Technical Writer, Research, Database Administrator

Ethan B. Clanton

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Certifications

• Active DoD Secret Level Security clearance.

Job Tasking Experience

Professional Knowledge

• Experience researching and working in accordance with Command Media, ISO 9001, AS9100, and MIL-STD-973, MIL-STD-40051.

• Management experience working as a Section Lead with minimal supervision.

• Business travel for conducting research on operational activities.

• Military helicopters, software simulations, tactical ballistic missiles, low and high altitude cruise missiles, and fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft experience.

• Experience working with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR).

• Experience participating in functional configuration audits (FCA) and physical configuration audits (PCA).

• Experience creating and implementing various management information system environments.

• Co-coordinating international conferences for 100+ participants.

• Creating and updating project storyboards in preparation for international presentations.

• Internal and external audit preparation.

Technical and Proposal Writing

• Interviewing and collaborating with Subject Matter Experts (SME) such as software, simulation, and hardware engineers; quality assurance, configuration management, risk management, and contract administration personnel to create product technical documentation and technical data packages.

• Researching and reading journals, reports, and articles regarding professional, technical and current events related information.

• Experience, writing, and editing customer focused executive summaries, proposals, RFPs, manuals, repair parts and special tools lists (RPSTL), theory of operation, end user documentation, training documentation, reports, briefs, and articles.

• Writing, reviewing and editing material, as well as previously written material, for standardization, publication, and distribution.

• Writing and editing in a program Statement of Work (SOW), System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), Software Development Plan (SDP), Safety Assessment Report (SAR), and Software Design Documents (SDD).

• Technical Data Package audits and analysis.

• Experience working in Electronic Technical Manual (ETM) and Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) environments.

• Observing operational and developmental activities in order to document operating procedures and details.

• Preparing training program material for simulation environments as well as use in the field.

• Experience working on multiple, concurrent writing projects.

• Incorporating drawings, photographs, charts, diagrams, illustrations, and technical specifications into documentation.

• Creating documentation that can be quickly altered to fit current baselines.

• Participating in peer reviews.

• Negotiating and coordinating style, structure, and content of deliverable documentation.

Configuration and Data Management

• Updating and importing/exporting proprietary and nonproprietary data in accordance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

• Integrating and interfacing a new MatrixOne Project Lifecycle Management (PLM) data management tool into a tri-national Lockheed Martin program (MEADS).

• Tracking and reporting imports/exports, technical data, program contract schedule requirements, and personnel training status through PLM across international IPTs.

• Collaborating across IPTs to populate, maintain, and perform maintenance of PLM data management tool.

• Management, tracking, and transmitting deliverable documentation to customers and subcontractors.

• Maintaining records and files of documentation versions and revisions.

• Tracking action items.

• Writing white papers on uses of PLM tool and technical data import/export procedures.

• Training and coaching personnel on uses of PLM tool and MS Office applications.

• Participating in weekly teleconference meetings across IPTs to collaborate, maintain, and improve the overall quality of database management.

Computer Applications

• Classified computer lab environment experience

• MatrixOne Project Lifecycle Management Tool

• EDCS export tool

• LexisNexis Academic, EBSCO, and INFOTRAC Research Databases

• Adobe

• Microsoft Office Suite

• Windchill PDMLink

• QuickBooks

• Internet Research.

Education Auburn University, Auburn, AL

BA in English, Technical and Professional Writing Concentration, May 2005.

Relative coursework:

• Management Information Systems and Business Strategy

• Business Writing

• Business Ethics

• Technical and Professional Editing

• Document Design Technical and Professional Communication

• Professional Proposal Writing

• Rhetorical Theory and Practice

• Technology, Literacy and Culture

• Advanced English Composition

• Organizational Theory

• Business Statistics.

Work History

3/09-present IronMountain Solutions, Huntsville, AL

Lead Technical Writer/Illustrator

Duties include contract configuration and data management, writing and illustrating customer deliverable documents, reviewing contract proposals, acting as Section Lead, and technical data package audits.

1/08-2/09 Pinnacle Lawn Care, LLC., Huntsville, AL

Owner

Owner and operator of a lawn care service.

6/07-11/07 ARC Design Build, Inc., Huntsville, AL

Carpenter

Duties include performing all aspects of residential remodeling and home additions.

8/05-5/07 Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Huntsville, AL

Software Analyst Documentation Specialist

Duties include lead technical writer/editor, storyboard coordinator, configuration/data management, PLM administrator, EDCS imports/exports, audit preparation coordinator, and peer review coordinator.

1/96-8/05 A variety of odd jobs and part time jobs, including employment to finance 40% of my college education.

References available upon request.

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