Brent Benton

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Katy, TX 77494

E-mail: aco5se@r.postjobfree.com

TECHNICAL WRITER

Successful management consultant turned technical writer. After tiring of 100% travel (M thru F), left consulting, settled in Katy to be near family, and began a new career in technical writing. My background includes many years experience writing technical documentation in connection with projects in food processing, oil/gas, manufacturing, consumer products, and defense. Hold a DOD security clearance, inactive, and am a professional engineer registered in the state of Texas.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE

? TECHNICAL WRITING: In the capacity of an IT or management consultant completed a wide range of technical writing for a variety of clients (writing portfolio available on request).

Documentation types / technical writing include:

business process procedures

training materials / Power Point sets as well as associated manuals

technical and functional specifications

technical instructions

preventative maintenance procedures

proposals

management presentations / Power Point materials

progress and final reports

manufacturing and Visio process flow diagrams

policy manuals

sales materials

employee procedures manuals, and others

fiction and non-fiction stories and articles published in national journals with up to 1.5 million circulation.

? Met with and interviewed SME?s to compile information for product or process documentation.

? Used source material to gather data for documentation required by client

? Focused on delivering clear and concise documentation for users.

? Skilled in use of MS Word, Power Point, Excel, Visio, Snag-It, and social media including SEO.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

NOTE: A detailed project by project history (10+ years from 2000 to 2013) is available on request. This history includes descriptions of all contract business consulting projects over the period and includes over 20 assignments ranging in length from 3 to 9 months. These projects involved assisting clients with implementing CMMS or with improving production operations. The assignments included working with SME's to prepare clear and concise project documentation and generally involved writing hundreds of technical, procedural, and report documentation.

? 2013 ? Present: Following illness of relative, managed family farming business to insure positive cash flow and revenues. Tasks include writing and negotiating leases, insuring use of generally accepted farming practices, securing soil analysis profiles, and working with lessee to provide accurate base acreage and yield values for the USDA ARC and PLC programs. In addition, completed a number of unrelated writing projects including current event articles and fiction short stories.

? 1997 to 2013: Management and IT Consultant; Private Practice and MarchFirst Consulting; Provided management consulting services to numerous clients within the US and abroad. Successfully completed projects to help organize and streamline manufacturing and business operations.

? 1995 ? 1997: Business Process Analyst/ Consultant and VP Operations; Private Practice and Profit Management Inc, Consultants; Managed multiple projects from sales through completion. Insured project work-steps were completed on time and within budget.

? 1985 ? 1995: Business Process Analyst /Consultant; Private Practice and Cap Gemini Consulting; Led problem solving teams at client locations, interviewed stake-holders and subject matter experts, and coordinated with client personnel in connection with developing and implementing problem solutions.

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST: I have provided writing and consulting services to numerous clients over the years including:

? Oil/Gas/Chemical: Phillips Petroleum, Conoco, Union Carbide, Shell, Noble Drilling, Pan Alberta Gas, Marathon, INEOS, Kerr-McGee and others

? Food Processing/Consumer Products: Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Progresso Soup, Kraft Foods, Sara Lee, H.J. Heinz, Brach & Brock Confections, and others

? Manufacturing: Engineers and Fabricators, Inc., Wing Industries, Mosley Machinery, TCS Corporation (plumbing fixtures), Lambda Semiconductors, and others

? Miscellaneous: National Uranium Enrichment Facility, US Navy, MIT, Sacramento International Airport, Lincoln Laboratory, American Soda (Yankee Gulch Sodium Mineral Project), and others

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EXPERIENCE:

? Georgia Tech, BSIE, Atlanta, Georgia ? University of Texas, MBA, Austin, Texas

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