Company Background
The Executive Writer is a business-writing training company that shows businesspeople the rules-free, intuitive approach to writing that experienced, professional writers self-discover after years of practicing their craft. The Executive Writer approach is spelled out in Kevin Ryan's book, Write Up the Corporate Ladder, which is the basis of the writing seminars he has taught to small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies across the U.S.
About the Principal
Kevin Ryan, Ph.D., President of The Executive Writer, has been a writing instructor and freelance writer for more than 15 years. His writing-training clients include American Express, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Procter & Gamble, United Way, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Kevin's freelance-writing clients include, Cisco Systems, Dial Corp, Children's Miracle Network and 3M Health Systems. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, PC Magazine, The Iowa Review, Business Communication Quarterly, and other national publications. Kevin is the former co-editor of Quarterly West magazine, and taught writing for more than eight years at the University of Utah, California State University at Northridge, and Santa Monica College. He holds a Ph.D. in Writing & Literature from the University of Utah, and an M.A. and B.A. in English from U.C.L.A. Kevin is the author of the business-writing book, Write Up the Corporate Ladder (AMACOM Books). His business background and academic experience place The Executive Writer courses among the most effective in the business-writing field.
