Technical Writer Engineer

POSITION: Technical Writer

SUMMARY: Technical writer and database modeler with fourteen years

experience writing technical documents, including printed and on-line user

manuals, internal technical manuals and project plans. Strong communication

skills. Motivated, educated professional. Can work independently or as a

team member/leader.

TECHNICAL PROFILE:

Software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Project; Adobe FrameMaker,

Acrobat, Photoshop; ERWin

EDUCATION: BA Mathematics, Chemistry - University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Independent Contractor

Technical Writer and Database Modeler: 1996 - 2010

M4 Engineering, Long Beach, CA

Technical Writer and Editor, May 2010 - June 2010

. Established new company standards for user manuals;

. Assembled existing user documention from several writers and edited

for consistency of style;

. Produced five on-line user manuals (PDFs) for a family of related

aerospace design programs from this edited documentation;

. Produced Air Force Final Report according to Air Force content and

format specifications.

Hunsaker & Associates, Irvine, CA

Technical Writer and Database Modeler, April 2003 - July 2009

. Developed, wrote and edited material for brochures, user

documentation and internal technical documentation;

. Selected photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts to

illustrate material;

. Edited, standardized and made changes to material prepared by other

writers;

. Performed functional decomposition and developed data model for on-

line access to digitized maps, plans and accounting documents;

. Managed conversion to a nearly paperless office for maps, plans and

accounting documents.

Excellon Corporation, Torrance, CA

Technical Writer, January 2002 - April 2003

. Developed, wrote and edited printed and on-line user documentation

for three models of precision computer-controlled PC-board drilling

machines.

CashTax Div of First Data Corporation, Van Nuys, CA

Technical Writer: 1996-2001

. Developed, wrote and edited material for user documentation,

internal technical documentation, reports, proposals, and related

publications;

. Used ERWin data models, data flows, and other technical material to

develop internal technical documentation;

. Delivered oral and written presentations for software systems;

. Reviewed published materials and recommended revisions in scope,

format, and content;

. Maintained records and files of work and revisions;

. Selected photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts to

illustrate material.

. Edited, standardized and made changes to material prepared by other

writers.

Dabco Computer Services, Van Nuys, CA

Legacy Sofware Engineer and Database Modeler: 1989-1996

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