On Words and Business

Manya Chylinski is an independent copywriter and President of Alley424 Communications.

Before starting Alley424 Communications, she was a product manager at Thomson Course Technology, providing editorial oversight and project management for a series of computer technology textbooks. Prior to this role, Chylinski was a business researcher for five years at Ernst & Young, where she provided in-depth research and analysis for the corporate finance, tax, and consulting practices. With an outstanding record of research and project management skills, she also served as librarian for the institutional investment division of Fidelity Investments. Her career began with the Harvard University Planning and Real Estate Group, where she worked as the librarian, managing a small staff and the collection of architectural drawings for university buildings.

A graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Chylinski holds an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College in Boston.

She is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators and the American Marketing Association.