Lead Information Architect, Oracle Database Resume , Redwood Shores, CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Dedicated, seasoned computer professional with a strong technical background, honed leadership skills, and outstanding communication skills.
7 years experience as principal technical writer at Confidential .
7 years experience as lead information architect at Confidential . Central figure in the project to migrate 50 writers from FrameMaker and DocBook to DITA, Arbortext, and the SDL Knowledge Center content management system.
Over 20 years experience as software engineer and software engineering manager.
Solid project management skills. Able to manage scope and meet deadlines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Redwood Shores, CA

Lead Information Architect, Oracle Database

Responsibilities:

Member of core team that designed and rolled out Confidential's implementation of DITA, XML authoring, and the SDL component content management system (CCMS). Migrated 50 writers from Structured FrameMaker and a DocBook variant.
Lead the architecture team to design the information model, metadata, and workflows for the CCMS.
Wrote the XSLT and XSL - FO stylesheets to produce Oracle-styled HTML and PDF output from our DITA content.
Developed training materials and conducted trainings for writers on topic- based writing, DITA, and the CCMS.
Worked closely with the documentation engineering (tools) team on internal tool specifications, rollout, and troubleshooting.

Confidential, Redwood Shores, CA

Principal Technical Writer, Oracle Database

Responsibilities:

Using Structured FrameMaker and a DocBook variant, wrote several user manuals for Oracle Database, including the 1200-page Administrator's Guide. Presided over multiple releases of this book. Received commendations from various product managers and development managers.
Participated in the topic-based architecture design committee. Pioneered source control for our information development team.

Confidential, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Contract Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

As a contractor, wrote user documentation, developer documentation, white papers, and sample code for Confidential, Confidential, and Confidential . During a 2-year stay at Confidential, wrote several technical manuals related to data warehousing.
Developed course curricula for online virtual classrooms.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Director of e-Commerce Services

Responsibilities:

Managed a team of developers to create custom business applications.
Delivered the first online ticketing system for the Confidential .
Wrote proposals, functional specifications, and design specifications for large e-business and e-commerce software projects.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Founder/CEO/CTO

Responsibilities:

Built and lead a software development and consulting firm that had a 14 year life span. Designed, wrote functional specifications for, and managed the development of dozens of custom business applications.
Areas of expertise included web applications, e-commerce, and client/ server.