Independent practice
For organizations working with complex, scattered, or incomplete information.
Research • Interviews • Information Analysis • Professional & Technical Writing
“I take complicated information, find the important story inside it, and turn it into something people can understand and use.”
I help businesses and organizations investigate difficult questions, preserve important workplace knowledge, organize scattered information, and create professional documents people can understand and use.
Important knowledge should not disappear when experienced employees leave. I help organizations capture workplace knowledge, develop clear operating procedures, improve training documentation, and organize essential business information.
Services include employee interviews, knowledge capture, standard operating procedures, process documentation, and training reference materials.
Explore servicesWhen decisions depend on complicated or incomplete information, thorough investigation and clear reporting matter. I conduct research, interviews, document reviews, and information analysis to develop reliable professional reports.
Services include investigative research, factual research briefs, interview findings, white papers, and technical reports.
Explore servicesThe work
The situation
The information you need may be spread across records, reports, interviews, and the memories of experienced people. Some of it may be missing. You have pieces, but not yet a complete picture.
I research carefully, listen closely, and organize what I find—then write a clear document built for your specific decision, audience, or process.
Selected work & experience
Eleven years of field research with the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, involving approximately 90 occupational fatality investigations.
Read the full projectIndependent consulting engagement for the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, examining employer perspectives on hiring individuals participating in substance abuse rehabilitation.
Read the full projectInterviews with experienced maintenance personnel at a grey iron foundry to begin translating practical maintenance knowledge into written procedures.
Read the full projectEnvironmental and operational responsibilities at a grey iron foundry, including air and water-discharge reporting, hazardous-materials recordkeeping, brownfield oversight, and regulatory inspections.
Read the full projectServices
When you need reliable answers, I find and check the relevant sources and summarize what they show, what is missing, and why it matters.
The people closest to an issue often know the most. I interview them and report what they said, where they agree, and where they differ.
When important information is scattered across reports, interviews, and documents, I bring it together, identify what matters, and prepare clear findings that support informed decisions.
When experienced employees leave, important workplace knowledge can disappear with them. I interview employees, document how work is performed, and create practical reference materials that help preserve that knowledge.
When you need to explain an issue or make a case, I prepare well-organized, well-supported reports written for the people who will read them.
I turn existing research, interview notes, records, and rough drafts into clear, finished documents.
Method
Agree on the question, who the document is for, what sources exist, and how it will be used.
Review the material, research the topic, and interview the people who know it.
Sort out what the evidence shows, what is missing, and what matters most.
Provide a clear, well-organized document you can act on.
Organizations served
Law firms and consultants
Small and midsized businesses
Safety and environmental organizations
Healthcare and public-health organizations
Nonprofits
Universities and research organizations
Selected experience
My professional experience includes occupational fatality investigations, small-business workforce research, industrial process documentation, and environmental regulatory reporting.
Explore real projects to understand the research methods, interviewing experience, and professional documentation behind my work.
View selected workPricing
Every project is individually evaluated and priced according to its scope, complexity, and deliverables.
Before work begins, clients receive a written proposal outlining the agreed services, timeline, and total project fee.
No hourly billing. No open-ended fees. Any additional work requires written approval and an agreed fee.
Project inquiry
Whether you need an investigation, professional report, documented procedures, or help organizing critical business knowledge, let's discuss what your organization needs.
A brief initial conversation helps determine project fit and scope. All research, assessments, documentation, and other professional work are paid engagements.