Wil Cather

Work
Experience

141 Lambden Ave, Winchester, VA 22601

540.422.0813 | wecatheriii@gmail.com

Self-Employed
Freelance Market Research Analyst

Winchester, VA

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

Development Associate

Winchester, VA

Fahrenheit 212, an Innovation Consultancy

Business Development Associate

New York, NY

UT Plant Resources Center, Herbarium

Curatorial Assistant

Austin, TX

Write analytical reports for lead market researchers and moderators contracted by companies in several
industries, including consumer packaged goods, appliances, fitness and pharmaceuticals
Synthesize insights from video and audio recordings of focus groups and ethnographic interviews to answer
a projects research questions

Oct 14 - Present
Apr 13 - May 14

May 14 - Sept 14

Developed plan for new membership cards that integrated barcode technology with POS software and Raisers Edge
Provided support to Director of Development and Development Committee of the Board of Directors,
including creation and maintainance of a website for the Board of Directors
Oversaw donor database management, including updates to major gift prospect information, contacts, and solicitations
Coordinated the production and distribution of donor communications, such as solicitations, acknowledgments, and
donor newsletter

Jan 11 - Apr 13

Identified prospects for new business partnerships through research across a range of media
Supported CEO by writing industry reports and briefs on prospects to highlight relevant financial information
Implemented efficiencies in prospect management, such as automation of tasks with VBA coding in Excel and
initiation of a CRM system
Established program for regular audits of prospect database to clean and analyze data as well as to
generate descriptive statistics and summary reports for new business strategy development
Managed logistics for quarterly communications to 10,000+ prospects by administerng timelines for content
development and distribtution, which included supervision of temp staffing
Designed an Access database to store and analyze workflow data for company projects

Sept 09 - May 10

Prepared and mounted plant specimens for accession into herbarium collection
Entered specimen metadata, including taxonomy and provenance information, into database

UT Philosophy Department Austin, TX

Teaching Assistant

Sept 08 - Jan 09

Shoreline Bar & Grill

Valet

Mar 07 - May 10

Conducted three weekly discussion sections for undergraduate students in the Plan II Honors program
Graded student work according to instructor guidelines
Maintained regular office hours to provide individual students assistance with writing and weekly reading assignments

Austin, TX

Provided courteous customer service, tending to patrons motor vehicles in a safe manner

Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA

Cataloger and Assistant to Proprietor

Winchester, VA

Winchester Public Schools

Substitute Teacher

Winchester, VA

Aug 05 - Feb 07

Cataloged bibliographic information for an inventory of rare books and ephemera related to American Social History
Conducted research with online and print resources to aid in the description, pricing, acquisition and disposal of materials
Managed inventory both virtually with an online database and physically at an off-site storage facility
Maintained professional demeanor while providing customer service via written correspondence, telephone and in person

Sept 04 - Jun 05

Administered lesson plans for classes of various subjects and grade levels while following school guidelines

Winslow McCagg, Carpenter

Laborer/Assistant

Millwood, VA

Winchester United Soccer

Under-13 Soccer Coach

Winchester, VA

Sept 03 - Sept 04

Maintained worksite for a renovation carpenter, performing demolition, material acquisition, and cleaning
Followed simple to moderately complex instructions for framing projects

Aug 03 - Jun 04

Developed and implemented practice routines and game plans for a club soccer team of boys under age 13
Organized and led team meetings with parents and/or youth

University Transit Service

Bus Driver

Charlottesville, VA

Followed strict schedules while operating transit buses on various service routes and charters
Provided safe and courteous customer service to several hundred passengers per day
Received departmental recognition for safety record

Jun 01 - Jun 03

Wil Cather
Volunteer
Experience

141 Lambden Ave, Winchester, VA 22601

540.422.0813 | wecatheriii@gmail.com

Stewart Bell, Jr Archives Winchester, VA

Oral History Research

May 13 - Apr 14

Diverse Arts Culture Works

Volunteer

Feb 09 - Feb 10

Conducted oral history interviews with Winchester-Frederick County residents, both temporary and permanent,
who have been invovled with the local apple industry
Currently processing over 60 hours of audio and 40 hours of video for deposit at the Archives and use in local
history materials of the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society

Austin, TX

Conducted research on the music history of East Austin, a predominantly African-American district, from 1945 to 1968
Created an interactive map with HTML and CSS to present original research regarding the history of the music
venues in the district
Developed a plan to improve usability and add functionality to organizations new web site
Researched and reported on prospective corporate and foundation donors for the organizations programs

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

Tour Facilitator

Austin, TX

Texas Music Museum

Volunteer

Austin, TX

Feb 09 - Oct 09

Improved interpersonal skills through the dialogue facilitation training required of tour guides for the exhibit Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America through Galveston Island
Guided tours and encouraged visitors engagement with content and other visitors

Feb 08 - Aug 08

Created finding aids for unique items in museums video collection

Researched grant opportunities for collection preservation, relying on print and digital resources at Regional Foundation Library

Education
Formal

University of Texas Austin, TX

Sept 07 - May 10

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA

Sept 97 - May 02

Lord Fairfax Community College

Middletown, VA

Jan 96 -/- May 15

Center for Documentary Studies

Durham, NC

MS in Information Studies with a Graduate Portfolio in Museum Studies

BA in the Classics with a minor in Comparative Literature that focused on Latin, Attic Greek and German
Includes prerequisites: EDU 200 [= EDUC 300] and PSY 230 [= GPSYC 160]

Education

Career
Development

Courses in Documentary Studies, including an intensive institute for producing narrative audio pieces

Texas Historical Commission Austin, TX

June 09

UT Summer Statistics Institute

May 08

Texas Grant Writing two-day grant writing workshop at the Regional Foundation Library

Austin, TX

Two weeklong intensive courses: Questionnaire and Survey Analysis and Introduction to SPSS

Cat Tail Run Bookbinding Winchester, VA

Series of five two-day courses in bookbinding and basic conservation techniques

Goethe-Institut Berlin, Germany

Intensive 4-week course; certificate through A2.2

Skills

Summer 10

May Oct 06
May 04

Intermediate/Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite and several relational database applications
Experience with digital audio equipment and software (e.g. Pro Tools and Audacity) to conduct and edit inter views
Experience with bookbinding and book conser vation techniques and hand tools
Intermediate reading proficiency in German, Latin and Ancient Greek
Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED Certification