Technical Editor-Writer

Susan D. J. Foster **** Beverly Drive, Pasadena, CA 91104 2759

626-***-**** ************@*********.***

Experience: Technical Writing and Editing (1978–2012)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

Wrote and edited strategic and implementation plans, requirements documents and

standards, science and engineering proposals, science and engineering journal articles,

project newsletter articles, award certificates and nominations, technical and administrative

presentations

Compiled and edited technical proceedings and book chapters

Developed and edited technical and management training materials

Ghost wrote executive memoranda and reports, prestigious award nominations, memorial

tributes, submittals to prime sponsor (NASA), and responses to Congressional inquiries

Coordinated, compiled, and produced materials for multi author (2 to 50+) teams

Documented confidential procurement and management working group meetings

Analyzed evaluation criteria and requirements, created applicable templates, and

developed solutions for content issues

Assessed technical/scientific/management proposals for compliance with evaluation criteria

Freelance ghost writer (selected examples)

John Casani

Afterword for The Moons of Jupiter (W. W. Norton & Co., 2003)

“Remembering Giuseppe Colombo” (20th anniversary tribute, Padua, Italy, April 2004)

Acceptance speech, National Air and Space Museum Lifetime Achievement Award

(2009)

Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering for William H. Pickering (2011)

Fundraising campaign materials for local nonprofit organizations

Freelance copyeditor (selected examples)

Walt and the Promise of Progress City (Sam Gennawey, Ayefour Publishing, 2011)

Introduction to Experimental Biophysics: Biological Methods for Physical Scientists (Jay

Nadeau, CRC Press, 2011)

The Writing Company (proposals, study reports, letters of interest for faculty positions)

Wold and Associates (Cheryl Wold, final reports for public health research)

Fiction and nonfiction manuscripts (Bitingduck Press)

Awards

NASA Exceptional Service Medal

NASA Spaceflight Awareness Award

Society for Technical Communication: Distinguished Technical Communication

(International Competition); two Awards of Merit (Online Competition)

JPL bonus awards, certificates of recognition, and service awards

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles (1973)

August 2012

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