organization of special events such as networking meetings
general training, English and French language instruction and translation
Languages: spoken and written - English, French, Polish
Work Experience
Vice President & Partner, Cleghorn & Associates Ltd
Vice President & CFO Gesing Consultants Inc., consultants in technology development
Technical information coordinator, Huron Valley Steel Corporation, in charge of R&D documentation and technology tracking
President, Tailored Texts, a firm specializing in writing, editing, and organization of special events
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.
Publications
Windsor, Ontario publications such as The TIMES magazine and Windsor Business (1998-current)
RETScreen® ’Aide à la décision sur les énergies propres; H. P. Cleghorn, R. Gesing et al, 2005.
Are You Ready for the Year 2000?,Cutting Tool Engineering, September
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, September 1995.
Long-Term Prospects for Gold
Mining, Edited by Brian Mackenzie and Renka
Gesing, Centre for Resource Studies, September 1987.
Prospects for Minerals in the
'90s, Edited by Peter R. Richardson and Renka
Gesing, Centre for Resource Studies, November 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.
Professional Activities
Presntations and Training
RETScreen International Clean Energy Project Analysis Software, 2005, Valenciennes, France>
Canada's environmental technologies, Canadian Embassy, Paris, France, 2005
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (French) to NRCan French trainer Alcan (Kingston) laboratories, newsletter production (OCMR), Alcan Kingston R&D Ctr. Preparation of press kits and research proposals for Alupower on its aluminum/air battery technology.
Sales literature for Aroga Technologies Limited, distributors of assistive technology.
Editing and indexing Conference proceedings, books and reports, for Queen's University, Centre for Resource Studies.
Writing and editing internal Alcan reports on the future of ceramic automotive components and a user's manual for a cost modelling program.
Conference Planning/Organization
Registrar and Facilities Coordinator for events such as a Canadian Environmental Technology Showcase, held at the Air & Waste Management Exhibition in 1997 and the Annual Chemical Institute of Canada Conference, June 1985.
Registrar and Coordinator for OCMR's Annual Networking Meetings, organized to encourage communications between industry and academia, 1990 - 1997.
Business Program Coordinator for Clean Air 96, a tri-nation event to be held in Orlando, November 19-22, 1996.
World and national sailing championships for the International 505 racing sail boat.
Networking Activities
Assistant Coordinator. Mission of 6 Belgium
environmental firms to Americana '95, Montreal, Quebec, for networking meetings
with Canadian firms, 1995.
Assistant Coordinator. Networking meetings
for 15 Canadian environmental firms and U.S. firms, San Antonio AWMA Annual
Meeting & Exhibition, 1995.
Assistant Coordinator. Planning of networking
meetings between Canadian firms and international environmental firms for
major events such as GLOBE (Vancouver), Americana (Montreal), and Air &
Waste Management Association (throughout North America).
Professional Associations
Society for Technical Communication
(Chair of Web Committee for STC's Southeastern Michigan chapter)
