Patrick Dutcher

Buckingham Dr | Santa Clara, Calif. | pdutcher at gmail dawt com

Writer, front-end web developer and e-communications specialist who multitasks with ease and thrives under deadline. Demonstrates an exceptional talent for written communication and an ability to accurately develop compelling articles and messaging. Proven track record as a self starter who always remains professional under pressure while simultaneously demonstrating reliability and flexibility in any situation.

Technical Skills

Professional Experience

Contract communications positions with Sacred Heart Community Service, one of the South Bay's best established non-profits, and Roche Molecular Diagnostics, a developer of assays based on polymerase-chain reaction technology.

• Successfully worked with a team of communicators to raise the Sacred Heart's media profile and managed outside developers to build a new website for the organization. As a result of our efforts, we tripled the amount of donations collected for the critical fall back-to-school backpack program and generated dozens of media hits including stories on virtually every local television newscast.
• Currently migrating Roche Molecular Diagnostics' corporate website to a new wireframe design built on a SharePoint platform. Building pages and reworking content.

Developed and executed online internal communications plans for a 1,000-employee pharmaceutical research center. Managed the campus intranet and related intranet properties.

• Successfully led a project to redesign the campus intranet improving the flow of important information to site employees.
• Developed and executed an email campaign on behalf of the site president addressing Roche's $47 billion merger with Genentech. The emails were frequently praised by employees and proved effective in communicating critical information.

City Editor for the Mirror's weekly 50,000-circulation Sterling Heights newspaper.

• Effectively managed contributing writers, photographers and copy editors to build a newspaper noted in the community for it willingness to tackle difficult issues.
• Typically wrote more than 10 stories every week in addition to other duties.

Education