Justin Soles Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Canada Area

- Assess information needs of stakeholders and draft key questions, project mandates, budgets and deliverable schedules to answer these needs- Collect data from online sources and then extract, load and clean data to perform analysis to answer key questions - Analyze data and effectively communicate answers to key questions back to stakeholders via reports, data visualizations and presentations (among others)- Assess new hardware and software applications, tools and platforms and participate in proof-of-concept projects - Collaborate on foresight-related projects (e.g., environmental scans), as well as support senior management with policy- and collaboration-related requests

- Develop information architecture and navigation systems for large scale web-based and mobile applications - Work on cross-functional teams (designers, developers, product managers) to help design, develop, test and release applications- Help design, validate, annotate and test wireframes, mockups and prototypes in Axure- Perform patent analysis and competitive intelligence for product management

- Write and revise patent applications in conjunction with inventors, patent agents and subject-matter experts- Assist patent agents in responding to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) by drafting responses and validating changes to patent applications- Develop and manage a competitive intelligence data collection system so senior management can identify inter-firm relationships and monitor activities of competitors- Manage the branch library, including collection development, budgeting, providing access to online resources and facilitating interlibrary loans- Write and publish technical documentation for both internal and client-facing software applications services provided by the I.T. department- Work on an internal Wiki developed to share knowledge related to CIPO responses among professionals and administrative staff

- Responsible for planning, development, production and management of technical documentation projects for clients in various industries- Interviewed subject-matter experts to understand the product, its potential audience and usage context for documentation- Wrote, tested and revised documentation content to produce accurate and usable print and online documentation- Developed documentation schedules and specifications with client, project manager and other writers to deliver content on-time and on-budget

- Responsible for documenting a set of in-house software tools used for special-effects (SFX) production on an internal Wiki- Interviewed developers, team-leads and end-users to understand individual tool usage, as well as how tool fit into overall SFX production pipeline- Wrote, tested, and revised documentation for each software tool to ensure accuracy, improve usability and enhance user productivity

- Responsible for all installation-related documentation for SGI IRIX and Red Hat Linux-based effects, editing and rendering software applications- Wrote, tested and revised new and existing content in documentation to ensure accuracy for current release and resolved prior problems

- Responsible for developing all technical documentation and multimedia training initiatives for financial analysis applications- Worked with Training and Support departments to create localized CD-based training for overseas and Japanese clients

Mlis, Library And Information Studies

- Knowledge Management (KM) stream - Participated in Unified Astronomy Thesaurus project (http://astrothesaurus.org).

Technical Communications Certificate, Technical Communications

B.A., Economics (Major), East Asian Studies (Minor)