Maryellen has over 15 years of experience in a legal and contract management role developing and negotiating commercial contracts across a wide variety of industries. Her continual exposure to legalese and unnecessary word complexity has made her an advocate of Plain English contract terms and information usability. Maryellen has also developed other business documentation and tools such as proposals, policies, resource guides and user forms as well as content for corporate Intranet portals.
Her work with global customers and colleagues has provided her with a special sensitivity for ensuring that all writing, particularly contractual in nature, is created to enable effective translation into multiple languages as well as comprehension by non-native English speakers.