John C. P. Boylan
PO Box 45672, Seattle, WA 98145 | (206) 601-9848 | jcpboylan@gmail.com
Summary
A logical, efficient, and entrepreneurial writer, editor, and project manager, with extensive and broad-based experience in developmental editing and copyediting, writing, strategic planning, people management, and marketing. An adept communicator, team motivator, and meeting facilitator.
Key Accomplishments
Launched, produced content for, and managed 11 technical websites for software developers across 10 years at Microsoft. The largest, the Visual Studio Developer Center, had 3 million monthly page views and 1.5 million monthly unique visitors.
Led a successful cross-team project to consolidate nine Microsoft websites into one, as part of an evolving strategy.
Created and produced 9e2, a nine-day festival of art, science, and technology, with a budget of $200,000.
Wrote, edited, and marketed nonpartisan candidate guides aimed mostly at college students.
For more than 15 years, have produced a popular conversation series on science, technology, art, and politics, with more than 400 guest speakers: designers, artists, scientists, activists, writers, and others.
Content Production and Management
Independent Consultant (Seattle, WA)—2014 to Present
Provide services in editing, writing, project management, communications, web publishing, and strategic planning.
Most recently, wrote, edited, and marketed nonpartisan candidate guides for the Campus Election Engagement Project.
Site Manager, MICROSOFT (Redmond, WA)—2004 to 2014
Managed websites for software developers, including the Visual Studio Developer Center, with 3 million monthly page views and 1.5 million monthly unique visitors.
Handled content creation, strategic planning, UX design, metrics analysis, site maintenance, and page prototyping.
Launched 11 websites; directed content planning, information architecture, design, cross-team coordination, production, and fulfillment scheduling.
Site Management Projects
Led a cross-team project to reduce the number of MSDN Visual Studio software development forums from 94 to 45. Worked with content stakeholders, a production team, and a forums support team. Planned the project to eliminate any disruption of service for customers.
Managed the consolidation of nine websites into one. Led planning, production, scheduling, and cross-team communication.
Coordinated a weekly education series for site managers, with training in tools, technologies, procedures.
Technical Editor, MICROSOFT (Redmond, WA)—1999 to 2004
Edited and produced technical articles about software development using Microsoft technologies and platforms.
Collaborated across departments on content creation.
Co-produced software architecture forums at Microsoft developer conferences.
Cultural Production
Founder and Director, 9e2 Seattle LLC (Seattle, WA)—2015 to Present
Produce events that examine the intersections of art, science, technology, and society.
In 2019 produced a one-day forum on developments in science and technology and their implications for art and performance.
In 2016 created and produced 9e2, a nine-day festival exploring art, science, and technology. Hired and managed a staff of two, with a $200,000 budget.
9e2 included 15 installations, one nine-person group exhibit, and 14 unique performances, along with lectures and discussions.
9e2 featured the participation of seven universities, two STEM schools, and six companies, and covered such technologies as VR, AR, EEG, depth sensing, and machine learning.
Coordinator, studio99, MICROSOFT Research, (Redmond, WA)—2015 to 2016
Managed an international artist-in-residence program, producing artist events and exhibits, and introducing the artists to local resources and opportunities.
Produced an ongoing lecture series focusing on art and technology and a weekly luncheon discussion series
Education
Master of Arts in Communications, University of Washington
Thesis: “The New York Times in Tiananmen Square: Developing Context and Definition in Cross-Cultural Journalism”
Coursework GPA: 3.75
Thesis Grade: 4.0
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Arts in History, Pennsylvania State University
Community Engagement
Conversation Producer (Seattle, WA)—2000 to present
Produce and moderate a monthly series of public roundtable discussions about art, politics, science, and technology. Guests have included more than 400 of Seattle's most engaging artists, writers, scientists, and others.
Board Member, Arts Corps (Seattle, WA)—2007 to 2016
Served as a member of the board of directors of Arts Corps, the largest nonprofit arts educator in the Seattle region, with an emphasis on service to low-income youth and youth of color.