David Evans Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Sweden

May 2024 - Dec 2024Create documentation space in Confluence for 60 CPQ developers, testers and stake holders at world leader in telecom and mobile data. September 2023 - January 2024Updating IT quality documentation and comparison of translation services for biotech company.Feb 2023 - July 2023Implementing proof of concept for PIM as single source of truth for technical data at a global IR camera manufacturer.Buzzwords: Agility PIM, Confluence, Jira, Oracle Service Cloud, PowerBi, Lucidchart Dec 2022 - Feb 2023Writing Docs As Code API descriptions for construction company SDK websiteBuzzwords: Git, Docusaurus, Visual Studio, TypescriptJune 2022 - Nov 2022Reorganising internal system documentation for one of largest banks in Scandinavia.Buzzwords: Confluence, Sharepoint, PoweBiApril 2022 - June 2022Stopgap member of EU-MDR regulatory team for certification of medical device software (MDSW). Buzzwords: Centuri QMS, Paligo CCMS, Asana, Slack, Google and Office365Dec 2019 - Mar 2022Responsible for CE Mark Technical File for factory machines used to manufacture energy cells for consumer products. Buzzwords: Solidworks Composer-Visualise-PDM, Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office 365, Jira, OmegaTNov 2019 Writing UX assistance for new cloud service at realtime video server manufacturer. Buzzwords: Gitlab, Markdown, Gatsby-Gitbook, Mermaid, GIMP. Sept 2019 - Nov 2019Swedish wiki content authoring for remote broadcasting system for public service news network. Buzzwords: Confluence, Sharepoint, Illustrator April 2019 - May 2019Native English copywriting whitepaper for cloud security financial services offered by client. Buzzwords: Word, Visio April 2017 - March 2019Native English techwriter/illustrator at global Medtek client. Working in visual Agile projects to produce IFUs for world leading anesthesia systems and ventilators and managing translation projects in 30+ languages.Buzzwords: Solidworks Composer, Zert CLM, Adobe CC

Stockholm, Sweden

Lone technical communicator for networking products working with 20+ developers distributed across teams located in Sweden, China, India and Russia. - Responsible for all product documentation - Responsible for rebranding of OEM products- Responsible for translation projectsWorking in Kanban sprint receiving input from HW waterfall projects and SW Agile teams.Other responsibilities:- Copywriter for English language material- Design of product packaging - Stand-in for webmaster at waystream.comAlso member of founder members shareholder group.

Kista Science Tower, Stockholm, Sweden

Responsible for technical and market communication activities in new company after IPO and name change. Responsible for rebranding and maintenance of first company website www.waystream.com.Other tasks include:- Produce software manuals in Agile development teams. - Support new development projects for design of new hardware packaging, overlays, labels etc- Management of translations (Russian, Polish, French)- Maintaining relations with print shopsOther tasks include:- Copywriting/proofreading marketing materials- Production event materials- Media management (animations, film, photoshoots)- Social media sites; FB, LinkedIn, Youtube, Google+

Isafjordgatan 35,Kista, Stockholm

Founder member. Responsible for technical and market communication activities for company.- Produce software manuals in Agile development teams. - Support new development projects for design of new hardware packaging, overlays, labels etc- Management of translations (Russian, Polish, French)- Maintaining relations with print shops- Production of event materialsExhibitor participant at FTTH EU 2015 exhibition in Stockholm.After buyout by investment group ShortCap and employees, responsible for rolling out www.packetfront.net.Other tasks include:- Copywriting/proofreading marketing materials- Media management (animations, film, photoshoots)- Product launch presentations- Press releases- Social media sites- Online surveys- Direct marketing campaigns

Isafjordsgatan 35, Kista, Sweden

Manage TC activities for SW and HW products which include the following tasks: - Produce product manuals in Agile development teams. - Support development projects for new hardware using PROPS- Edit/copywriting of marcom materials- Maintaining contacts with print shops

Technical writing at Kista headquarters. Leading team for technical documentation including development product units worldwide in CPE, Business Application, Access and Network Control Systems. Full time technical writing involving:- PROPS projects for hardware development- SCRUM sprints for software development- Support to Project Management for project planning- Support to Product Management for marketing materials- Support to Supply for production of product documentation artefacts (inserts, CDs etc)- Support to Marketing for company intranet- Support to Management for recruiting, supervision and training of techwriters

Responsible for setting up and managing a technical writing team with technical writers located in Kista and Shanghai. Team inluded two permanent technical writers and a number of consultants. - Introduced single sourcing toolchain consisting of Framemaker and ePublisher - Implemented print on demand one stop web store both externally and internally via intranet- Put in place routines for planning, executing and version handling product documents- Recruiting, budget and training responsibilites - Project management of documentation sub-projects- Participate in weekly R&D management meetings- Conduct performance reviews and progress reports to R&D management - Manage rebranding/translation projects- Webmaster for company intranet- Support Marketing with copywriting and DTP services

Started as lone technical writer for company. Recruiting and managment responsibility for other techwriters. Responsible for company styleguide and procedures. Introduced single source toolchain using Framemaker and Webworks that performed nightly builds of documentation artefacts. Introducted quarterly OSE documentation CD production and software CD production using InstallShield.Print on demand solution for hardcopy manuals.Planning of documentation sub projects in SPP development model in development centres worldwide.Responsible for managing vendor contacts and consultants.Introduced online help authoring for GUI products.

Särö Sweden

Responsible for all technical documentation for hardware and software products. Involved design, implementation and maintenance of online help systems, online documentation cds, paper manuals and training material.Management of other techwriters and project managment responsibilities for documentation sub projects. Production of training material and leading training sessions.Copyediting of marcom materials for sales organization.Participated in successful ISO 9000 certification process.

Pre-production technician for all electronic printing services.Introduction of DTP as commericial service using Interleaf TPS on UNIX workstation and Ventura on PCs.Test of new post production machinery.

Printer working on large scale print production. Among other things, Swedish "Yellow Pages".All types of printing jobs.

Lysaker, Oslo

Assistant to Material Controllers for Norsk Hydro's construction projects at Egersund Brug for the Oseberg A oil platform.Responsbile for compiling materials and construction weekly reports for management team. Reporting material consumption and placing purchase orders with vendors. Follow up and inspection of equipment logistics on-site. Proficient in PC/mainframe software including Artemis (COBOL based), KEMMS (Fortran) and DataEase (PC/MS-DOS) database applications for realtime monitoring of construction progress.

Working in Logistics department as assistant to QA/QC staff:- compiling onsite inspection reports at sub-vendors- maintaining parts and vendors in-house database

Part of three person team to introduce word processing system in Norway's largest oil industry EPC company. In the space of six months, to present a proof of concept for replacing typing centres with CPT word processors from Elektrisk Byrå. The POC was to complete the tender for the Oseberg A development project using only 3 persons and CPTs instead of 30 typists. After successful completion of the POC, the entire secretarial staff (100+) was trained in the use of CPTs and the archiving system which was employed throughout the entire company.

United Kingdom

Military service.

Edb Kandidat, Computer Science, Pass

Three year (six semester) evening classes to gain associate degree in Computer Science, National exams organized by Norwegian Technology.

Diploma, Pc Technician

Trade training as PC/Networking technician. Course included: - Building PCs from individual components - Troubleshooting hardware errors.

Diploma, Plc Mechanics

Trade training as PLC technician including: - Components and electronics: build multimeter from scratch - Basic electrical theory: perform.