Consultant Resume

1. NANCY S. LYONS
P.O. Box 230872 • Boston, MA 02123-0872
Cell (617) 999-0735 • Fax (425) 920-7412 • E-mail: nancysl@alumnae.smith.edu
OBJECTIVE
Consultant
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• 17 years of experience researching the following areas: defense, psychology, law,
medicine, securities, and computers.
• Ability to understand political events without “blinders” and see cause-and-effect
relationships. Good strategic sense.
• Strong computer background.
• Great honesty and integrity; can subordinate own desires to promote greater good.
• Interacted with officials at highest level.
RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH
• Submitted news leads to CBS’ 60 Minutes, resulting in their running related story.
• Searched and analyzed medical journal articles of personal interest on following topics:
phentermine/fenfluramine, fatty acids, heart attacks, herbs. Communicated findings to
physicians and ABC’s 20/20, resulting in ABC’s modification of news story.
• Analyzed government contract listings and other documents for trends, resulting in list
of targeted companies for National Economic Conversion Project.
• Identified and analyzed case law for Community Legal Services, resulting in resolution
of clients’ problems.
• Performed computerized statistical tests on psychological data at West Haven Veterans
Administration Hospital.
• Determined valuation and transfer procedures for stocks and bonds at Ropes & Gray
and Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelssohn.
INTERVIEWING
• Screened prospective consultants for National Economic Conversion Project, thus
forming roster.
• Interviewed psychiatric patients for reliability study at West Haven Veterans
Administration Hospital—my perceptions judged reliable.
• Designed questionnaires for defense contractors, trusts and estates clients at Ropes &
Gray, and ESL students at Somerville High School.
SPEAKING
• Solved computer technical support problems by telephone at Wang Laboratories.

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• Taught English As A Second Language at Somerville High School.
WRITING
• Documented political events of past twelve years.
• Co-authored published article on computerized statistical test at West Haven Veterans
Administration Hospital. See Educational and Psychological Measurement, volume
42, Number 1, pages 209-213.
• Drafted trust agreements at Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelssohn.
• Catalogued foreign and special versions of word processors at Wang Laboratories,
facilitating manufacturing and technical support.
• Designed brochure for National Economic Conversion Project.
• Wrote press releases for Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.
COMPUTERS
• Software—Windows 2000 and 95, Microsoft Office, Internet, SAS, and many more.
• Databases—Dialog, Lexis/Nexis, EyeQ, IBM infoMarket, Medline, PsycINFO,
Knowledge Express, Commerce Business Daily, EBSCO.
• Languages—Java, Basic, Fortran, PL/1.
• Installed, learned, and maintained own computer system. Documented problems for
technical support specialists.
WORK HISTORY
Consultant U.S. GOVERNMENT, Washington, DC
President and Founder NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONVERSION PROJECT, Swampscott, MA
Press Aide BOSTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Boston, MA
ESL Teacher SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, Somerville, MA
Estate Tax Accountant ROPES & GRAY, Boston, MA
Legal Assistant PROSKAUER, ROSE, GOETZ & MENDELSSOHN, New York, NY
Prior years: Computer Programmer at West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, CT;
Coordinator, WP Foreign and Special Versions, Wang Laboratories, Lowell, MA; Research Assistant,
Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, PA.
EDUCATION
B.A. Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Computer programming course in Java, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Computer programming course in PL/1 and PL/C, Boston University, Boston, MA
Legal assistant certificate, Boston University, Boston, MA
Graduate courses in psychology, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Course in counseling psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York,
NY