DOUGLAS E METZNER THE ART AND SCIENCE OF INFORMATION

DERIVING NARRATIVE TRUTH IN DATA

ENABLED FOR TOP-NOTCH CONTENT, DESIGN AND DELIVERY.

Adept at breaking down disparate and brambly concepts, facts and figures into novel, fluidly connected elements.

Click below to receive a CV and current, customized portfolio (as of 2026, I’ve pulled this package offline due to “recruiting bots” and other acts of random data misappropriation). I use technology to simplify and elucidate all sorts of difficult content, then send it via state-of-the-art publishing environments. Quark and WordPress are my go-to content management systems. I am also an artificial intelligence power user since early 2023; as of now, it means AI is augmenting my processes and productivity almost every day of the week. I have helped create custom AI widgets for specific content creation and publishing processes using the latest pro versions of Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Writer AI, Grok (xAI) and others.

With a host of software and skills my capacity stretches from specialist support (collaborator level) to overseer (director / management / advisor level), built to fly solo or in winged formation with the editorial, production and design group. My career path is diffused over a complementary content creation field that blends writing and editing, in-depth research and analysis, desktop publishing and page layout/design, information design (including infographics) and a stack of finely-tuned communications skills. Idea generation and pattern recognition are major strengths.

Having taken a steady stream of jobs in the publishing, internet/media, asset management and entertainment industries since the 1990s, I know how to set up complex content with the proper tone, audience focus, regulatory environment and compliance framework. I tend to lean realistic, and futuristic wherever I can. I’ve also worked on web sites for small businesses, municipal governments, school systems and non-profits (educational/charitable organizations).

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Click below to receive the full résumé, references and other sundry details (including certifications and industry awards). In 2026 I’m under contract and combining several functions: senior-level writing and editing; deep research and analysis across a wide range of subjects; clean and effective editorial/layout design and assembly of statistical graphics/charts; publishing production; and think-tank style consulting and brainstorming.

My work receives thousands of page views or downloads every day and helps the business make money (it’s that simple), attract new clients, and retain current clients and institutional investors. I was the lead author on a web content team that won a prominent industry award for “Best Thought Leadership / White Paper Content of the Year.”

My days are split between the home office and the global headquarters of a major Silicon Valley-based asset management firm. I’m embedded within the following core groups: portfolio management and industry analysts, product strategy and CPMs, writing/editing and production teams, plus the peripheral research and design staff in other countries. Departmentally, it’s Investment Communications blended with Research & Analytics, Creative Services and Digital Publishing. I’m also embedded with the CIO and other executives as co-author or ghost writer, and have worked with a wide range of business consultants.

I possess a deep and intricate understanding of US and global economies, markets and current events, all financial asset classes and the ties that bind them. I have received Series 6 and Series 7 certifications (applies to the financial services sector only).

Acquired subject-matter expertise has surfaced in several niches, underscored by strength in information technology and dynamic technological innovation across all sectors; biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and health technology; commodities and natural resources (including energy and alternative energy, precious and base/industrial metals, rare earths and other critical or strategic metals/minerals); and utilities (e.g., electricity, gas, water, multi-utilities and renewables). With a creative and technical approach I’m able to develop content across any subject matter, sector or industry.

White papers and interesting “thought leadership” micro-sites are special challenge areas that keep me fully engaged at the moment.

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