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Senior Technical Writer

Accomplished writer with over 20 years in the semiconductor industry. Use various publishing programs to work with engineering and marketing staff to create external product documentation. Goal and deadline-oriented. Experience in website content management. Enjoy presenting information in clear, consistent and professional manner.

Areas of expertise:
Hardware and software, chip and system level technical collateral.
Marketing collateral.
Marketing communications skills.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Technical Publications Manager/Staff Technical Writer

Worked closely and regularly with geographically separated teams, remaining in sync with internal customers' expectations and goals. Supported AES engineering hardware, software, and applications teams product and vertical marketing groups:
Technical publications team manager with hands-on projects for AMD Embedded Solutions AES business unit. Oversaw team of three two in U.S. and one in India :
Produced weekly status report, inputs for monthly operations review and set yearly team goals. Wrote yearly performance reviews.
Edited/formatted engineering raw data and turned into customer technical documentation datasheets, application notes, errata, white papers, register guides, software development kits , ensuring reference design packages i.e., schematic, BOM, errata, user's guide, layout file, gerbers, software board support packages were complete and accurate.
Proofed/edited external facing marketing documentation both public and confidential, e.g., competitive analysis data, product overviews, product roadmaps, application-specific presentations, blogs, newsletters prior to required legal department review. Managed documentation review cycles via SharePoint for all of AES, hence streamlining process.

Content Management:

Confidential Main site for Embedded NDA customers and partners to access technical collateral. Managed content, layout and back-end, ensuring critical design collateral accessibility for specific users during early enablement phases through product launch with appropriate levels of security and licenses applied.
Confidential behind AMD firewall : Main site for AMD field application engineers and representatives to access sales collateral, ensuring current marketing collateral was posted.
Confidential behind AMD firewall : Site allowing internal users access to source materials for enhancing files i.e., logos, graphics, product and vertical marketing presentations, templates, etc. .

Database Management:

Tracked all AES released collateral through technical publications team, ensuring all revisions were updated to designated posting sites and each revision was stored for history purposes.
released software i.e., BIOS, drivers, board support packages, software development kits with appropriate click license, guaranteeing all revisions were updated to designated posting sites.

Technical Writer Manager

Managed team of four writers. Created supporting technical documentation for Information Appliance and Bluetooth Wireless groups. Documentation posted to websites was released through technical publications team, allowing tracking and revision history. Division then purchased by AMD.

Senior Technical Writer

First technical writer for integrated processor division. Worked with engineering to produce customer technical documentation for processors and chipsets. Reported into applications engineering manager. Division then purchased by National Semicondutor.

Technical Writer Manager

Co-worker and I formed Technical Publications department. As a team, we established layout/specifications for customer facing technical documentation data books, application notes, product alerts, product updates, etc. . Worked with Document Control to specify document numbers, revision and ECO engineering change order sign-off procedures.

Technical Writer, Marketing Communications. Wrote/produced sales bulletins monthly direct sales and distributors news releases, cross-reference manuals, datasheets. Worked with Technical Marketing to create external customer technical documentation. Total site printing coordination bids/creation : forms, business cards, technical publications, promotional gifts, awards, plaques, slides, etc. Coordinated/staged site conferences, trade shows, field seminars, press tours. Included follow-up procedures creating database of attendees and shipping literature. Specified and produced a trade show booth that was feasible for two divisions divisions split creation costs . Staged COMPUTEX Taiwan , COMDEX Las Vegas and GOMAC Las Vegas trade shows.

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