Raymond J. Cummings
Round Rock, TX 78665
***********@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Writing and editing technical documentation related to Pennsylvania's Title
19 Medicaid program and maintaining the associated intranet system: two
years and three months. Reporting and writing news stories: two years,
three months. Proofreading classified federal documents: six years.
Freelance arts criticism: 12 years.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
HP Enterprise Services (formerly EDS) Camp Hill, PA
12/07-06/10
Technical Writer
. Writing, editing, and modifying documentation relating to Pennsylvania's
Title 19 Medicaid program and the PA PROMISe operating system.
. Maintaining an online intranet database containing news briefs, user
manuals, procedures, system release notes, and other pertinent system
information.
. Addressing minor system problems and, on occasion, testing applications.
. Assisting with PROMISe training classes; update training documentation
with trainers.
SAIC Abingdon, MD
11/01-11/07
Document Specialist II (Proofreader)
. Proofread military and government documents for grammar, spelling,
punctuation, and format
. Checked paper prints against PDF files
The Owings Mills Times Towson, MD
1/01-8/01
Reporter
. Wrote news and features for a weekly newspaper in Baltimore County, MD
. Education focus
The Times Leader Wilkes-Barre, PA
6/00-1/01
Reporter
. Wrote news and features for a daily newspaper in Luzerne County, PA
. Crime and courts focuses
The Times-Record Denton, MD
6/99-5/00
Reporter
. Wrote news and features for a weekly newspaper in Caroline County, MD
. Covered emergency situations discovered via police scanner, including
fires and accidents
. Crime, courts, county government, zoning focuses
EDUCATION:
Washington College Chestertown, MD
1995-1999
Bachelor of Arts degree, English literature
Philosophy minor
Edited the features section of the campus student newspaper, 1996-1998
Edited the campus student features magazine, 1998-1999
COMPUTER APTITUDE: MS Access, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS FrontPage, MS
Excel, MS Publisher, Adobe
References and writing samples will be provided upon request.