Résumé for Kathleen A. Gorski

5572 Donegal Road
Hubertus, Wisconsin 53033
Voice: (262) 628-1672
Fax: (262) 628-1339
Email: kgorski@flynncreek.com  
or kgorski@execpc.com

 

Background Summary

TECHNICAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE with 18 years of accomplishments in the biotechnology field, in both academia and private industry. Demonstrated strengths include:

 

Creation of technical marketing tools	Management of international groups
Leadership and team-building	Strategic and tactical planning
Project management	Scientific technical support
Coordination of market research	Merger-related projects

Professional Experience

FLYNN CREEK BIOCONSULTING, Hubertus, WI  
2000 to present

Consulting firm providing the bioscience community with tools and services in technical and marketing communications, market research, and business and project planning.

Principal Consultant
 

AMERSHAM PHARMACIA BIOTECH, Milwaukee, WI 
1987 to mid-1999

World-leading supplier of biotechnology systems to scientists in the pharmaceutical industry and academia.

Acting Director of Marketing Programs / Acting Editor / 
Manager of Integration Projects
1998 to mid-1999

Led a post-merger international group in developing both technical and promotional communications. Directed cross-functional teams in creating technical marketing tools. Managed editorial group.

• Managed a department of 22 with members in the U.S., U.K., and Sweden, achieving ambitious goals during critical start-up phase.
• Led a team to prepare a successful proposal for an innovative publishing system, projected to save $1 million per year.
• Managed cross-functional teams in creating guidelines and design templates for all technical and promotional marketing support tools including customer journals and product/promotional literature, within aggressive timeframe.
• Established corporate editorial function focusing on quality standards and style guidelines.
• Participated in the development of new Web site, recognized as one of the best in the industry.

Director of Scientific Communication and Support 
(at pre-merger Pharmacia Biotech)
1996 to 1998

Managed group of nine based in both Sweden and the U.S. responsible for catalog production, technical literature, Web site, customer journals, and various other projects.

• Established and led an international group to provide value-added support to the company’s wide range of products.
• Used extensive market research to revamp the company’s technical marketing tools, resulting in an increase in customer awareness and satisfaction.

Manager of International Technical Support 
(at pre-merger Pharmacia Biotech)
1987 to 1996

Managed up to eight professional staff including technical specialists, technical writers, and graphic designer. Responsible for handling all technical inquiries from regional offices and for producing the technical and marketing support literature for locally produced products.

• Recognized for providing the highest level of internal customer satisfaction and quickest turnaround time for resolution of customer problems.
• Spearheaded the transfer of technical marketing for locally produced products to the Milwaukee facility from the European headquarters; created positions of technical writer and graphic designer within group; and raised standards for quality and output.
   

UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, Geneva, Switzerland 
1983 to 1986

A large international university with a wide range of programs in the sciences.

Graduate Student, Department of Molecular Biology
 

BIOGEN, Geneva, Switzerland 
1982 to 1983

The world’s oldest independent biotech company, using the tools of biotechnology to develop pharmaceutical products.

Research Technician
 

BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL, Geneva, Switzerland 
1978 to 1982

Global business publishing firm, now part of the The Economist Intelligence Unit of The Economist magazine.

Head Copy Editor, Eastern Europe
 

BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, Glasgow, Scotland 
1977

Scotland’s premier cancer research enterprise.

Research Technician

 

Education

M.S., Molecular Biology, 1985, University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

One and one-half years in Ph.D. program at University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

B.S., Chemistry, cum laude, 1975, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Professional Affiliations

Society for Technical Communication

Council of Science Editors

Iota Sigma Pi (honorary society for women in science)

Phi Lambda Upsilon (honorary chemical society)

Publications

Gorski, K., Roch, J.M., Prentki, P. and Krisch, H.M., The Stability of Bacteriophage T4 Gene 32 mRNA: A 5' Leader Sequence That Can Stabilize mRNA Transcripts. Cell 43, 461 (1985).

Gorski, K., Carneiro, M. and Schibler, U., Tissue-Specific in vitro Transcription From the Mouse Albumin Promoter. Cell 47, 767 (1986).

  

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