Technical Writer Manager

Versatile and highly skilled senior technical writer with nearly 20 years of professional expertise

Diligent professional with a record of success supporting and driving technical communications for small to large companies in the semiconductor industry. Dedication to bringing clear and meaningful writing, editing, formatting, and quality improvement to technical documentation. Possess strong cross-functional partnering skills, working across technical and non-technical teams. Equally focused on ensuring accuracy and defining style standards for consistency.

Professional Excellence Summary

Analytical problem-solving skills and ability to multitask projects.

Strong ability to manage time and workflow to meet project deadlines.

Exercise sound judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria.

Broad experience across technologies such as switches, routers, wireless, and networking.

Have a can do attitude and willingness to get the job done.

Software Skills

Adobe: FrameMaker 2015 Acrobat X Pro Illustrator CS5 Photoshop CS2

Microsoft: Word 2010 Visio 2010 PowerPoint 2010

Professional Experience

Broadcom Corporation San Jose, CA 2001-2016

Fortune 500 global semiconductor company with $8B+ in annual revenue specializing in system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions delivering voice, video, data, and multimedia connectivity.

Senior Technical Writer (2008-April 2016)

Technical Writer (2001-2008)

Create technical content in support of hardware, software, and firmware products, as well as provide extensive editing for accuracy, consistency, spelling, and punctuation.

Continuously sought out as the go-to writer for complex and voluminous documents.

Project lead for technical documentation across various product lines.

Produce block diagrams, pin-out diagrams, and switching architecture graphics using graphic design software such as Illustrator and Visio.

Selected Highlights:

Released 2,000+ documents with high visibility over a 12-year timespan covering various document types, including user manuals, data sheets, hardware data modules, programmer guides, reference guides, application notes, product briefs, and white papers.

Held team role in template design and implementation for the technical publications group.

Contributed to converting documentation from acquired companies, such as Teknovous, Gigle, and Percello, into standardized Broadcom documentation; leveraged experience from past conversion projects to troubleshoot future acquisitions, such as NetLogic.

Prepared a wide array of checklists for departmental procedures to establish a consistent style and high level of quality for Broadcom documentation.

Allayer Communication San Jose, CA 1999-2001

Developer of mixed-signal ASIC for networking communications chips and fiber optics.

Technical Writer

Supported technical communications in a startup environment, adjusting to changing priorities.

Gathered content from different engineers to create clear documents with a consistent style and voice for marketing purposes.

Designed templates, created quarterly newsletters, and provided extensive technical editing.

Quester Technology Fremont, CA 1997-1999

Company specializing in semiconductors and semiconductor equipment.

Technical Writer

Worked with engineers to gather information and write clear, consistent documents.

Provided writing, editing, formatting, and quality improvement for technical documentation.

Education & Professional Development

Liberal Arts Degree

West Valley College

Technical Communications Certificate

DeAnza College

Ongoing online courses on various technical training and management subjects:

-CSS Fundamentals, Dreamweaver CS4, Adobe InDesign, Robohelp, MadCap Flare

-Digital Publishing Fundamentals, Managing Small Projects, Time Management

-Leadership Fundamentals, Emotional Intelligence

Publications

Arena: King of the Flat Track (November 2014); self-published novel available on Amazon.com

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