Owner, Sarasota Transcriptions
Since April 1, 2008

I have worked as an Independent Contractor Transcriptionist since January 1996 contracting electronically for several companies across the U.S. including AWES, Bolingbrook Illinois, Cambridge Transcriptions, Cambridge Massachusetts, RapidText, Inc., Newport Beach California, The Transcription Company, Burbank California, People Support, Burbank California, and ANP Transcriptions, New York, New York.

Working as an Independent Contractor I performed transcription and captioning services telecommuting over the Internet through e-mail and ftp. Specializing in general transcription, I'm experienced with transcripts and off-line captioning for television, i.e.; SDI Media, Veracast, Watch It, Actuality Productions, "History Channel Modern Marvels," "Weather Channel Storm Stories," “The Tom Joyner Show,” HBO "Sex and the City," G4-TV "X-Play," NASCAR Broadcasts, and others, medical and university lectures, i.e.; University of Illinois at Chicago, Massachusetts School of Law, Microsoft DEV Seminars, insurance, i.e.; Erie Insurance, All State, customer statements, customer contact notes, law enforcement, i.e.; Visalia CA Police Department suspect interviews, financial lectures and correspondence, focus studies and focus groups, marketing research interviews, seminars with Q&A, celebrity interviews and interviews with elected officials, i.e.; Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, journalist interviews, in addition to many other miscellaneous transcripts.

Prior to working as an Independent Contractor, I was employed as Medical Transcriptionist/Secretary/Clerk for Dr. Pearson Clack/District 12 Medical Examiner, Sarasota, Florida performing general secretarial duties and acting as liaison for the Medical Examiner's Office and various entities. My duties as Medical Transcriptionist consisted of transcribing and proofreading autopsy reports of the District Medical Examiner and Forensic Pathologists.  As Clerk I performed general file upkeep duties, maintaining files for all open autopsy cases, filing paperwork with proper entities, filing of State of Florida Death Certificates, and other various duties.

Before my employment at the Medical Examiner's office I was employed for seven and a-half years at Northern Trust Bank of Florida, N.A., Sarasota Florida. Three and a-half of those years I was the Senior Word Processor/System Administrator running their Word Processing Department after being promoted from Word Processor/Transcriptionist. In my capacity as a Transcriptionist there my experience involved daily transcription and proofreading of corporate meetings, telephone conference calls, investment plans, correspondence, letters, memorandums, wills, trusts, et cetera, for 38 officers and other staff members from dictation and/or handwritten material. During my time as the Word Processing Department Head at Northern Trust I handled all of the bank's mass mailings numbering from 100 to 5,000, as well as maintaining the customer database files for mailing and contact purposes. I received the Employee Excellence Award and was named Employee of the Quarter, third quarter, 1992.

I also have a diverse past prior to my tenure at Northern Trust Bank that includes unrelated fields such as; Property Rental Manager/Owner of five rental properties in Rock Island Illinois, Client Services Director, (promoted from Secretary/Personnel Assistant,) at M&M Enterprises in Bettendorf Iowa, Newspaper Marketing Representative at Classic Publishing in Rock Island Illinois, and licensed and certified in both Iowa and Illinois; Cosmetologist, Esthetician, and Nail Technician, which I worked at Roffler's and The Clipper, both in Rock Island Illinois.

Although I have a diverse past, I feel that with my experience in the transcription field, it was a natural progression to starting my own transcription company.  I look forward to building many new, long-lasting business relationships as my company grows.

Email: PGiddens@sarasotatranscripts.com