Curriculum vitae
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Personal details
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Clive |
Pollard |
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Address |
56 Chessington Way |
Kingsley |
WA 6026, Australia |
clive@ceepol.com |
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Website |
Employment experience
| 7/99 - 3/00 | Excerpta
Medica Medical Communications Almere, Netherlands |
Strategic Publications Planning Executive working on pharmaceutical company contract for drug-related scientific publications. Part-time. |
| 6/87 - 6/96 | SPECS
and BioSPECS Den Haag, Netherlands |
Started as part-time database consultant to establish SPECS as going concern. Later as co-director to establish BioSPECS. Travelled widely contacting producers and customers. Last 2 years, as co-director of ViVaio, established new business and strategy planning. |
| 6/77 - 5/87 | Elsevier Science Publishers Amsterdam, Netherlands | Member of Editorial Secretariat of biochemical journal, BBA - organizing refereeing of biochemical papers by scientific experts; editorial advice on content and layout; acquisition of scientific articles on cancer research; contact with world experts |
| 10/71 - 9/73 | Kennedy
Institute of Rheumatology London, U.K. |
Senior
laboratory technician in Biochemistry Dept. - research
into cartilage/connective tissue diseases (in cooperation with Imperial College, London). One research paper published in 1973 in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. |
| 10/70 - 9/71 | National
College of Food Technology Weybridge, U.K. |
Senior
laboratory technician in Biochemistry Dept. - preparation
of materials and demonstrations for practical classes; independent research in yeast enzymes. |
| 10/66 - 9/70 | Beecham Research Labs. Dorking, U.K. | Laboratory
technician in Allergy Dept. - study of compounds responsible for penicillin allergy. |
Education
| 10/73 - 6/76 | Royal
Holloway College (University of London) Egham, Surrey, U.K. |
Research for Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Dutch doctoraal) - project on rat steroid metabolism and the effect of male/female sex hormones. |
| 10/66 - 6/69 | Ewell
Technical College Ewell, Surrey, U.K. |
Passed Institute of Biology examinations in Biochemistry Parts 1 & 2 (similar to Dutch Drs diploma) |
| '60 - '65 | Andover
Grammar School Andover, Hampshire, U.K. |
Passed 7 G.C.E. O-levels & 3 A-levels |
Additional relevant information
| CeePol consultancy | In 1987, set up one-man company, CeePol, Consultancy for Information and Language, with intention to work with small companies to set up administration databases and assist Dutch companies with their writing of good English text. 3 companies in Hague area took advantage of service. For SPECS eventually became co-director (see under employment). |
| Completed
many writing projects for large pharmaceutical company,
including writing manual of Standard Operating
Procedures, correcting and writing drug dossiers, and
correcting articles written in English by Dutch
scientists. Wrote script for video film on operation procedure for CD-ROM manufacturing machine, for major electronic company. Wrote script for secret video film for Dutch Army on surveillance devices. For translation bureau, completed very long and complex manual on Teletext programme. Translated and wrote many technical texts, from waste disposal to contact lenses to transport and logistics, and many other fields. Wrote many articles, from interviews and briefings, for magazines and Newsletters. Wrote and corrected English text of Intranet site for large petroleum company. Worked with Internet Web-site building company on English text for main site of European branch of world-renowned consumer electronics company. Wrote sponsor brochure for entertainment company and IT training company. Many of above projects in cooperation with English Text Company. |
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| Hobbies, interests | Squash,
as player and referee; running, cycling, travelling;
music, reading. Travelled in Africa (Zimbabwe/Botswana) on four occasions on private safaris, and also to many other (exotic) locations. |