About Molly Detwiler
Molly Shaffer Detwiler is a Northern California-based freelance
writer and editor with more than 30 years of corporate
communications experience.
She spent most of her career in Silicon Valley, where she held editorial
staff and communications management positions at high-technology
companies such as Oracle and Raychem. Most recently, she spent seven
years at Adobe, where she formed the software company's editorial
department and later led the packaging and collateral team.
Molly has been an independent marketing writer since 1998 and a Sonoma Valley
resident since 2002, serving a wide range of clients. She specializes in brochures,
annual reports, ads, feature articles, and Web content for the full breadth of
business audiences.
A native of Indiana, Molly earned a bachelor of science degree from Purdue
University, Krannert School of Management. She earned a master of fine arts
degree in writing from California College of the Arts in 2010. She is a past president
of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators,
member of the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce, and 2003 graduate of the
Chamber's Leadership Sonoma Valley program.
Employment History
Independent Writer/Editor 1998-present
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, California 1991-98
Department Manager, Packaging and Collateral
Editorial Manager, Creative Services
Editorial Manager, Application Products Division
Oracle Corporation, Redwood City, California 1989-91
Writing Services Manager, Corporate Communications
Neale-May & Partners, Mountain View, California 1987-89
Senior Writer and Account Executive
(Clients: Fujitsu America, Good Samaritan Hospital of Santa
Clara Valley, Businessland, Taliq, Metalaser Technologies)
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, California 1980-87
Writer/Editor, Communications and Design Center
Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, Georgia 1977-79
Assistant Manager, Education and Travel Councils
Professional Affiliations
Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Sonoma Valley Steering Committee, 2003-04
Leadership Sonoma Valley, Class of 2003
Member, 2003-present
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
President, Silicon Valley Chapter, 1991
Executive Board, Silicon Valley Chapter, 1986-87, 1990-92
Member, 1980-2002
Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California
Advisory Board Co-chair, Department of Communication, 2000-01
Advisory Board Member, Department of Communication, 1992-2001
Education
California College of the Arts (CCA), Graduate Writing Program, San Francisco, California
M.F.A. Fiction Writing, 2010
Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, Indiana
B.S. Management/Marketing, 1977
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