Katherine Estes Email & Phone Number

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Develop, research, edit, review, verify, and revise technical manuals in support of U.S. Navy electronic systems and equipment
• Revise or rewrite as appropriate those documents not in conformance with the MIL DTL-24784
• Provide Quality Control, editing, and formatting for test plans, system operational verification tests, interface requirements specifications, technical requirements documents, administrative reports, and other.
• Provide in-house training and expertise for use of Adobe® PDF® files in the technical editing process
• Edit technical documents in support of the Emsys® Emissions Monitoring System
• Develop and refine Microsoft® Powerpoint® presentations for internal and external customers

• Wrote, designed, illustrated, maintained, and updated product manuals for routing switchers and test/measurement divisions
• Wrote, designed, illustrated, maintained, and updated user manuals and online help for three separate routing switcher software applications
• Created professional illustrations to improve the understandability of technical documentation
• Reviewed manuals for consistency of technical terminology, grammar, spelling, and usability
• Implemented "paperless" electronic documentation review process
• Supervised technical writing group consisting of one writer locally and three writers at remote site

• Prepared owner’s manuals, installation instructions, service and parts information bulletins, and parts catalogs for recreational and industrial boat engines/stern drives
• Worked with printing houses and design firms to prepare owner’s manuals, instruction and installation manuals, workshop manuals, and parts catalogs
• Represented Volvo Penta of the Americas on the Volvo-wide print on demand project
• Represented department for Internet-based dealer communication systems project

• Wrote copy for product bulletins and technical specification sheets
• Prepared layout for product bulletins, specification sheets, and distributor pricing sheets
• Worked with printing houses and design firms to prepare bulletins, specification sheets, instruction and installation manuals, and maintenance manuals
• Ensured that all plant-related publications were printed and distributed via corporate advertising services
• Prepared Total Quality Management-related internal newsletter
• Administrator for optical archiving and scanning information system operation (OASIS) networked optical disk drive and two stand-alone optical disk drives

• Analyzed existing documentation for 20 U.S. Army ISM modules to determine whether documentation is in conformance with the DOD-STD 7935A format.
• Revised or rewrote as appropriate those documents not in conformance with the DOD standard.
• Prepared monthly report advising U.S. Army TRADOC of documentation project status.

Technical writer/editor responsible for documenting Army MWR automated accounting module redesign project. This project was sponsored by the Information Systems Engineering Command, Europe (ISEC*EUR) and performed on site; Prepared documentation deliverables in the formats required as part of a DOD ADP project. Provided technical writing expertise as.

• Prepared functional description and data requirements document for Navy Manpower Requirements System (NMRS) redesign project.
• Prepared system/subsystem specifications, data base specification, functional description, information benefits analysis, and other documentation deliverables as part of a DOD ADP project.

Production supervisor responsible for all phases of document preparation, editing, and production, including supervising technical editors, word processors, and administrative personnel involved in producing a wide range of documents, including ADP life cycle documentation, proposals, training materials, and client correspondence. Ensured all deliveries.