Type
of Writing
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Documents
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Technical
Writing
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User's
guides, reference manuals, tutorials, federal contract proposals,
system architecture documents, data sheets, on-line help systems,
software demos, use cases, appraisal plans.
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Marketing
Writing
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Corporate
overviews, brochures, resumes, internal communications (daily
intranet articles, project assessments, HR material, etc.),
magazine ad copy, newsletters, application profiles.
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Web
Writing
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~500
splash page articles, HTML pages, the entire content for this
site, 2 online help systems.(See the Web
Work page.)
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Nationally
Published Books I've Written
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IT
Manager's Handbook, Windows
98 Step-by-Step,
Windows
95 Step-by-Step. (See the Books
page.)
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Software
Tools
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MS
Office; FrameMaker; Dreamweaver; Fireworks; PaintShopPro;
RoboHelp, ForeHelp; Acrobat Distiller & Reader; Internet
Explorer; Netscape; WS_FTP; WinZip.
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Recent
Writing Contracts (2006-1996)
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Walking
Orbit, Inc., Denver, CO: wrote the functional demo requirements
document. CTR Engineering, Inc., Denver, CO: completed
a 660MB data conversion project (Word to pdf). Hewlett
Packard, Palo Alto, CA: wrote marketing and technical
documents for a new product launch. Veteran's Affairs Dept.,
Denver, CO: wrote and planned technical documents for an Oracle
conversion project. Trust Company of America, Denver,
CO: wrote the user's guide and on-line help system for a portfolio
management software company. Management Engineering Services,
Longmont, CO: formatted and finalized various National Park
Service proposals. TTC Technology, Denver, CO: edited
and finalized several documents for a key client. MicroMotion,
Boulder, CO: edited, reformatted and converted documents from
EPS to FrameMaker. TechLink, Denver, CO: helped write
various marketing proposals. Morgan Kaufman, Inc.,
San Francisco, CA: initiated and wrote the proposal for the
2nd edition of the IT book.
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Recent
Fulltime Writing Experience (2006-1997)
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Alutiiq,
LLC, Denver, CO: Developed a browser-based procedure toolkit
in RoboHelp, a +30 page division-wide website structure, and
a +300 page government proposal structure for a construction
management company.
Tanning
Technology Corp, Denver, CO: Wrote, edited and developed
technical, marketing, and system documents for Tanning, an
international IT consulting company. Worked on major TTC accounts,
including First Resort, Invesmart, R. R. Donnelley, E*TRADE,
Hartford, CSX, Janus Funds, and US WEST. Worked directly with
the CEO as well as marketing directors on corporate marketing
efforts. Managed the upgrade of the company intranet site.
Facilitated numerous team kickoff and project reviews. Designed
and wrote many HR/internal communication documents, including
daily intranet pages, communication plans, etc. Also wrote
an on-line help system, its parallel user documentation and
a software sales demo.
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Previous
Writing Contracts (2002-1995)
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Management
Engineering Services, Denver, CO (2001, 2002): Helped
prepare a multi-volume environment engineering proposal (TERC)
for Stone & Webster in Boston; also part of a team that
created several NPS proposals. Braingem, Boston, MA
(2000): Wrote a five-page marketing brochure for a Web front-end
developer company in Boston. VISA International, Denver,
CO (1998): Edited, reformatted and converted technical financial
software documents from Word to FrameMaker. BI, Inc.,
Boulder, CO (1997): Updated the System Administration Guide
that I had completed the previous year and created a new remote
user's guide. Carrera Publishing, Boulder, CO (1997):
Completed first draft of initial three-volume documentation
set for Windows NT Web development tools. Wrote End User,
Page Designer and System Administration guides.
Decisionoism, Boulder, CO (1996): Wrote drafts of the User's
Guide and the System Administrator's Guide. XVT Software,
Boulder, CO (1995 - 1996): Updated a 500-page, four-volume
documentation set and on-line help file for a 'C++' development
environment.
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Silicon
Valley Writing Experience (1995-1986)
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Genentech,
South San Francisco, CA (1994-1995); Silicon Graphics -
IDS, Mountain View, CA (1994); Confluent, San Francisco,
CA (1994); Highland Digital, Palo Alto, CA (1994);
Cadence Systems, San Jose, CA (1993); IntelliCorp,
Mountain View, CA (1990-1993); Daisy/Cadnetix and Corvus
Systems, San Jose, CA (1986-1990)
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Software
Documented
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Financial
Portfolio management; Factory Engineering; Rental Property
management, Banking, Large Scale Printing, Transportation,
Operating Systems, UNIX Diagramming tool, Website Design tools,
Corrections, Financial Decision Supportware, Application Development,
GPS Client/Server, Windows Recording tool, Interactive Television;
UNIX, MS Windows OOP development environments; CASE tool;
CAE tools; Board Layout; Schematic Design; Biotechnology;
Risk Management.
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Boulder
Writer's Alliance
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I
have been a member of the writer's group the Boulder Writer's
Alliance (BWA) since 1995. (See the BWA
page.)
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