Project Manager Management

Peter Uremovic

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Summary of Experience

Thomson Reuters Markets Division, Oak Brook, IL

Technical Writer

April 2009 – Present

Developed online help and print/PDF documentation for Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform for Data

Management. This is an enterprise data management suite that large financial institutions use to acquire and

maintain data about a wide variety of financial instruments.

Interwoven, Inc, Chicago, IL

Staff Technical Writer

September 2007 – March 2009

Produced online help and print/PDF documentation for the WorkSite enterprise content management (ECM)

software suite for large organizations.

Ajilon, Inc, Arlington Heights, IL

Staff Technical Writer

April 2007 – August 2007

Developed process documentation for a team of developers building an integrated applications solution for

Lincoln Financial Group.

Open Text Corporation, Lincolnshire IL

Principal Technical Writer

2000 – 2007

Produced online help and print/PDF documentation for Livelink, the world’s leading enterprise content

management (ECM) software suite for large organizations. Livelink, Open Text’s flagship product, is a Web

based ECM tool that works together with such legacy systems as database servers, Web application servers,

ERP systems, etc., to manage both structured and unstructured content. It includes modules for workflows,

projects, remote document caching, and more. Authoring is done with a proprietary single sourcing system

based upon Epic Editor. My portfolio comprises a range from basic end user Quickstart Guide to an XML

Import and Export Guide for customers who want to manage highly customized data object types in Livelink.

Managed a team of 3 4 writers, reporting to the Director, Software Development. In addition to my typical

writing projects, my new mandate was to think strategically, look for ways to consistently improve our authoring

methods, strategies, and technology.

Accomplishments:

1. Promoted to supervisory position within one year of joining Open Text.

2. Championed a new Livelink feature involving a dynamic table of contents for the online help system,

and served as project manager for that initiative.

3. Heavily involved in the development of a standard documentation style and information architecture

for the technical documentation.

4. Heavily involved in the adaptation of a legacy, XML based, single source authoring environment for

the technical documentation.

5. Participated in the development of Standard Operating Procedures for technical documentation

companywide. Led various initiatives to improve and extend Livelink’s proprietary online help system,

enhancing its usefulness and efficiency.

World Book Encyclopedia, Chicago, IL

Editor/Production Editor

1994 – 2000

Edited articles on a variety of subjects for the World Book “Annuals” Science Year, Health and Medical

Annual, and the World Book Yearbook. These included magazine length feature articles and many shorter,

encyclopedic articles. Tasks included copy and content editing, fact checking, soliciting and working with

authors on content, proposing article ideas and keeping myself informed and up to date on the topics in my

purview.

Also authored a few original short articles for both Science Year and the World Book Yearbook.

Prentice Hall Travel, New York, NY

Production Editor

1994

Accepted promotion and transfer to New York City to serve as technical resource for America on Wheels. My

job was to implement an SGML database of lodging and attraction information to serve as the basis of this

reference publication.

Mobil Travel Guide, Deerfield, IL

Assistant Editor

1989 1993

Edited and researched lodging and attraction information for a series of North American travel reference

books. Performed edits online using a custom VAX/VMS application and SGML.

Accomplishments: Following the sudden departure of several key people to a competing firm, I shepherded

several outstanding titles through the final phases of production.

Education

DePaul University, Chicago, IL

M.A. in Writing, 1998

Areas of Concentration: Technical Writing, Editing, Rhetorical Theory

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

B.A. in English, 1988

AUTHORING TOOLS & CONCEPTUAL INTERESTS

• FramkeMaker

• Webworks Publisher

• RoboHelp

• HomeSite

• Epic Editor (XML)

• Visio

• MS Office

• Adobe Acrobat

• Adobe PhotoShop

• Quark xPress

• Proficient in XML and HTML

• Familiar with CSS and JavaScript

• Content management methodology and technology

• Information architecture strategies and practice

• Single source authoring, including DITA and DocBook schemes

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