Technical Writer Resume Germantown, MD - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

More than twelve years of work as a technical writer in high - tech companies.
Ability to learn new technology quickly and translate highly technical language into easy-to-understand concepts.
Expertise in a wide range of end-user, marketing and compliance documentation.
Ability to manage all documentation needs of a company and meet tight deadlines, producing high-quality work.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technical Areas: Internet technology, telecommunications, software and hardware, development/test/build engineering, technical, network security, content management systems, Agile software development, online help programming and information design, Web management.

Documentation: end-user, marketing, compliance, development, graphic design, , grant proposals, scientific articles, online help.

Tools: Microsoft Office, FrameMaker, Agile, Acrobat Pro, RoboHelp, Visio, Google Docs, Dreamweaver, PhotoShop, Corel PaintShop Pro, HTML, XML, Magic ISO.

Operating Systems: Windows, mac OS, Linux.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Technical Writer

Confidential, Germantown, MD

Responsibilities:

Sole technical writer in a vibrant engineering division of a large telecommunications company.
Fulfilled all documentation needs for several software and hardware product lines.
Used Frame Maker, Word, PDF and HTML to write, update and publish multiple end-user, marketing and compliance documents per product release.
Managed translations of large documents into foreign languages.

Assistant Professor

Confidential, College Park, MD

Responsibilities:

Research, teaching and administrative work.

Senior Technical Writer

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

Wrote and updated software User Guides for routers.
Worked closely with the engineering teams in a big and fast-paced writing department.
Facilitated exchange of ongoing development information among engineers and writers.
Met difficult and rapidly changing deadlines.
Received multiple s and quarterly bonuses.

Senior Technical Writer

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

Created a writing department for Efficient Networks, a successful small telecommunications company that was later acquired by Confidential .
Created and updated all online and hard-copy customer documentation.
Analyzed competitors' marketing to design and build a context-sensitive online help for multiple projects.
Programmed the interface of software applications according to customers' specifications.
Worked with development, test, and customer support engineers in California, Texas, and India.
Managed translation projects.
Received quarterly bonuses.

Freelance Medical Grants Editor

Confidential, Stanford, CA

Responsibilities:

Proofread and edited interdisciplinary grant proposals with multiple authors in medicine (radiation oncology, and hematology), applied mathematics, and biology.
Prepared medical proposals for submission to the Confidential .

Technical Writer

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

Responsibilities:

Sole technical writer in a large corporate and manufacturing division.
Managed all technical writing projects.
Converted highly-technical data into clear, easy-to-understand end-user documentation.
Researched scientific materials and edited scientific papers for publication.

Grant Writer/Teaching Assistant

Confidential, Stanford, CA

Responsibilities:

Taught Russian language and literature classes and wrote multiple grant proposals Confidential Center for Russian and East European Studies Grant, Confidential Graduate Research Opportunities Fellowship, Confidential Graduate Fellowship.

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