Darren Brabazon Email & Phone Number

Kitchener, ON, CA

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Kitchener, Canada Area

Controls technical writer

Kitchener, Canada Area

Wrote manuals, training material, functional specifications, and testing documents for airport/airline software and electrical automation controls systemsSuccessfully managed up to 10 writing projects simultaneouslyManaged documentation discipline groupDeveloped document templates, as well as company wiki pages and newslettersConducted training sessions.

Wrote software documentation for developers, administrators, and end-usersAdept use of the following software: xMetal authoring tool, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, software bug management tools, document versioning software, content management systemsImproved release notes writing process by automating review and reporting.

Assisted professor with linguistic research by transliterating foreign language texts for bibliographic databaseUsed Microsoft Access and optical character recognition software

Waterloo

Designed and edited monthly magazine layout using Apple PagesConducted contests, advertised magazine, and applied for funding

Waterloo

Composed articles and designed layout for editor-in-chief using Adobe InDesignProofread and peer-edited other writers’ work

Kitchener, Canada Area

Managed and upgraded inventory, point of sale, and customer databases to Microsoft Access based databaseManaged inventory department and shipping/receiving departmentSold bicycles and accessories, performed cash transactions, and interacted with customers in a retail environmentOversaw service department, repaired and maintained customers’ bicycles

Cambridge

Processed incoming orders, interacted with international clients and companies, updated customer orders and inventory, organized outgoing shipments, managed delivery personLicensed counterbalance propane forklift operator

Cambridge

Arranged equipment, oversaw workers, and interacted with visitors