Long-form content - Oliver Ward

Vertafore • 3rd March 2026

Cloud security product positioning

GovRAMP standardizes cybersecurity readiness for cloud service providers. I now know why it matters.

Vertafore • 3rd March 2026

B2G exec amplification

Building a strong legislative connection sometimes starts with a single ghostwriter.

Vertafore • 3rd March 2026

Tech stack ebook

Integrated technology platforms are important; the purpose of this piece was to make them interesting. Like stomping rocks to make wine.

Vertafore • 4th March 2026

Financial compliance thought leadership

DOL, ERISA, SEC, IRA: how many more acronyms can I juggle? Find out in another ghostwritten article meant to showcase compliance expertise.

Vertafore • 3rd March 2026

Customer success story

Getting major insurance carriers to talk about their confidential technology operations is a challenge, so I had to get creative.

Vertafore • 3rd March 2026

Insurance thought leadership

At an insurtech, I find myself writing about topics of all sorts, including climate change, because there's always a connection to insurance. Always.

Vertafore • 3rd March 2026

Exec ghostwriting

Tech execs love to talk about how their initiatives leverage AI. They also love when they don't have to write about it.

Vertafore • 3rd March 2026

More insurance thought leadership

Government shutdowns? Yep, there's definitely an insurtech angle on that topic.

Vertafore • 3rd March 2026

Example ebook

I produced this by surveying thousands of customers to create a top-of-funnel asset. Soup to nuts.

CU Denver • 3rd March 2026

Expert article

I interviewed a business school professor in order to pitch him as a commentator for external media.

CU Denver • 4th March 2026

Brand + editorial style guide

Helped develop / refine the brand + style guide for CU Denver. Also helped launch the new website.

CU Denver • 22nd December 2020

Alum + brewmaster success story

I interviewed an alum who launched a successful, gluten-free brewery. It's also how I discovered my favorite beer, which you can now buy at Target.

CU Denver • 20th November 2019

Alum success story

The CU Denver to Disney Animation talent pipeline is one of the most fascinating market differentiators in the cutthroat world of university enrollment.

CU Denver • 29th September 2020

Hatch, a history

I wrote this topical deep dive to pitch a professor for a subscriber-exclusive episode of the Gastropod podcast.

CU Denver • 18th December 2019

Seasonal content

Each year, someone suggests trying out some holiday content, and it usually overperforms: it's the brunch of branded storytelling.

CU Denver • 15th August 2019

Artist interview

The artist Detour is one of the coolest people I've gotten to interview. If you've been to the Denver Airport you've definitely seen some of his work.

CU Denver • 21st March 2019

Another alum success story

Tibetan artist Tenzing Rigdol's first U.S. solo exhibition. Did I discover him? No, of course not. But I did interview him years before Art Basel.

CU Denver • 12th February 2019

Netflix filmmakers interview

Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber released 'Cam' in 2018. Even though I left television to work in higher ed, I still wound up writing about film.

Sling TV • 3rd March 2026

'Yellowstone' premiere review

2018 feels like forever ago, but I used to get paid to promote new TV shows (via The Wayback Machine).

Sling TV • 3rd March 2026

'Drag Race' Michelle Visage interview

When the show made the leap to VH1, I got to interview Michelle Visage. She was so kind + so patient (via The Wayback Machine).