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nDash Writer Profile for Dave Eagle

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Writer, Photographer

About Me

I'm a writer, photographer, and father, but not necessarily in that order. I spent 15 years in the tech industry, eight of them in a sales engineering capacity. This means that apart from designing enterprise-class IT solutions for multimillion dollar companies, I also had to explain the technology to C-level executives in non-technical and relatable ways. Writing about tech is my niche, though I have experience and expertise in a variety of topics.

Industries I Write About

Technology

Health & Wellness

Business

Lifestyle

My Writing Samples

Maybe I'm Just Too Demanding: When Restaurants Review Their Customers

Online review sites like Yelp have empowered consumers like never before, in terms of finding a place to eat and saying what they really think. But restaurant owners can use this to their advantage.

https://www.kounta.com/blog/restaurants-googling-customers

Some Assembly Required: Creating a Great Workflow For Your Cafe

Cafes and restaurants can be a chaotic place to work. With the right technology and planning, you can maintain an efficient workflow.

https://www.kounta.com/blog/creating-a-great-workflow

Sidekick to All the Light We Cannot See

Link to Amazon showing one of the 4 "sidekicks" of literary analysis I wrote for the company We Love Novels. I'm particularly proud of this one, mainly because it was the one book they asked me to read that was actually literature.

https://www.amazon.com/Sidekick-All-Light-Cannot-See/dp/1515063984/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468533095&sr=8-1&keywords=dave+eagle

Photographer Documents His Beloved Wife's Heartbreaking Battle With Cancer

This one got real, fast. Writing for a photography oriented website, I found this topic in my queue. This wasn't too long after I lost my father to cancer, and I just didn't have the heart to prattle on about photography. I'm pleased with the result.

http://www.picturecorrect.com/news/photographer-documents-his-beloved-wifes-heartbreaking-battle-with-cancer/

Experience

Freelance Writer

Expert wordsmith for hire, offering fixed price and hourly rates for writing projects large and small. Punctuation included at no extra charge. I can write about almost anything, and my natural curiosity makes me an excellent/thorough researcher. In the past few years, I've worked on a seriously diverse set of projects: * My IT/corporate background makes it possible for me to write about all software and hardware related topics. I've written app reviews, cloud computing guides, big data strategies—everything I swore I'd never do again. Every time I try to get out, they keep PULLING ME BACK IN! That said, I excel at communicating these topics in ways that are interesting and accessible for the non-technical. I'm currently the Content King for kounta.com, and have written for merchantmaverick.com, and eprofits.com in the past. * I was thrilled to be published by The Atlantic with a personal essay about a modern pitfall of parenting. I was even more ecstatic when a bunch of self-righteous know-it-alls lectured me over Twitter. And I was amused when my piece was written about for WNYC's "On the Media" microsite and published without any fact checking. * I love books. So I was pretty excited to take a gig in 2014 with the company "We Love Books" as a Literary Analyst. Getting paid to read, and then write about reading, was kind of a dream come true. My reader's guide to the National Book Award winning "All the Light We Cannot See" is something I'm particularly proud of. My guide to a Jack Reacher novel? Not so much. * I have 30 years of experience with photography, and some of my favorite gigs have been writing about the subject from both a technical and artistic perspective, for websites like picturecorrect.com and cameralends.com. * I've also ghostwritten books for others, which means I can't tell you who my clients were or what I did for them. You'll just have to trust me that I did it, and my clients were happy.

Company: Self Employed

I worked there from 6/2013 until now

Sales System Engineer

In 2001, I started with Regan Technologies as their one and only SSE. In 2005, I moved to a larger company called Consonus Technologies doing the same thing for more money and with much nicer people. Chief responsibilities included pre-sales engineering of hardware/software solutions (servers, storage, backup, disaster recovery, tc.), answering questions the sales force couldn't, and occasionally wearing a tie.

Company: Regan Technologies / Consonus Technologies

I worked there from 7/2001 until 7/2009

System / Network Administrator

Again, these are two different companies for whom I did essentially the same thing. Network installation and support, desktop installation and support, turning it off and then turning it back on again, generally speaking in a disdainful manner to people who didn't understand what I did.

Company: ATTI / University Hospital

I worked there from 2/1996 until 6/2001

Content I Write