LINDA LOCKWOOD

2356 N. Cambridge Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60614

773-316-4013(Cell)

l_lockwood71@hotmail.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Information Specialist/Research Librarian with experience providing industry and corporate information, legal research, executive searches, competitive intelligence reports, due diligence searches, and article searches on a wide variety of topics. Skilled in supporting analysts and attorneys with detailed information in a timely fashion. Provided competitive intelligence reports for client. Did library marketing by sitting in on department meetings, providing current awareness services and put together a library newsletter telling the attorneys what was new in the library. I did collection development as well as providing information on what was new in the way of databases. I provided one-on-one-database training.

EXPERIENCE

TALENT INTELLIGENCE, Chicago, Illinois 02/2008-Present

RESEACH ASSOCIATE

Talent Intelligence is a human capital consulting firm providing

succession planning and leadership risk management.

•Located individuals that had particular credentials for financial

services client.

•Researched Latin American banks.

•Put together the competitive intelligence report for the client.

EDDIE BAUER, Chicago, Illinois 10/2007- 02/2008

Seasonal Sales Associate

HOBART WEST AND C.BERGER GROUP, Chicago, Illinois 2006-2007

Worked various temp assignments for them at law firms doing

reference and research.

VANDER WEELE GROUP LLC, Chicago, Illinois 2005 - 2006

INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCHER

•Locating individuals.

•Campaign financing.

•Chicago Public Schools.

•Emergency preparedness

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INFOCURRENT and C.BERGER, Chicago, Illinois 2005

Worked various temp assignments for them at law firms doing reference and research.

BANK ONE CORPORATION, Chicago, Illinois 1999 - 2004

SENIOR INFORMATION SPECIALIST, CORPORATE RESEARCH CENTER

•Provided detailed information on a wide variety of companies, industries, executives to underwriters, investment and business analysts .

•Utilized Lexis-Nexis to gather and disseminate relevant news and articles on IPO’s, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital deals, etc. to clients. Results in $40M deal for one business analyst.

•Prepared competitive intelligence reports which included a company overview, financials, information on the top executives, article searches, competitors, and litigation, utilizing Lexis-Nexis, Factiva, Thomson’s Research Bank, S & P, Moody’s, D & B,

Value Line, One Source, Lionshare, Multext, Profound, Frost & Sullivan, Dialog, SDC, Morningstar and RMA E-Mentor reports. Provided background information, statistics, future trends, and state of the industry.

ROSENTHAL AND SCHANFIELD, Chicago, Illinois 1989-1999

LAW LIBRARIAN

•Provided reference and research services to attorneys using online resources and hardcopy resources such as treatises, statutory materials, law reviews, and legal encyclopedias.

•Provided each attorney current information related to their areas of practice by researching advance sheets law review articles and newspapers.

•Prepared company dossiers on potential clients. Material included company overview, financials, officers and directors, article searches and lawsuits they might be involved in.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Expert in the following databases: Dialog, Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Factiva, Thomson, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Direct, Moody’s Investors Service, Dun & Bradstreet Credit Reports, Value Line, One Source, Lionshare, Multext, Profound, S&P NetAdvantage, Frost & Sullivan, Internet, SDC, Morningstar, RMA E-Mentor, Lois Law, Inmagic/DBT, Live Edgar , Interaction, Capital IQ, The Markets and SGA Executive.

EDUCATION

Dominican University, Masters of Library Science

Northeastern Illinois University, Bachelor of Arts, Dean’s List