Senio Technical Writer

JOHN M. BURNS

**** *******-******* ****

YARDLEY, PENNSYLVANIA 19067

Telephone: 215-***-****

E-Mail: **********@*******.***

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Over four years of experience in the development of training materials for power plant and oil and gas systems, including but not limited to system descriptions and operating instructions, operations procedures, maintenance procedures, training presentations, student examinations and manuals.

Over twenty years of experience in researching, analyzing, writing, editing and developing technical and non-technical materials including, but not limited to, system descriptions and operating instructions, instructional presentations, reports, feature articles, and books.

Over ten years of experience in contract negotiation, drafting, implementation and monitoring.

Over ten years of experience working independently or under limited supervision and providing lead responsibilities to a project team.

Over ten years of experience working with complex construction projects and agreements involving multiple interrelated contracts and multiple parties.

WORK HISTORY

Nov. 2010 - Technical Writer

Jun. 2011 ProEnergy Services

2001 ProEnergy Boulevard

Sedalia, Missouri 65301

Duties and responsibilities as a technical writer for ProEnergy Services include all facets of the development of operations procedures, maintenance procedures, training modules, and student examinations attendant to ProEnergy contracts for the provision of such services to clients in the energy production field.

Aug. 2007 - Senior Technical Writer

Nov. 2010 URS

510 Carnegie Center

Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Duties and responsibilities as a senior technical writer for the Startup Soft Products Group include all facets of the development of training materials attendant to URS contracts for power plant construction and modification, including system descriptions and operating instructions, training presentations and manuals, and student exams.

Jan. 1997- Freelance Writer/Consultant

Aug. 2007 1525 Yardley-Newtown Road

Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067

Duties and responsibilities as a freelance writer include intensive research and analysis of both technical and non-technical materials, assembly of artwork, and writing, proofreading and editing of book-length manuscripts and feature articles in the field of automotive and motorsports history. Most recently published Thunder at Sunrise, A History of the Vanderbilt Cup, the Grand Prize and the Indianapolis 500, 1904-1916 (McFarland & Co., November 2006) which received the 2007 Thomas McKean Memorial Award in automotive history from the AACA.

Duties and responsibilities as a consultant include the provision of expertise in the areas of contract negotiation, drafting, interpretation and implementation, together with advice on corporate and business strategies, and other issues to a limited number of corporate and business clients.

July 1986 - Sole Practitioner Attorney

Dec. 1996 JOHN M. BURNS, ATTORNEY AT LAW

7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 400

500 Ala Moana Boulevard

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Duties and responsibilities included all facets of owning, operating and managing a small legal practice concentrating in the field of civil litigation, including contractual, construction-related, and other commercial cases.

EDUCATION

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

Villanova, Pennsylvania

Attended September 1976 to May 1979

Juris Doctorate awarded May 1979

Awarded honorary membership in Moot Court Board 1977-1979

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

University Park, Pennsylvania

Attended June 1971 to December 1973

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science awarded August 1974

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and WestLaw.

REFERENCES

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