Robert Tomaino is currently a freelance writer living in Danbury, CT. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1994 with a degree in communications and journalism. Mr. Tomaino spent five years at the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) where he started as a writer and became managing editor of the Information Services department. His responsibilities included writing and updating new and existing reports for NORD’s rare disease database, researching textbooks and medical databases for information on rare disorders, and developing working relationships with physicians across the country who are the leading experts concerning specific rare disorders. Mr. Tomaino also supervised a freelance writing team at NORD. After NORD, Mr. Tomaino worked at Enterprise Interactive, a business consulting firm, where he developed story ideas and researched various online sources for background information necessary to create news articles on topics related to e-commerce solutions, travel, and the Internet’s impact on business.