Laura C. Alessi
Via Oulx 8 16 Emil Lane10139 Turin ITALY Garnerville, NY 10923
+39 392 7390212
EXPERIENCE
SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR
Spring 2003 – present
- Translate highly specialized documents for companies, foundations and individuals (see list on page 3).
- Design and sell products and prints featuring my photos in an online store (
POLITECNICO DI TORINO– Project Manager, Turin, Italy
Fall 2002 – Summer 2005
Manage high profile national and international projects for the Technological Innovation Research Group (GRIT). Projects deal with mainly with legal/economic aspects of technological innovation and are funded by organizations such as the European Commission, the European Patent Office & Italian Ministries.
- Translated and corrected scientific articles, project related material and other documents.
- Responsible for coordinating projects and external communications for the group from proposal drafting to maintaining outside contacts.
- Website design and upkeep for GRIT and other related individuals and entities.
- Conference organization.
WALL STREET/ BRITISH ENGLISH SCHOOLS,Italy
Summer 2001 – Fall 2002
- Taught English to people of all levels in companies, public schools and individually.
MILLER SAMUEL, INC. – Research Assistant for Real Estate Appraisals, New York, NY
Winter 2000 – Summer 2001
- Provided data and reference materials for real estate appraisal reports.
- Coordinated general office activity and assembled reports.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - Web Design /Computer Lab Supervisor, Ann Arbor
Fall 1997 – Winter 2000
- Researched topics for materials and designed interactive teaching websites accordingly.
- Worked with faculty to plan and implement usage of language software in the classroom.
- Supervised operation of computer lab and assistedboth students and professors with specific technical issues.
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bachelor of Arts – Italian language and literature – December 2000
Graduated early with University Honors
Studied business Spanish & global communications in a studyabroad program in Salamanca, Spain
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Introductory Course to Intellectual Property Rights
LANGUAGES
ITALIAN – conversational fluency, written proficiency, reading proficiency
SPANISH –conversational skills, reading proficiencyFRENCH – reading knowledge
COMPUTER SKILLS
Web Page Design (HTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe PhotoShop, basic CSS/mySQL/js), Microsoft Office and Project, FileMaker, Microsoft Sharepoint, Lotus QuickPlace
MAIN TOPICS OF ITALIAN – ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
Technical – web sites, multilingual catalogs, user manuals, help files for programmes, articles for journals
Scientific – articles for high profile scientific journals, research projects and proposals
Political – speeches for international conferences
Financial/economic – studies, reports and benchmarks for European Commission, Finlombarda S.p.A., Polytechnic of Turin
Legal – decrees, letters, projects on intellectual property rights, birth/marriage certificates, projects for European Commission