Deborah Ray Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

The Transactions on Professional Communication Journal focuses on studying, developing, improving, and promoting techniques for preparing, organizing, processing, editing, collecting, conserving, and disseminating information on electrical/electronics fields.As a member of the editorial board, I ➠ Serve as an expert on professional communications in engineering and technical workplaces and a complement to academic members of the board➠ Review two to five article submissions per year as assigned by the Editor-in-Chief ➠ Provide extensive feedback to authors to guide them in revision needs, including strengthening relevance to the ITPC readership, clarifying definitions and research questions, ensuring research and methodology elicit the needed insights, ensuring literature reviews are comprehensive and drawn from the needed bodies of work, connecting research questions to results and discussions, filling gaps, and similar➠ Provide feedback to the Editor-in-Chief about my recommendations to the authors and needs for further development➠ Provide input on publication policies, procedures, and direction as needed

Cambridge, Ma, Us

►Implemented and Managed the EE Times 50th Anniversary project➠Led creative and web development teams in creating the anniversary website ➠Planned and procured content, including the Hall of Fame feature (which celebrated engineers who helped make the semiconductor industry cleaner and safer) and the Watch List series (which highlighted key industry segments to watch in the coming years)➠Worked with the sales team to implement sponsorship packages, including developing sales assets►Led the Sales Solutions Team in developing AspenCore's 2023 Focus Campaigns, which continued AspenCore's movement away from siloed to highly-cross-functional teams, spanning sales, marketing, dev ops, ad ops, creative, and editorial teams➠Led planning discussions with the sales team, beginning with questions not asked before: What are *clients* focusing on, and how can we blend our editorial and marketing expertise to help them succeed?➠Introduced new content products as part of the focus campaigns, including product briefs, campaign sites, special edition newsletters, podcast shout-outs➠Identified process and communication gaps in moving toward cross-functional teams and helped solve them➠Developed extensive sales assets, including the bingo card calendar, an overview deck, several quick refs, and client submission specs➠Served as an industry advisor ►Led the Sales Solutions Team in Revamping the AspenCore Media Guide➠Untangled the 100+ page media guide and identified key revision needs➠Devised a three-phase revision process that allowed for fast delivery of key assets yet accounted for longer-term goals and needs--e.g., using existing tools and framework while planning for how assets work together as a whole and accounting for how they could transfer into a database or dynamic document delivery system➠Focused on delivering audience-specific assets as well as on maintainability of them➠Delivered external-facing sales decks for content programs and client submissions

Cambridge, Ma, Us

➠Managed an eight-person global editorial team, including six senior editors➠Planned and developed the EE Times 50th Anniversary project, which began AspenCore's movement away from siloed to highly-cross-functional teams, spanning sales, marketing, dev ops, ad ops, creative, and editorial teams➠Initiated and developed the new freelance contributor agreement, which reduced a lengthy, multi-purpose contract to three pages that focuses on AspenCore's editorial contexts➠Managed EE Times for ~three months during the search for the new EE Times Editor-in-Chief➠Hired the new EE Times Editor-in-Chief and AspenCore Global Managing Editor➠Contributed to EE Times Weekend

►Strategizing, Writing, Developmental Editing, and More ➠Strategized, planned, and developed long- and short-form articles, blogs, multi-part series, and eBooks ➠Researched extensively to gain needed technical background on the subject--e.g., AI, machine learning, autonomous vehicles, vision systems, Factory 4.0, and more ➠Interviewed technical experts worldwide and ghost-wrote content, maintaining an excellent record of technical accuracy ➠Developed infographics and other graphics used as figures and theme images ►Teaching➠Adjunct Professor, Department of Technical Communication, University of North Texas (2019)➠Developed and taught the 4000-level Procedures and Manuals course

Mansfield, Tx, Us

►High-Profile Strategic Publications➠Juggled ~50 pieces of content at any given time for the Tech NL, eBooks, eZines, Blogs, Webinars, and more for design engineers and other high-tech professionals➠Initiated Methods eZine, then planned, acquired, developed, and managed technical content deliverables for issues on 5G, Design Trends & the Transformation of Everything, The Smarter Edge, Digital Twinning, Data Security, and Bluetooth 5➠Planned, acquired, developed, and managed eBooks and blogs for Mouser's Empowering Innovation Together (EIT) program and All Things IoT program: Collaborative Robots, Service Robots, Human 2.0, Internet of Moving Things, Augmented Reality, Vertical Farming, Home Automation, Industrial IoT, and more.➠Initiated and managed Mouser's first news-response project, featuring the communication technology that made the 2018 rescue of a Thai soccer team possible. Received kudos from Analog Devices, Inc.►Editorial Development and Management ➠Codified the publishing process, including establishing internal review guidelines, a comprehensive style guide, and a suite of submission guidelines for authors➠Managed editorial calendars for multiple content projects➠Supervised content vendors, freelance authors, and freelance editors➠Translated content publishing goals into high-quality, in-depth technical content developed for design engineers➠Provided feedback to engineers and content vendors to help align technical content with our needs, identify and fill deficiencies in development or writing, and maintain a positive, supportive, goal-driven environment ►Special Projects➠Devised the content framework for a new CMS, including facilitating discussions and building a framework that accounts for ~250 variables in content types, technology topics/subtopics, application topics/subtopics, manufacturers, product types, geographic regions, and more➠Wrote the Editor's Welcome for Methods eZine and EIT eBooks, as well as wrote occasional blogs

San Jose, California, Us

►Hired as a contract technical editor; promoted to full-time Manager of Technical Publications: ➠Developed and implemented documentation plans for three products➠Streamlined communications to and from the TechPubs team to maximize efficiency➠Initiated efforts to move documentation online using Drupal (CMS)➠Redefined the documentation suite to align with current practices, including product overview guides, quickstart guides, infographics, Prezis, online help, user guides, maintenance guides, and more➠Supervised writers to develop documentation according to plans and needs➠Collaborated with engineering, marketing, and support staff to determine customer information needs➠Developed an internal website for the TechPubs department ➠Redeveloped and updated existing technical documents to include recent additions, bug fixes, and similar

►Author, high-profile publications ➠The AltaVista Search Revolution 1st and 2nd editions (Osborne McGraw-Hill) accepted into Computing History Museum Permanent Archive (2015)➠Coauthored 20 commercial computer books for IDG Books Worldwide, Peachpit Press, Sybex, and Osborne McGraw-Hill➠Coauthored 10 Technology Reviews articles published in STC's Technical Communication journal➠Authored two computing-related newspaper columns syndicated across 26 US newspapers➠Developed websites for various clients using Drupal and Wordpress►Developmental and managing editor, TECHWR-L Magazine ➠Founded and managed TECHWR-L magazine, which was the first and still one of the largest online magazines for the technical communication industry➠Managed the entire content development process, including planning, acquisitions, development, tech review, editorial review, and publication➠Planned and acquired technical and writing-related articles from authors worldwide➠Provided effective developmental feedback that resulted in high-quality articles and positive author experiences►Design and photography➠Developed websites, marketing materials, newsletters, and other collateral for a variety of clients

Redesigned Colorado Flutist, the Colorado Flute Association's quarterly publication, to become a reader-friendly and valuable publication for CFA's membership. Worked with authors to establish topics, did all aspects of developmental, copyediting, and proofreading, and prepared a print-ready copy of each issue during this time.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Technical And Professional Communication

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Technical Communications