HEATHER A. MURCHISON, Ph.D. 2915 NE 52nd St., Apt. 201 Seattle, WA voice: (206)-985-8043 fax: (425)-671-0004 e-mail: hmurchis@msn.com Portuguese (Brazilian) into English Translator ATA Accredited, Portuguese into English (1999) Specialization: Scientific and Medical Native language: English (US) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: I have over 15 years of experience in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry which, combined with my experience in the biotechnology industry and my Portuguese language skills, allows me to translate highly technical materials. COMPUTER CAPABILITIES PC, MS Office XP including Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint; MS Visio, MS Publisher 2000, SDLX, HomeSite, familiarity with Trados, XML literate. TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION EXPERIENCE Have translated a wide variety of documents such as: * scientific papers * material data safety sheets * employee questionnaires * prescription drug labels * patient surveys * film scripts * monthly reports * birth certificates * school transcripts INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE 1998 –present Freelance translator, ATA accredited. Clients have included Commonwealth Language Services, Ltd., FACIT, Language Intelligence Ltd., Your Mother Tongue Ltd., TerraLingua, Inc. and others. Edited a large translation project for Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C. as a volunteer. MICROSOFT, INC., Redmond, WA (2001-2002) Localization Project Manager, Windows International January 2002 – April 2002 As a member of a team of LPMs working on localization of Help and Support Center (HSC), was responsible for working with the US teams and our internal and external partners to clarify and document localization processes for the different projects that feature HSC. Localization Project Manager, Windows International July 2001 – January 2002 Acted as maternity replacement for FTE for five months in the Windows International Team as contingent staff, assuming all of her duties and responsibilities. My duties included preparation of localization schedules, management of relationships with internal and external partners, management of relationships with US and International teams, preparation and handoff of relevant localization materials, management of databases for localization bugs, and quality control of localized products. BARD DIAGNOSTIC SCIENCES, INC., Redmond, WA (1995-1997) Senior Project Leader, New Leads (1996-1997) Responsibilities: Identified potential licensing opportunities, performed initial evaluations and negotiations; organized and presented group findings to company. Designed and implemented systems and strategies for identifying and reviewing technologies available for license in cancer diagnostics. Represented BDS marketing department at American Association for Cancer Research national meeting in April 1997. Project Leader, R&D, member BTATM stat R&D team (1996) Completed development of BTA stat product, with two other team members, under GMP requirements in under two years. Product granted FDA approval in April 1997. Project Leader, R&D, Reagents Group (1995) Definitively identified BTA stat and BTA TRAKTM antigen by developing and performing functional assays and obtaining N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences. Antigen identity key to patent position. BIOCONTROL SYSTEMS, INC., Bothell, WA (1993-1995) Senior Research Scientist, R&D, Project Leader Listeria AssuranceTM EIA Responsibilities: Project leader for the Listeria Assurance EIA, a kit for food microbiological testing. Responsibilities included supervision of staff microbiologist, improvement of assay performance, technical support for the existing kit, customer support, and development of new products/technologies. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE University of Washington, Department of Chemistry, Seattle, WA (1993) Postdoctoral Associate, Nucleic Acid Purification. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (1990-1993) Postdoctoral Associate, Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (1984-1989) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry. EDUCATION Ph.D., Chemistry (1989) Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ B. Sc., Chemistry (1984) University of Maryland, College Park, MD AFFILIATIONS American Translators Association: Accredited Portuguese to English. Member of Portuguese Division (ATA) Northwest Organization of Translators and Interpreters (NOTIS) ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Co-editor, PLData, Newsletter for the Portuguese Language Division of the American Translator’s Association Guest Lecturer, University of Washington Software Localization Program, Spring 2002 Presented two talks at American Translators Association Annual Meeting, Nov 31-Dec 2nd, 2001: “Dinosaur Cloning 101” and “Software Localization at the University of Washington”. Adjunct Faculty, Translation and Interpretation Institute, Summer Quarter 2002. REFERENCES Available on request