Senior Technical Writer Resume
Sunnyvale, CA
May 2006 - Dec 2006 Confidential
The company operated in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry and produced Design for Manufacturing (DFM) software used by semiconductor companies. The company laid off most of its staff between November 2006 and March 2007 before being sold.
- Produced user's guides and command references in Framemaker format for the company's Halo DFM software suite.
- Converted all the Halo documentation from Framemaker format to online help using RoboHTML authoring software.
- The online help is platform-independent, runs on any web browser, includes full search capability, and is delivered as part of the product package.
- Created graphical content.
2004 - 2006 Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA
The company operated in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry and the documentation described its next-generation routing solution. The company ceased operations in March 2006.
- Established the technical publications department.
- For the company's K-Route product, produced an online user's guide and command, parameter, and object references using RoboHTML authoring software.
- Updated/edited the internal command and parameter help files.
- Produced/edited application notes, whitepapers, release notes, datasheets and corporate backgrounders.
- Created graphical content.
- (Monterey merged with Aristo Technology at the end of 2000)
- The company operated in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry, and the documentation encompassed the full flow chip design process from physical design (floorplanning) to GDSII tapeout.
- Hired and managed two technical writers.
- For the company's IC Wizard, Dolphin, Sonar, and MTC products, used the RoboHTML online help authoring tool and Framemaker to create online- and PDF-based user's guides and command references.
- Produced application notes, whitepapers and release notes.
- Created a product Quick Reference "pocket" guide for each product.
- Created graphical content.
1998 - 2000 Confidential, Cupertino, CA
The company operated in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry, and the documentation described its physical design (floorplanning) technology. Aristo was acquired by Monterey Design Systems.
- Established the technical publications department.
- Hired and managed one technical writer.
- For the company's IC Wizard product, created reference manuals and user's guides in online, hard copy, and PDF format using RoboHTML, Framemaker, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat software. I developed a unique online help interface to enhance document usability.
- Created a product Quick Reference "pocket" guide (Microsoft Publisher).
- Created graphical content.
1996 - 1998 Confidential, Santa Clara
- The company operates in the network fax server industry.
- Managed three technical writers
- For the company's FAXPress network fax server product line, created online help and hard copy documentation using RoboHelp Office, Framemaker, and Adobe Acrobat software.
- Produced application notes, whitepapers and release notes.
- Produced training videos for customer service personnel.
1994 - 1996 Confidential, San Jose
The company developed Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) software.
- Managed three technical writers in the RTOS writing group.
- Used Framemaker to produce original hard copy and PDF documentation for the company's CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering) software and its Spectra Real-Time Embedded Systems development environment, including the VRTX run-time kernel.
- Wrote application notes and release notes for the above products.
- Produced an interactive computer-based training (multimedia) program for the VRTX kernel.
- RoboHelp
- Framemaker
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Publisher
- Snag It! image capture and editor
Education
- B.A. Accounting
Privacy Policy
Resume Categories
- .NET Developers/Architects Resumes
- Java Developers/Architects Resumes
- Informatica Developers/Architects Resumes
- Business Analyst (BA) Resumes
- Quality Assurance (QA) Resumes
- Network and Systems Administrators Resumes
- Help Desk and Support specialists Resumes
- Oracle Developers Resumes
- SAP Resumes
- Web Developer Resumes
- Datawarehousing, ETL, Informatica Resumes
- Business Intelligence, Business Object Resumes
- MainFrame Resumes
- Network Admin Resumes
- Oracle Resumes
- ORACLE DBA Resumes
- Other Resumes
- Peoplesoft Resumes
- Project Manager Resumes
- Quality Assurance Resumes
- Recruiter Resumes
- SAS Resumes
- Sharepoint Resumes
- SQL Developers Resumes
- Technical Writers Resumes
- WebSphere Resumes
- Hot Resumes
