Molly S. Detwiler

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Molly Detwiler

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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 is currently studying fiction writing in the Graduate Writing

Program at California College of the Arts and is on track to earn her master of fine arts degree

in May 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, Graduate Writing Program, San Francisco, California

Currently Enrolled, Candidate to Receive M.F.A. Fiction Writing, May 2010

 

Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, Indiana

B.S. Management/Marketing, 1977