Profile
Professional Technical Editor and Writer with 6+ years experience in the
aerospace industry. Extensive knowledge and experience in preparation and
updates to technical publications and manuals including maintenance and
service procedure documentation. Track record of excellence writing and
editing technical documents for broad end user groups for USAF aircraft
maintenance.
Technical Skills Summary
IETM TCTO MIL SPEC
Maintenance/Service Troubleshooting Component Manuals
Manuals MS Project Xyvision/Interleaf
Integrated Logistics MS Office Visio
Support LabVIEW
Source Interpretation
Multisim
Professional Experience
Technical publications and manuals creation and editing
Extensive experience writing clear and concise technical publications
including system-level, component-level, and operation and maintenance
(O&M), system and equipment description, procedure, operational
checkout, removal and installation, and system schematic diagram for
USAF organization level (O-Level) aircraft maintainers
Routinely incorporated Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTOs),
Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and Air Force Technical Orders
(AFTO22s) to update O-level maintenance manuals to reflect current
aircraft configuration
Developed and delivered major block upgrades for USAF and foreign
military customers
Conducted technical publication reviews and performed validations on
TCTO impacted technical publications.
source interpretation and analysis
Proven technical proficiency in reading and interpreting software
documents, engineering and wiring drawings, vendor data and reference
guides required to create safe and efficient technical publications
Translate software documentation and simplify schematics and wiring
diagrams to develop O-Level maintenance manuals
Initiated interviews with engineers and technical writers and
requirement managers to discuss, review and clarify source data
related specifications
project management
Conducted Air Force/contractor in-process/final project reviews in-
house and at customer locations
Communicated and collaborated with multiple disciplines involved in
publication development to maximize reliability and minimize costs
over lifetime of technical manuals
Led project teams, consulted with management, customers, and training
staff to solve technical problems and improve curriculum design and
product lifecycle
Employment History
boeing company - St Louis, MO/Philadelphia, PA (07/97 -
07/09)
Technical Designer 3, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Support Systems
01/09 - 07/09
> Gathered, analyzed and evaluated engineering source data and vendor
source data required for the development of maintenance manuals
required for helicopter aircrew flight simulator
> Designed and developed maintenance manuals required to maintain,
test, and troubleshoot aircrew simulator
Product Support Technical Specialist, (ILS)AV-8B Post Production Support
02/08 - 01/09
> Interfaced with Engineering and Support System elements to ensure
the development of products and timely resolution of in-service
issues for customers.
> Managed database for ECP and related individual ECP schedules,
provided updates for weekly teleconferences, and directly supported
program leads for ILS elements' progress
Product Support Technical Specialist, (ILS) Smart Munitions Systems
01/07 - 01/08
> Prepared technical data, source data, inspection procedures, test
plans and hardware inspection criteria for smart weapons systems
> Assisted and managed FMS customer training event and successfully
delivered training to a crew of (20) technicians at overseas
customer location
Product Support Technical Specialist 3, (ILS) Support Systems
05/05 - 01/07
> Coordinated and managed ILS teams' effort in support of engineering
change proposals (ECP) and block upgrade programs
> Coordinated source data, engineering drawings, software documents
and vendor data for the technical writers to ensure program
requirements, product development and regulatory requirements were
met.
Product Support Engineer 3, Technical Publications
XX/XX - XX/XX
> Identified schematic diagram deficiencies and corrected to reflect
current configuration, incorporate the ECP and to insure quality
and accuracy.
> Successfully created and maintained aircraft general system (GS),
fault isolation (FI), job guide (JG), and schematic diagrams (SD)
manuals for F-15 and CH-47D aircraft communication systems.
Product Support Technical Specialist 3, Total Training System
11/01 - 04/04
> Prepared and maintained training database and Microsoft project
schedule to manage and control program coordination
> Collaborated with technical publication teams, curriculum
developers and instructors to provide timely support for on-going
maintenance training programs
Customer Training Specialist 2 04/99
- 11/01
> Developed multi-media instruction (IMI) courseware for AH64D and V-
22C aircraft.
> Storyboarded intelligent system schematics, operational and built-
in-test (BIT) for communication and intercom system resulting in
creation of courseware utilized by Army and Marine Corp maintenance
trainees
Education
devry institute of technology - Chicago, IL
B.S. Electronics Engineering Technology (EET)
Certificates
Tools and Techniques of Project Management (whose training- was it
certificate program?)
Logistics Engineering and Management (whose training- was it certificate
program?)
Basic Instructor Training Course (whose training/) - Certificate of
Completion