540-908-2309 damaya@comcast.net donna@blueridgemediatranscripts.com Donna Amaya Objective I desire to use my ample skills to create an environment of open communication and enrichment for all involved in the community or endeavor. Experience 2004 to present LiveWorld, Inc. (virtual) San Jose, CA Senior Moderator – Latino Community • Resource person for team of 12 moderators, QA on team production. • Standard moderation for TOS and community standards for a variety of clients. • Topical moderation in political, parenting, cooking and recipe and health and beauty forums. 2002 - present Freelance Virtual Transcription • Transcription for pre-production TV footage, oral histories, interviews, podcasts, webcasts, earnings calls, insurance loss statements. 2002 - 2004 Working Solutions (virtual) Plano, TX Data Entry/Live Events • Moderation of live events. • Data entry for a variety of clients. 1990 - 2002 Wampler Foods/Pilgrim’s Pride Broadway, VA Production Supervisor • Supervised 115 person breast deboning department. • Reduced cost per manhour from $0.22 to $0.13. • Increased productivity from 2,400#/hr to 6,000#/hr Education 1979–1981 Penn State University Abington, PA • Bio-chem/Pre veterinary medicine Interests Cub Scouts, Smithland PTO, Virginia Virtual Assistants, Missing in America Project. References Available on request. Freelance References Dan likes the idea of having experts as part of our Web site, so we may be adding some features like podcasts and transcriptions of them later this summer. I’ll keep in touch. You are definitely my “go to woman” when I have another project like this. Thanks so much for your exceptionally fine work. Take care, Amy -- Amy Tomczyk Blue Zones ********* Donna, I love the transcripts. They are clear, accurate and first rate. THANKS! Phil Philip Napoli Assistant Professor ********** Hi Donna, This is just terrific. Exactly what I needed. I shall certainly have more interviews to transcribe in months to come, and I hope you will be available to transcribe. I'm sure they won't be recorded, like the Saba one, on the move in Namibia. All the best, Sandy Mitchell ******** Hi Donna, I have checked the file. Your work is by far the most accurate, precise, neat and satisfactory from most of the transcribers! You have done a superb job, in fact it's outstanding, Excellent! Thanks a lot! You have done a great job. Himanshu ********* I would say that Donna is one of THE BEST Transcribers that one could find. Her work on English Language Transcription was the most outstanding work I ever received from any transcriber till date. In fact, it was Excellent, just Superb! I will keep working with her as long as she is willing to. Thanks for the great job! Excellent Jobs *********** Donna was great. Friendly, quick to respond and provided us with exactly what we needed: great, fast, accurate transcripts. You really can't go wrong with Donna! We will be using her again for sure. James Milner-Smyth ********** Donna: That's fine. I'll work on getting some more sound files to you. You're doing a great job of getting the narrative down word for word. I have several people working on this project and you're doing the best of all of them. Keep up the good work! Thanks again, Diane ************