Technical Writer

David J. Sanini

**** ******** *** . ******, ** 94568

925-***-**** (CELL) . 925-***-**** (WORK)

*.******@*******.***

OBJECTIVE:

Senior Technical Writing position.

HIGHLIGHTS:

. 18+ years of high tech experience with software companies in technical

writing, specializing in end user manuals

and documentation.

. Ability to create and manage delivery schedule and documentation plan for

deliverables, and to research, plan, write, edit, index, and submit for

production technical and marketing documentation.

. Supervision, project management, and documentation control skills.

. Successful at partnering with software engineers to produce technical

documentation.

. Ability to address technical topics in a clear, concise, and easy-to-

understand manner.

. Desktop publishing with FrameMaker, QuarkXPress, InDesign, and Word.

. Extensive digital imaging, photography, and Photoshop experience.

. Graphics experience with Illustrator, Freehand, Canvas, Flash, and Visio.

. Web Page design experience with HTML, JavaScript, and Dreamweaver.

. Experience with online help systems using WinHelp and RoboHelp.

. Strong planning, organizational, communication, analytical, and problem-

solving skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA

8/06-Present

Senior Technical Writer

Creation of end-user documentation (manuals, quick guides, labeling,

installation guides, and release notes) for the ATLAS Corneal Topographer,

Visante OCT, GDxPRO Scanning Laser Polarimeter, and Humphrey Field Analyzer

instruments using FrameMaker, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Word,

Visio, SmartDraw, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Acrobat, Flash, and SnagIt.

Creation of EC0s using Agile.

Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA

3/06-7-06

FrameMaker Production Specialist

Created FrameMaker/PDF AOTC (Autodesk Official Training Courseware) books

from training content in OutStart Evolution (learning application) to

satisfy Training Content Development's product deliverables. Performed lead

production tasks including formatting, book/TOC creation, pagination,

proofreading, editing, graphics resizing and alignment, and

PDF creation.

Contract Technical Writer & Documentation Consultant, Bay Area, CA

5/01-2/06

Technical writing/editing consulting. Technical writing in FrameMaker for

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. Technical editing in Word of telecom market

research reports for RHK, Inc. Book, newsletter and brochure design,

writing, and editing.

Mattel Interactive / The Learning Company, Novato, CA

2/99-3/01

Technical Writing Supervisor

Coordinated and supervised the production of user documentation manuals for

entertainment titles. Tasks included writing, editing, and layout of

documentation; capture, editing, and prepress of images used in

documentation; and the coordination of all traffic moving between the

Documentation Department and R&D. Contributed to the review of all drafts

and proofs. Coordinated and tracked R&D, documentation, localization,

marketing and printing deadlines. Created and delivered weekly schedules.

Negotiated, managed, and supervised contracts for writing, editing, layout,

and printing. Created PDF versions of manuals and manual covers, and

maintained physical and electronic archive of documentation assets.

Managed, organized, and distributed archived source, application, art and

marketing assets. Managed asset FTP site. Worked with Office 2000,

QuarkXPress, FrameMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Filemaker

Pro, Toast, and Acrobat.

IDT Corporation, Santa Clara, CA

2/98-7/98

Technical Writer

Contract position creating and editing technical datasheets for

semiconductor chips. Created functional block diagrams, electronic & pin

configurations, timing & voltage graphs, and circuit and system diagrams.

Worked with PageMaker, Word, Canvas, PowerPoint, and Acrobat.

SYDA Foundation, Oakland, CA

9/95-2/98

Desktop Publisher & Photo Specialist

Coordinated and supervised digital camera photo projects including computer

image processing in Photoshop. Work included web page creation, design and

creation of advertising flyers, database design, and support. Worked with

Word, Office 95/97, Illustrator, Quark, Visio, FrameMaker, & Dreamweaver.

Yardi Systems, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA

4/90-7/94

Technical Writer

Technical Documentation Writer for end-user PC software manuals including

tutorials and online help systems (WinHelp). Software documented included

accounting, billing, and database programs for commercial and residential

property management, real estate, reservations & billing, payroll, and call

accounting. User manual documentation included table of contents, index,

reports, and style sheets. Worked with Ventura Publisher, Microsoft Word,

and Adobe PageMaker. Performed testing and evaluation of software,

telephone technical support, and graphic design.

International Academy at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

1/89-3/90

Technical Consulting Editor

Technical Consulting Editor for Energy Review (an environmental journal).

Performed research, writing, and editing of energy abstracts and

preparation of journal using Ventura Publisher.

General Research Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA

4/84-10/88

Member of Technical Staff, Economic Resources and Planning Group

Research, technical and cost analysis, and development of cost estimating

relationships for high technology equipment such as computers,

semiconductors, CCDs, radars, lasers, and communication systems.

Socioeconomic/traffic analysis/modeling for numerous Environmental Impact

Reports (EIRs) including Union Oil Project/Exxon Project Shamrock and

Central Santa Maria Basin Area Study EIS/EIR, and Getty-Gaviota

Consolidated Coastal Facility EIR. Principal investigator for a

socioeconomic study utilizing the FLOWGEMINI computer information system.

Extensive experience with DEC VAX, PC and Macintosh computers.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts - Physics & Geography . University of California, Santa

Barbara

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