Instructional Designer / Senior Technical Writer/ Editor Resume
Nashville, TN
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
HARDWARE / SOFTWARE EXPOSURE: Apple (PC) | Personal Computers (PC) | Networks (Cisco and SUN) | Windows 3.1/95/98/2000/ XP/Vista/WIN7,8&10
Adobe: Acrobat | Dreamweaver | Flash | FrameMaker | Illustrator | PhotoShop | Robohelp
Microsoft: MS Office Pro 2007/2010 Access | Excel | PowerPoint | Project | Visio | Word — MS SharePoint 2007/2010
Corel (Graphic Design Tools): CorelDraw X4 | CorelPaint X4 | Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
Ability to read and some code writing in these software languages: Angular | Bootstrap | CSS - CSS3 | HTML5 | Java | JavaScript | jQuery | jQuery Mobile | Python | XML
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Nashville, TN
Instructional Designer / Senior Technical Writer/ Editor
Responsibilities:- Apply instructional design and technical writing experience to an OSHA-based Online Computer-based Training (CBT) environment.
- Develop instructional content by writing enhanced pop-up ‘dialog’ feedback presented to students completing a set of 110+ Post-Tests.
- Maintain high attention to detail and strong grammar with a short turnaround time for sequencing and remediated feedback deliverables.
Confidential, Chandler, AZ
Senior Technical Writer/ Editor / Facilitator
Responsibilities:- Facilitated technical meetings to present content to geographically disbursed technical and non-technical team members.
- Created databases, document repositories, instructions, presentations, SharePoint Content, and Front End websites.
Confidential, Goldsboro, NC
Senior Stress Engineering Technical Writer/ Editor
Responsibilities:- Documentation Change Management agent in direct support of Stress Engineering group and IT Support Solutions.
- Developed Word® document content, repositories, and templates for use by hardware system design stress engineers.
Confidential, Chandler, AZ
Senior Technical Writer/ Editor / Web Designer
Responsibilities:- Authored, edited, and delivered moderate to complex project documents, processes, procedures, presentations, SharePoint and Web content (Framesets, Glossaries, Lists, Menus, Navigation Bars, Repositories, Site Collections, Websites, Workspaces, Workflows, and Web Parts).
- Created databases, document repositories, instructions, presentations, SharePoint Content, and Front End websites.
- Developed system Configuration, Disaster Recovery, Installation, Run Books, Playbooks, and Training materials.
- Project managed a team of off-shore (India) software engineers, developing custom Intranet UI/UX/Web/Wiki Websites.
Confidential, Phoenix, AZ
Senior Technical Writer/ Editor
Responsibilities:- Activities included writing Web content, data scrubbing, and portal UX/UI/Web content reviews with web developers.
- Teamed with AZ State Health Care case managers/Web developers performing a major UID/UXD website redesign.
Confidential, Mesa, AZ
Co-owner / Business Operations Management / Senior Technical Writer/ Editor
Responsibilities:- Co-owner / Business Operations Manager of a technical documentation business that provided contract business analysis, instructional design, project management, technical illustration, technical writing/editing, and training writing services to academic, business, high-tech, manufacturing, software, and telecommunications companies local to the Phoenix, Arizona area and the Silicon Valley in Northern California.
- Overall responsibilities were business operations, interface with client management and technical staff to analyze their documentation projects, research state-of-the-art software, develop client requirements, accumulate artifacts, write content, and publish documentation deliverables (technical manuals/user guides, training materials, electronic datasheets, etc.). High-tech industry client contracts included Adept Technology (Robotics, California), Confidential ® Corporation (Digital Circuit and Flash Memory Components - Arizona and California).
Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA
Senior Technical Writer/ Editor
Responsibilities:- Developed training materials and content for Junos Automation Training program.
- Created customer-facing documents for Juniper Switching and Router groups.
- Completed Python software training course.
Confidential, Chandler, AZ
Senior Technical Writer/ Editor
Responsibilities:- Created an “Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Awareness and Prevention” CBT course that was translated into Chinese.
- Technical Publications team SME for their Satellite Telecommunications Network Systems Management program.
- Wrote two Network Systems Management Reference Manuals and two proprietary User Guides for their Call Intercept program.
- Wrote system configuration management, fault management, and installation manuals to include chart, diagrams, and illustrations.
Confidential, Chandler, AZ
Senior Technical Writer/ Editor
Responsibilities:- Created and delivered hands-on classroom instruction course in ‘EDA Theory and Software Tool Modeling Techniques.’
- Created interactive Component/Memory Digital Circuit Timing Analysis Simulation Models for electronic datasheets.
- Engineered dynamic models and documented design efforts to create the first Universal Serial Bus (USB) component.