SUMMARY:

• Technical publications professional: exhaustive and diverse background in writing original Mil - Spec operating and maintenance manuals, flight test reports, software validation reports, user guides and procedural manuals, revisions and tech manual maintenance processes. Long record of successful production of required documents from primary sources including design drawings, software line description documents, and collaboration with SMEs.
• Also long, varied experience in media relations including successful placement of releases in national magazines, placement of freelance articles, crisis public relations, speechwriting, and creation of B2B marketing materials. Strong background in print media, style and usage, and photography.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

COPYWRITER

Responsibilities:

• Currently creating systematic valve repair curriculum for a major national pipeline operator. Researched and drafted web-page marketing copy for helicopter charter services, balloon ride and skydiving franchises, and UAV services. Created marketing plans for two local small businesses.

Confidential

Technical Editor

Responsibilities:

• Quality control, technical review and shipboard validation of contractor-written component and ship system manuals. Reviewed and delivered 3,500 manuals to meet new ship sea trial deadline for LHA-6. Applied Mil-Spec and commercial off-the-shelf publication requirements; organized large tracking databases.

Confidential

Flight Test Writer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Flight Test: Wrote extensive original material for production of flight test data release of final CNI-FMS (communication, navigation, identification/flight management system) software build for the C-130J flight test program. Independently originated second-by-second reports of in-flight test events to verify new FMS software, for subsequent review by IPT lead. This contribution resulted in parallel testing and demonstration of multiple software versions with limited engineering resources. Also drafted test protocols from software documentation to satisfy Confidential and customer ( Confidential, Confidential, Confidential ) operational requirements; draft material was implemented in formal test protocols after review by IPT lead.
• Technical Publications: Flight manual maintenance in for C-130J and earlier models, including familiarization with SGML processes. Subject work included pilot, loadmaster, flight performance and CNI manuals, defensive weapon systems, safety supplements, and customer review processes.
• Proposals: Edited JPATS (jet trainer for U.S. forces) and ORION 2000 ( Confidential maritime patrol aircraft) proposals in airframe, power plant, ILS, ground facilities, flight characteristics and financial subject areas.

Confidential

ILS Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Researched and wrote original technical manuals and provisioning lists for new heavy equipment on U.S. Navy and foreign ships; worked independently from design drawings, interviews with engineers and other SMEs, validation of actual equipment, and other primary sources. Manual composition covered user guidance, functional description of unique equipment, scheduled maintenance, troubleshooting, repair procedures and directions for installation.. Scoped ILS tasks in new project proposals. Also authored short technical reports and contributed to technical specifications. Implemented task tracking and management for all product-related data deliverables (SDRLS) for the engineering department, using SPARS. Authored original reports and letters to satisfy SDRLS in supportability, identicality, safety, hazardous materials, obsolescence, and ILS.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing major freelance assignments in original development of mil-spec technical manuals on electromechanical equipment for ships. Contributed to development of online community news website, www.paulding.com. Wrote release and successfully placed publicity for the Southern Museum of Railroad and Civil War History to national railroad hobby media. Authored new website and brochure copy for Wamar Technologies.

Confidential

Communications Manager

Responsibilities:

• Drafted business plan for nation’s fourth largest industrial restoration company, and developed other company media for relations with clients and investors.

Confidential

Corporate Secretary/Communications Director

Responsibilities:

• Overall administrative management of Regulation “D” stock offering for capitalization of a proposed new airline. Authored business plan and many supplemental proposal documents, financial projection, and negotiations with air transport industry vendors and government officials. Set up airline manuals publication department to prepare for Confidential Part 121 .

Confidential

Engineering Writer

Responsibilities:

• Engineering writer in technical publications department supporting nuclear submarines and related high-technology systems. Produced documentation for installation, maintenance and modification of shipboard and simulator equipment. Drafted technical manual for TAURES missile simulator used in SSN-688 class attack submarines, working independently from procurement specification and design drawings; project resulted in publication by the Navy after review by cognizant engineering authority. Routinely developed manual changes and other documentation from primary sources (construction drawings, changes notices).

Confidential

Public Relations Consultant/Freelance Writer

Responsibilities:

• Supported major clients including Confidential, Georgia Pacific and Southwire as well as banks, hospitals, consulting engineers, political campaigns. Produced industrial materials, ad copy, press releases, brochures, etc.

Confidential

Public Affairs Officer

Responsibilities:

• Executed media plans during high-visibility events such as ship commissionings, foreign fleet port visits and major joint service exercises in Confidential . Directed media response at Confidential upon crash of A7 into apartment complex in 1989; authored case study on crisis public affairs now used for officer at Defense Information School. Published articles in Confidential and Confidential .