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Barbara A. Perone

Experienced Technical Writer skilled in creating content for IT

Documentation groups

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

. Able to break down complex information and transform it into clear,

easily readable material

. Able to write accurately under deadline pressure

. Superior communicating, writing, editing, proofreading, and

interviewing skills

. Helped convert hundreds of technical paper documents to online format

for a world-renowned, financial information provider

. Experienced Reporter, specializing in local news, feature stories

. Hundreds of articles published in central New Jersey newspapers

. Thorough knowledge of Associated Press (AP) Stylebook

. Aptitude to learn new software

KEY WORDS

Technical Writer, Procedures Writer, Community News Writer, Writer,

Reporter, Staff Writer, Journalist, Fact Checker, Communications,

Newspapers, Publications, Consultant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wegman's Food Markets, Inc. 2003 -2012

Demonstration Coordinator

Cooked & served food for customers to sample. Gave consumers product

samples and coupons. Wrote weekly Activity Reports for manufacturers. Used

company Shopper's Club card to charge demonstration products to

corporation.

Highlights

. Took initiative to write the first job aid in company history to describe

a Demonstration Coordinator's duties. Wrote, first-ever, separate, pull-

out job aid for temporary product demonstrators.

. Through numerous product demonstrations in 2007, helped the Bridgewater

store break a one-day sales record of nearly $800,000 in total sales.

New Jersey Local News Service 2009-2010

Community News Writer

Wrote news briefs, conducted telephone interviews, uploaded photos, and

wrote photo captions for NJ-LNS, part of The Star-Ledger. Worked part-time

while employed full-time at the job above.

Highlights

. Used tight writing techniques to provide local news for Star-Ledger

readers in: Essex, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union

counties.

. Wrote a short, feature article about a Navy seaman who survived the D-Day

invasion and received an award from the French government for protecting

that country.

Barbara A. Perone

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dow Jones & Co., Inc. 1990 -2001

Technical Writer

Helped Web Master maintain an intranet web site. Interviewed Project

Managers, Supervisors, Programmer/Analysts, Developers, Subject Matter

Experts (SMEs), Computer/Network Operators and Users throughout each

writing project. Wrote, edited, tested & published online documents.

Escalation list Database Administrator.

Highlights

. When the interactive edition of The Wall Street Journal went online for

the first time, wrote the procedures guide for Computer Operators to help

them keep the system up & running efficiently.

. Wrote procedures guide for 'The Zipper,' an electronic stock quote ticker

that appears above Times Square, to help Computer Operators keep the

service up & running, with minimal downtime, and seamlessly switch to

different back up systems, when necessary.

. Wrote first departmental standards and procedures guide to help

Managers/Programmers move new products into production.

. Wrote first reference user guide for a system that tracked the company's

inventory.

American Telephone & Telegraph, (AT&T) Co. 1987-1989

Technical Writer/Consultant

Wrote & edited technical manuals. Created flowcharts. Interviewed Project

Managers, Developers, and Programmer/Systems Analysts for each writing

project. Handled all document change requests. Coordinated internal

document distribution.

Highlights

. Prepared technical documentation that helped a team of Developers

successfully move, for the first time in company history, over one million

residential telephone customer accounts from an obsolete billing system to

a new, more sophisticated system.

AWARDS

Equity Achievement Award, from The College of New Jersey 2003

& The New Jersey Department of Education

Meritorious Reporting Award, from The New Jersey Press Association (NJPA)

1984

& The American Planning Association (APA)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Internet, E-Mail, JazBox, HTML Transit, Microsoft Word 2007, Excel 2007,

Outlook, MacWrite II, MacDraw II, Professional Write, Word Perfect, Word

Star

EDUCATION

The College of New Jersey, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in English,

Liberal Arts, Media & Communication minor

Made Dean's List, last semester

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