<p>Cynthia is president of <a href="http://bigbigdesign.com/">Big Big Design</a>, where she develops marketing strategies and designs websites for small businesses and nonprofit entities. She is also a founder of <a href="http://fatplum.com/">Fat Plum</a>, which helps writers reach their writing and publishing goals.</p> <p>She has worked at high-tech companies (NeXT Computer, Oracle Corporation, Gensym Corporation, and elsewhere), and has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/">Massachusetts Institute of technology</a> and the <a href="http://mitsloan.mit.edu/">Sloan School of Management at MIT</a>. In her work she brings together skills in marketing strategy, user interface design, communications, product design, business process improvement, and management.</p> <p>Cynthia co-founded the <a href="http://pghbloggers.org/">Pittsburgh Bloggers blog directory</a> and is a leader of <a href="http://bootcamppgh.org/"> PodCamp Pittsburgh</a>. She has given presentations at the University of Pittsburgh and elsewhere on blogs and social media.</p> 1966-10-07 226 United States Cynthia Closkey Dining out, chatting over coffee, watching movies, attending live theater. F 435 476 cynthia-closkey 40 476 P http://bigbigdesign.com http://mybrilliantmistakes.com