Pat Criscito is the president and founder of ProType, Ltd., an international writing, editing, typesetting, and personal branding service established in 1980 and based in Colorado Springs. She is the author of Barron’s e-Résumés (selected as one of the ten best career books of 1997 by The Los Angeles Times), Designing the Perfect Résumé, How to Write Better Résumés and Cover Letters, and Barron’s Guide to Distance Learning (all in their second or third editions). Her most recent Barron’s book is Interview Answers in a Flash. Pat is also a guest journalist for magazines and newspapers nationwide and writes special career articles for The Wall Street Journal’s careerjournal.com and The Boston Globe. She has written more than 15,000 résumés and speaks nationally on career and entrepreneurial subjects, making regular television, radio, bookstore, university, and speaking appearances across the United States (including Harvard, Yale, Tulane, SMU, Thunderbird, Columbia, Wharton, Colorado College, and others). Pat is a Certified Professional Résumé Writer (CPRW) with more than 27 years of experience. She is listed in the Who’s Who Registry of Global Business Leaders and was selected as the 1997 Pikes Peak Woman Business Owner of the Year.

Pat has written more than 15,000 résumés and speaks nationally on career and entrepreneurial subjects, making regular television, radio, bookstore, university, and speaking appearances across the United States (including Harvard, Yale, Tulane, SMU, Thunderbird, Columbia, Wharton, Colorado College, and others). Pat is a Certified Professional Résumé Writer (CPRW) with more than 27 years of experience. She is listed in the Who’s Who Registry of Global Business Leaders and was selected as the 1997 Pikes Peak Woman Business Owner of the Year.

Today, ProType has high-tech headquarters in Colorado Springs and more than 1,500 clients in 42 countries. In addition to editing and typesetting books for authors around the world, ProType offers services that include writing website content, preparing letters and résumés for individuals, providing corporate overflow assistance, and complete business support for local small businesses. For two years, ProType managed the initial keying and SGML tagging of the law books (10,000 pages per month) for Shepard’s McGraw-Hill, transferring the work from Chicago to the local Colorado Springs market.

Besides a Ph.D. from the School of Hard Knocks (just kidding!), Pat holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree and completed part of her MBA. She continued her studies of the German language at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Pat is a member of the Career Management Alliance and National Résumé Writers Association (NRWA). She served as an officer on the NRWA’s Board of Directors for five years. She served on the board of trustees of the Better Business Bureau Foundation for seven years and sat on the National Association of Women Business Owners board of directors for two years. She was also the co-founder and a board member of the Young Entrepreneurs Association for seven years, a unique entrepreneurial training/mentoring program for at-risk youth. Pat is currently the President of the Board of Directors of Desert Harvest and is an EDGE University certified entrepreneurial trainer. Pat enjoys reading, gardening, gourmet cooking, music, singing, and her Welsh Corgi dogs.