Resume of Sr. Temp. Technical Writer

Title
Sr. Temp. Technical Writer

Primary Skills
MSOffice (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Draw, Outlook), FrameMaker, Acrobat, Technical writing and editing, proofreading

Location
US-CA-Irvine

Posted
Feb-10-07

Sr. Temp. Technical Writer for Orange County and Long Beach, CA

(Telephone area codes 949 and 714)

Temp./Contract/Consultant


* Fast-starter, with 25 years of successful experience guiding hundreds of technical and marketing documents from conception through release.

- 600 medical-technical documents

- 500 military-technical documents

- 400 user guides

- 400 marketing documents

- 300 test documents

- 300 procedures

- 200 hardware descriptions

- 200 software descriptions

- 100 maintenance and installation guides

- 200 drawings

- 150 reports and summaries

- 100 photographs

- 50 white papers

* Excellent experience with software, electronic, and mechanical components, from medical to military, from rocket science to brain surgery.

* Award-winning attention to detail, clarity, and simple English.

* Reduced document turn-around time.

* Effective manager of priorities, projects, and deadlines.

* Excellent analytical, written, and oral communication skills.

* Advanced teamwork skills: organized, dependable, motivated, and goal oriented.

* 16 years of proven effectiveness with numerous programs:

- PC and Mac, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Draw, through Word 2007 beta)

- Windows NT, XP

- Graphics (drawing, photography, and presentations), Visio, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Paint

- FrameMaker, Adobe Acrobat, Quark Express

- ClearCase and DOORS archiving programs

- Peer Review Tool

* Security-cleared military and government work (U.S. citizen). Master of MIL SPECS.

* Over 15 years of military and medical regulatory experience (at Boeing, Alcon, Allergan, SAIC, Braun/McGaw Pharmaceuticals/Biological Testing Laboratory, Baxter/Edwards, and Elbit).

* Excellent references.

Technical Training

* Cornell University: Math, Science, and Engineering Scholarship, Dean's List.

* Additional courses from MIT, University of Wales (Great Britain), and Haifa University (Israel).

* Extensive training at Boeing Aircraft, Corning Fiberoptics, Allergan Optical R&D, and Emulex Computer.

* US Dept. of State/USIA technical training for work as multilingual technical guide at exhibits of American technology in Russia, Ukraine, and Armenia.

Client List

* QLogic Corp., white papers, readme files, release notes, style guide, and Tech Pubs procedures for leading supplier of networking storage devices, in Word and FrameMaker

* Boeing Aircraft Corp., C-17 avionics procedures and other documents for USAF

* Alcon Laboratories for ophthalmic surgical devices: lasers and endoilluminators

* GeoTest/Marvin Engineering (for Raytheon missiles)

* Argo-Tech/Carter procedures and other documents for specialty pumps (for Halliburton-KBR)

* Corning and Samsung procedures for Advanced Photonic Technologies and Optical Networking Devices

* Meade Instruments telescopes, microscopes, and binoculars

* PairGain copper optical phone-line telecommunications

* Printrak computer storage and identification of fingerprints

* Toshiba Information Systems computers

* Odetics/ATL automated tape libraries

* Braun/McGaw Pharmaceuticals/Biological Testing Laboratory

* Paragon Power shipboard systems

* AST Computer

* Allergan Optical contact-lens care products and eye medicines

* Emulex Corp. computer components

* SAIC Veterans Administration hospital computer system networking

* Silicon Valley Group (SVG)/Thermco robotic chemical reactors for computer wafers

* Elbit medical, military, and communications devices

* Baxter/Edwards Healthcare cardiovascular devices

* International Irrigation Information Center (IIIC)

* Mor-Carmi Engineering airport communications and security

* Masada Press

* Tel-Aviv University

* U.S. Dept. of State/U.S. Information Agency

* U.S. Air Force/Indiana University Intensive Language Training Center

* Cornell University Press/Russian Institute

Details of Clients and Projects

QLogic Corp., Aliso Viejo, CA, 10/06--2/07.

Wrote and edited technical and marketing documents for the leading supplier of fibre channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBA), blade server embedded and stackable FC switches, fabric switches, controller chips, and iSCSI HBAs, to power Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions from Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi, Data Systems, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliances, and Sun Microsystems, via original equipment manufacturers (OEM), resellers, and system integrators.

* Worked in Word and FrameMaker

* White papers

* Readme files and release notes

* Tech Pubs Style Guide and Procedures

Boeing Aircraft Corp., Long Beach, CA, C-17 Software Engineering Environment: software-test documentation for U.S. Air Force, 9/04--4/06.

* Worked closely with Boeing software engineers, technicians, and customers: Air Force System Program Office (SPO), and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), achieving acceptance of all my documents.

* Wrote 40-page procedures and checklist for writing and editing Software Engineering Environment documents. These achieved compliance with government documentation regulations and made the production of documentation organized, efficient, complete, and successful.

* Provided independent review of 4,000 pages of Boeing documents.

* Organized and conducted effective Peer Review meetings.

* Represented the company in customer meetings.

* Edited and reviewed software test plans (STP and CPTPL), procedures (CPTPR), specifications, software test reports (STR), and software test descriptions (STD) for the following:

- Hydraulic System Computer (HSC)

- Load-Forward Control Panel (LFCP)

- Mission/Communication Keyboard (MCK)

- Aircraft Propulsion and Data Management Computer (APDMC)

- Multi-Function Display (MFD)

- Heads-Up Display (HUD)

- Caution Aural Warning System (CAWS)

- Warning and Caution Computer (WCC)

- Warning Annunciation Panel (WAP)

* Wrote and edited to stringent government and industry standards, including Mil-Std-498 and Mil-Std-1553.

Alcon Laboratories, Irvine Technology Center R&D for ophthalmic surgical devices, Irvine, CA, 3/04-9/04.

Wrote and edited 400 pages of R&D documentation for medical devices.

* Timely writing and editing of documents instrumental in Alcon's maintenance of ISO certification:

- Risk-Management Report for EyeLite® Laser System, used to treat proliferative diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and retinal detachment.

- Risk-Management Report for ACCURUS® High Brightness Illuminator (AHBI), for illuminating the interior of the eye during surgery.

- EyeLite® Laser Hazards and Harms.

- Protocol for EyeLite® Laser Clinical Literature Survey (CLS).

* Wrote in compliance with the following standards, rules, and regulations:

- GxP: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Clinical Practices (GCP), and Good Lab Practices (GLP).

- Predicate Rules (both FDA Act and Public Health Service Act).

- Codes of Federal Regulations (CFRs, such as 21CFR Part 11).

- EN ISO 14791: 2000 (Medical Devices: Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices).

- ISO 15752: 2000 (Ophthalmic Instruments - Endoilluminators - Fundamental requirements and test methods for optical radiation safety).

- IEC 60601-1: (Medical electrical equipment, Part 1: General requirements for safety).

* Edited articles, such as “Thermal Study of Bare Ultrasound Tips with Various System Parameters and Incision Sizes,” for publication in Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

* Worked with IT, Regulatory, and QA.

Marvin Test Systems/Geotest, Irvine, CA, 1/04-2/04.

Wrote, edited, illustrated, and formatted a 400-page technical, maintenance, installation, and operation manual for Raytheon missile test station.

* Built successful team with top management, engineers, technicians, graphic artist, and IT.

* Met tight customer deadline using standard templates and formats, MS Word, PhotoShop, and Draw (graphics).

Argo-Tech Cryogenics Products Division, J.C. Carter Pumps, Costa Mesa, CA, 4/03-10/03.

Wrote, edited, illustrated, proofread, and took digital photos for proposals, product descriptions, procedures, manuals, and technical-journal articles to document pumps that move liquefied gasses to and from gas and oil tankers.

* Edited and proofread successful proposals to Halliburton-KBR (Kellogg, Brown & Root), Bechtel, Samsung, Korea Gas, and Chicago Bridge and Iron (CB&I).

* Built effective teams with development, support, and project management.

Corning, Inc.: Advanced Photonic Technologies (APT) R&D, Optical Networking Devices (OND), and Samsung-Corning Manufacturing (SCM), Garden Grove, Cypress, Fountain Valley, CA, 10/99-3/03.

Wrote, edited, and illustrated over 200 assembly procedures, configuration, installation, and support procedures, specifications, patent applications, and presentations for optics and fiberoptics.

* Built teams with development, support, and project management at Corning's APT and OND facilities to design procedures that saved Samsung-Corning Manufacturing (SCM) over $100K.

* Wrote procedures that were praised by the Corning and Samsung Safety, Engineering, and Production departments as successful, effective, and safe. The thoroughness of the procedures saved the company over $100K while protecting the workers' health and safety.

* Provided assistance and guidance to other staff in writing, editing, and MS Word.

Meade Instruments, telescopes, microscopes, binoculars, and accessories, Irvine, CA, 5/99-10/99.

Wrote and edited installation and user guides (hardware and software), brochures, and catalogs for telescopes, microscopes, binoculars, and accessories.

* Reported to VP Marketing, with responsibility for editing and approving writing, editing, and printing of all technical and marketing publications.

* Built effective documentation-production teams with Marketing, Engineering, Customer Support, Graphics, and outside printing house.

* Edited and proofread Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Portuguese in addition to English.

* Used standard templates and formats, on PC and Mac, for Word, Quark, Visio, and PhotoShop.

PairGain Technologies, Tustin, CA, 3/99-5/99.

Edited, updated, formatted, and proofread copper optical phone-line telecommunications hardware and software installation procedures and configuration, maintenance, and user guides.

* Worked in standard templates and formats in MS Word and FrameMaker.

* Did proofreading in Spanish and Portuguese as well as English.

Printrak International, Orange, CA, 2/99-3/99.

* Edited and formatted engineering plans and configuration, installation, maintenance, and user guides for image-processing hardware and software for automated fingerprint identification.

* Used standard templates and formats in FrameMaker and Word.

Baxter/Edwards Healthcare, Irvine, CA, 12/98-2/99.

Documented process flow and procedures, engineering orders, and engineering changes in MS Word and Information-Mapping for Cardio-Vascular Systems Division (medical devices: artificial hearts).

Toshiba America Information Systems (TAIS), notebook computers, Irvine, CA, 11/98-12/98.

Updated configuration, installation, and user guides for notebook computers.

* Increased document turn-around time by 30%.

* Provided assistance and guidance to other staff in writing, editing, and MS Word.

Paragon Power, Anaheim, CA, 9/98-10/98.

Edited and formatted maintenance manuals for Navy shipboard power supplies.

Braun/McGaw Pharmaceuticals, Biological Testing Laboratory, Irvine, CA, 8/98-9/98.

Increased the writing of animal study reports by 30% with standard templates and formats in MS Word.

Silicon Valley Group (SVG), Thermco Division, Orange, CA, 1/98-7/98.

Wrote and edited configuration, installation, and operator's manuals (hardware and software) for robotic chemical reactors, working with Development, Support, and Training.

* Used standard templates and formats in FrameMaker and MS Word (converted Word documents to FrameMaker).

* Provided assistance and guidance to other staff in writing, editing, and MS Word.

Odetics/Automated Tape Libraries (ATL), Anaheim, CA, 7/97-12/97.

Edited, updated, formatted, and proofread system development, configuration, installation, process flow, and hardware and software guides for maintenance and installation guides for rapid robotic retrieval of data from mass storage.

* Worked with development, support, and project management teams, in Word and FrameMaker.

Allergan Optical (R&D for eye medicines and medical devices: contact-lens-care products), Irvine, CA, 6/93-6/97.

Wrote and edited over 300 market-support brochures and presentations, summaries, safety sections of FDA submissions, clinical and lab reports, publications, posters, and user-friendly procedures for pharmaceuticals and contact-lens care products.

* Initiated, edited, and formatted a timely and convincing market-support report, which retained a multimillion-dollar account (Wal-Mart).

* Built documentation teams with Microbiology, Regulatory, Marketing, R&D, Support, QA, IT, and Project Management departments to gain regulatory approval and reduce document-production times by 20% and calls to customer service by 25%.

* Helped achieve ISO certification for European certification (CE mark).

* Worked with Good Lab Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Global Harmonization.

AST Computer, Irvine, CA, 11/92-4/93.

Wrote and edited a 300-page technical manual for computer engineers, using standard templates and formats in MS Word.

Emulex Computer, computer components, systems, and software, Costa Mesa, CA, 4/87-11/92.

Edited and formatted 100 configuration, installation, user, and maintenance manuals for document data-backup sub-systems and market-support documents for data-storage and communications.

* Instituted customer-response forms, pleasing customers and increasing orders 17%.

* Built teams with development, support, project management, graphic artists and outside printing agency, reducing document-production times 15% and customer-service calls 20%.

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), veteran-hospital software, San Diego, CA, 2/87-4/87.

Built effective team with development (programmers, pharmacists, writers, and editors) to edit, and design graphics for, pharmacy and radiology sections of a winning proposal for networking the computers of all Veterans Administration hospitals.

Elbit Corporation, Haifa, Israel, 6/82-12/86.

Wrote, edited, and translated proposals and market-support brochures and technical, medical, training, testing, and military guides and procedures.

* Won company awards for producing a 200-page management-proposal template (boilerplate) and series of 300-page proposals that increased the success ratio by 25%.

* Wrote, edited, and translated user guides, hardware, software, and maintenance manuals, in English, Spanish, and Hebrew, for the following:

- Signal processing and command, control, and communication devices.

- Avionics. Weapon Delivery and Navigation Devices. Training and test documentation.

- Hemodialysis (artificial kidney) and hospital organization.

- Irrigation, agriculture, and robotics.

International Irrigation Information Center (IIIC) of the Volcani Institute (national agricultural research institution of Israel), Bet Dagan, Israel, 3/82-6/82.

* Wrote summaries of journal articles on irrigation research using standard templates and formats.

* Provided assistance and guidance to other staff in writing and editing.

Mor-Carmi Engineering, Tel Aviv, Israel, 10/81-2/82.

* Lead editor for English-language engineering plans, and installation and support procedures, for aircraft and airport communications and security systems.

* Provided assistance and guidance to other staff in writing and editing.

Masada Press, Ramat Gan, Israel, 1981.

* Lead copy editor for English-language books.

Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1980-81.

* English editor and translator, from Russian and Hebrew, for professional journal.

* Instructor of Russian and English.

Bates College, Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Lewiston, Maine, 8/75-9/79.

* Assistant Professor of Russian language and literature

* Increased the Russian and Hebrew programs from 10 students to 75 students

University of Waterloo, Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 9/75-6/76.

* Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian language and literature.

U.S. Dept. of State/US Information Agency, Washington, D.C., Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, 6/66-12/66.

* Multi-lingual (Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian) technical guide and public relations officer at overseas exhibit of American hand tools.

U.S. Air Force/Indiana University Intensive Language Training Center, Bloomington, Indiana, 9/65-6/66.

* Writer and instructor of dialogs between Russian pilots and tower.

* Instructor of Air Force recruits.

Indiana University Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Bloomington, Indiana, 9/65-9/75.

* Instructor and Assistant Professor of Russian Language, Literature, and Culture.

Cornell University Press/Russian Institute, Ithaca, New York, 6/64-6/65.

* Book editor.

Education, Awards, and Certificates

PhD, 1975, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Literature, linguistics, and area studies.

* Additional graduate work in economics, sociology, and politics for certificate in area studies.

* National Graduate Honor Society.

* Fellowships (book researcher and editor).

* Assistantships for research and assistantships for teaching.

MA, 1965, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Literature and linguistics.

* New York State College Teacher's Fellowship.

* National Defense Fellowships.

* Research Assistantships: editing of Russian Literature for Cornell University Press and Two Worlds of Childhood: US and USSR for Cornell University Soviet Studies Committee and Bantam Books.

BA, 1963, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Linguistics and science.

* Dean's Honor List.

* Cornell University Scholarship.

* New York State Regents Math, Science, and Engineering Scholarship.

* New York State Regents College Scholarship.

Certificates in Technical and Medical Writing and Editing

* Certificates from American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), 1995 and 1997.

Additional Continuing Education and Training

* Technical writing and editing (at MIT, AMWA, Elbit Computer)

* Computer hardware and software (Haifa University, Israel)

* Plain (simple) English for technical writing (University of Wales, Great Britain)

* Training at Boeing Aircraft

- Computer and document security

- Business ethics

- The Peer Review process and Structured Peer Reviews (SPR)

* Training at Allergan Optical

- Microsoft Office

- Quality Assurance (QA and QC), Quality in practice

- Internet and the law

- Intellectual property and patent law

- CE certification

- ISO9000 and 46000: Good research practice (GRP), Good lab practice (GLP), Good manufacturing practice (GMP)

- Micro-organisms, sterilization, and disinfection

- Designing a clinical study

* Training at Emulex Computer

- Computer hardware and software

- Computer networking

* Training at SAIC

- Word processing and artwork on networked minicomputers

- Quality Assurance (QA and QC)

* Training at Hy Silver Associates, Los Angeles and Tel Aviv

- Proposal writing and editing

Professional Experience in Foreign Languages

* Spanish, Hebrew, and Russian technical translating and editing.

* Proof-reading and checking technical French, German, Portuguese, and Italian, as well as Spanish, Hebrew, Russian, and English (English is my native language).

Memberships

* Society for Technical Communication (STC), 1987--2006.
Orange County chapter Vice President and Membership chair, 2001-2002.
Nominating Committee, 2003-2004.

* American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), 1993--1998.
Pacific Southwest regional representative to the international organization, 1994--1998.

Certifications
* Certificates in Technical and Medical Writing and Editing from American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), 1995 and 1997.



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