Resume of Tanuja R. Nemivant
Tanuja R. Nemivant
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O BJECTIVE
Technical writer - Networking technology
P ROFILE
8+ years of writing experience. 4 years of technical writing experience.
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Familiar with DITA authoring.
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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
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Good communication and interpersonal skills.
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Well-organized and hard working.
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Ability to work under strict deadlines.
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Technical Writing Business Writing
• Online Help • Corporate Profiles
• Manuals • Articles on contemporary topics
• Instructions and Procedures • Industry Reports
• Test plans and templates • Corporate Interviews
• Web Content • Investment recommendations
• Reports
• Proposals
T ECHNICAL SKILLS
Tools
• Adobe FrameMaker 7.0; 8.0 Adobe RoboHelp 6.0 MS Visio 2003
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• MS Word 2003 MS Excel 2003 MS PowerPoint 2003
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MS FrontPage 2003 Perforce 2006.1 PVCS 7.5
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Adobe Photoshop 9.0 Adobe Acrobat 7.0 HTML Help Workshop 4.74
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Mercury TestDirector 7.2 Arbortext (EPIC)
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Editor 5.3
Languages
• HTML JavaScript SQL
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• ASP XML Java
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Operating System
• Windows 98/2000/2003/XP/NT
Resume of Tanuja R. Nemivant
W ORK EXPERIENCE
Sept.’07 – Oct.’07 Minerva Networks (Santa Clara, CA) Contract
T echnical Writer
Minerva Networks develops a middleware for IPTV operators.
During the short assignment, I worked on the following:
Updated existing documents to add screen shots of the web-based administration
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module.
Wrote white papers.
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Created a document to list the open source code used in the product.
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Updated API document.
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Created a document to list XML APIs.
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Updated Release Notes to add list of fixed bugs from Test Director.
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Feb.’06 – Aug.’07 ICTV Inc. (Los Gatos, CA)
T echnical Writer
ICTV Inc. is a player in the digital video industry. The company’s product mixes Web video
and interactive programming with broadcast streams and advertising into personalized
programming for viewers. The company also builds some of the hardware used on the
headend.
ICTV Inc.’s two main products, HEW 5.1 and AVDN 1.0, are built on the .NET framework.
The content creation tool, ActiveVideo Editor 1.0, is built using C++ and JavaScript. The
products are targeted at TV content programmers and cable operators.
The documentation produced is mainly for technical personnel to install and configure the
system at the customer site. The online help, built into AVE, is targeted at the content
programmers and includes guidelines on using JavaScript for programming.
Summary of experience at ICTV Inc.:
Wrote manual for installation, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting of the
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HeadendWare 5.1 and ActiveVideo Distribution Network 1.0 based on hands-on
experience.
Updated hardware documentation as required.
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Created online help and context-sensitive help for a content creation tool using HTML
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Help Workshop and Adobe RoboHelp.
Wrote release notes for the main product and for set-top codes.
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Created test plan and test templates based on IEEE standard 829-1998. The templates
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were used by developers and test engineers.
Wrote other documents like Proof of Concepts.
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Edited marketing documents.
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Collated specifications for database field entries.
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Created networking diagrams and lab set-up diagrams.
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Assisted the QA team in testing the end user experience of the product.
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Trained/guided new QA team members with the lab set-up, product installation and
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configuration, and product features.
Resume of Tanuja R. Nemivant
Oct.’03 – Aug.’05 Certificate in Technical Communication
San Jose State University
As part of the assignments for the classes, I have worked on the following document types:
Created manual for picture software.
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Wrote instructions on how to use Palm.
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Created demo online help using RoboHelp and HTML Help.
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Wrote article on document change management.
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Wrote material on identifying complements in a sentence.
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Edited articles for grammar and style.
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Created a recommendation report including a document plan on the utility of MS Visio.
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Created sample documents using Adobe FrameMaker.
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Created templates and wrote procedures for training.
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Mar.’01 – Nov.’02 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (India)
T echnical W riter, Executive Quality
Prepared online help for a content management tool built using Vignette.
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Wrote instructions and procedures in compliance with ISO and CMM requirements.
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Created forms, templates and checklists.
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Conducted monthly internal audits. Participated in two ISO 9001:2000 certification
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audits.
Worked as a consultant to the SEPG department of American Express (India).
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Created flow charts and diagrams representing functionality and high-level architecture.
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Also created viewlets for presentations.
Nov.’00 – Feb.’01 Buydeal Inc. (India)
P roject Associate
Developed content for the B2B portal.
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Coordinated issues related to testing and technical documentation.
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Oct.’99 – Oct.’00 Karvy Consultants Limited (India)
P roject Manager
Built and maintained pages of the finance portal www.karvy.com.
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Published articles and investment recommendations on the portal.
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Interviewed corporate and industry heads.
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Jan.’98 – Oct.’99 Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India
R esearch Analyst, Member – E ditorial Team
Wrote articles for the Institute’s monthly finance magazine ANALYST. Articles were on
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corporate finance, capital market, economy and international markets.
Jul.’96 – Jan.’98 Global Industries Inc. (India)
M anagement Trainee
Studied the current market conditions.
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Wrote corporate profiles. Prepared industry and market reports.
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Resume of Tanuja R. Nemivant
E DUCATION
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 2009
Certificate in Technical Writing and Communication, San Jose State University, 2005
Master in Business Administration (Finance), India, 1996
Bachelor of Commerce (Honors), India, 1994
W ORK STATUS
Green Card Holder.
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