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All technical writing activities as described by my experience. Comfortable from factory floor, to subject matter experts, to boardroom, anywhere in the world. Enjoy the challenge, travel, and cultural experiences needed to understand, analyze, recommend content as needed to meet the needs of the client to end-user documentation/communication.Analyze, create, and maintain complete public relations, media relations needs for professional sporting facilities. Assisted a variety of clients over the years involved in the day-to-day operations, marketing and communications of sports teams and facilities.Provide professional public address announcing and public speaking as an ambassador for teams and facilities.Produce seminars at convention-type professional gatherings to share personal experiences and methods of communication to reach customers and clients through traditional and new-age social media tools.On-air personality for lead or secondary color-commentator input for radio programs for the promotion of client events.Traditional newspaper writing for event reports or in-depth column op-eds for a wide variety of topics relating to professional sports on a local, or national audience.Grass-roots announcing and directing of high school athletic events. Promote these event by coordinating with local television, newspaper, and on-air media.

Convert existing client documentation into XML MIL-STD formatted documentation to meet US Army and US Air Force requirements using ArborText.Coordinate and participate in military product validation/verification onsite for formal government submissions and acceptance.Create or edit content to accurately step end-users through all phases of operator/maintainer activities on operating or servicing military equipment.Create or edit illustrations as needed in support of military documentation.Coordinate and distribute corrections needed to support all onsite product validate/verification efforts to meet tight deadline schedules dictated by the client/government.Participate in actual mechanical troubleshooting and maintenance of equipment to analyze the documented steps and in coordination with the customer, create or edit documentation to meet customer and government requirements.Create validation/verification plans for equipment documentation to meet strict government deadlines and coordinate with both to ensure success.

Create technical user manuals for equipment used in the United States military.Create formal plans for testing and validation of equipment as it is designed and submit to various clients for review.Create documentation as needed for use in manufacturing, development, maintenance and day-to-day use.Work extensively with subject matter experts in the interpretation of new and revised product drawings to develop documentation for training and shipboard use in day-to-day operation and maintenance of vital mechanical equipment.Interpret electrical drawings and internal developer software guides to produce end-user illustrations and step-by-step guides, per government guidelines, for training and day-to-day use controls for mechanical equipment delivered to shipyards for installation.Produce detailed hazardous material reports for complex mechanical equipment to be used in maintenance and end-of-life activities.

Lead Technical Writer• Led a team of off-shore technical writers based out of India to produce documentation, meeting all approved publication standards and templates such as the Microsoft Manual of Style and internally created and approved documentation templates• Integrated the technical publication effort from a development Waterfall workflow into an Agile process• Used Lab Manager to remotely access, configure, and operate virtual computers for installing developed software• Used WebEx and Microsoft Live Meeting applications extensively to meet remotely located project teamsPrinciple Technical Writer• Worked side-by-side with subject matter experts (SMEs), project team leadership, QA and 3rd parties to pull together all the information needed to be documented• Analyzed, created, produced, and maintained multiple types of end user documentation in support of a highly technical application produced for developers and systems integrators• Estimated, scheduled, expedited, and validated all technical publications produced, meeting company and industry quality standards• Managed documentation effort, integrating with development teams in Microsoft Project and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server• Managed source files and deliverables in ClearCase• Managed bug tracking effort within ClearQuest• Created API Reference Guides by integrating with developer’s source code to produce online help systems

Principle Technical Writer• Worked side-by-side with subject matter experts (SMEs), project team leadership, QA and 3rd parties to pull together all the information needed to be documented• Analyzed, created, produced, and maintained multiple types of end user documentation in support of a highly technical application produced for developers and systems integrators• Estimated, scheduled, expedited, and validated all technical publications produced, meeting company and industry quality standards• Managed documentation effort, integrating with development teams in Microsoft Project and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server• Managed source files and deliverables in ClearCase• Managed bug tracking effort within ClearQuest• Created API Reference Guides by integrating with developer’s source code to produce online help systems

Communications Specialist• Oversaw the creation of a content management system for managing documentation internally• Oversaw the creation of a custom documentation delivery system for internal and external use• Created training materials and personally trained end users in how to use our customer documentation and media asset library• Collaborated with IT web group programmers to create a digital document workflow/distribution application for dynamic web access, and production of multimedia CD/DVDs• Created custom product presentations in PowerPoint & Flash in support of product and services announcements• Used HTML, cascading style sheets (CSS), specialized java scripts, Flash animation, and video in support of customized product presentations• Created, maintained a library of digital assets made available on-line and promoted it's usage through-out the organization by training, helping, and educating our sales and service organization in its usage• Oversaw the creation of a targeted customer email program using listserve technologies• Collaborated and presented strategies to corporate and divisional president and vice presidents of marketing for overview and approvals of new e-marketing techniques and campaigns• Assisted in creation executive-level presentations and graphics as needed in support of high-profile projects and customer conferences• Assisted IT Web group to develop a worldwide Intranet and Extranet website incorporating the latest security measures identifying specific audience groups for dynamic access to product-specific materialsPublications Software Engineer• Analyzed, and created product sales and services documentation• Coordinated documentation production effort with external venders, ensuring they met with all company and industry standards and templates• Oversaw the print production process for all printed documentation• Helped convert a paper documentation system into a digital system using Adobe Acrobat