Alcan reports on the
future of ceramic automotive components, a user's
manual for a cost-modeling program.
Publications:
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Windsor, Ontario publications such as The
TIMES magazine and Windsor
Business (1998-current)
- RETScreen®
International : Centre d’aide à la décision
sur les énergies propres; H. P. Cleghorn, R.
Gesing, A. Monarque, Gregory J. Leng, S. Graham, S.
Higgins, Présentation à TIC21, Valenciennes,
France, le 3 fevrier 2005
-
Are You Ready for the Year 2000?, Cutting Tool Engineering,
Sept. 1998
- Current
trends and shifting demands within the C&D industry,
Wastenot: a quarterly publication on cost-effective
sustainable construction and demolition, Winter 1997
- Marketing
Green Products: A Canadian Perspective, with Harry
P. Cleghorn, Environmental Manager, Vol. 1, Sept.
1995
- Long-Term
Prospects for Gold Mining, Edited by Brian Mackenzie
and Renka Gesing, Centre for Resource Studies, 1987
- Prospects
for Minerals in the '90s, Edited by Peter R. Richardson
and Renka Gesing, Centre for Resource Studies, 1988
- Profile
Kingston, feature writing, 1985 - 1996
- Law-Base-I,
Reference Manual (for law office management software),
Micro Office Systems Co., Toronto, 1988
- Keep
it simple sailor: Easy cooking for people who love
to eat, with Mariella C.C. Morrin, Kingston Yacht
Club, 1996
Presentations
& training:
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RETScreen International Clean Energy Project Analysis
Software, Feb. 4, 2005, presentation at TIC21, a conference
specializing in information and communication technologies
for implementing sustainable development
- Speaker
on Canada's environmental technologies for Economic
& Commercial Section, Canadian Embassy, Paris,
Feb. 1, 2005
- Seminar
in French for Energy, Mines and Resources personnel;
in Ottawa, under contract with Concord Environmental,
on the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
- French
language instruction to Alcan's senior professional
staff in the Kingston laboratories
- Computer
skills, communications skills development and French
language training to secondary school and university
students
Professional
Association:
Society
for Technical Communication
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