Ronald Bourret Email & Phone Number

Felton, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

o Planned, wrote, and maintained documentation and code tutorials for internal frameworks used to create and serve high-performance Google web applications. Work done in Markdown. - Led efforts to create new doc sets and refactor existing doc sets. Wrote doc plans, negotiated timelines, wrote and updated docs, and coordinated writing work by engineers. Kept stakeholders apprised and met deadlines. - Wrote multi-year strategy describing how the docs for three related frameworks should change as the frameworks evolved and merged. - Edited docs written by engineers for technical correctness, organization, clarity, and general writing quality. Provided feedback appropriate to the engineer’s writing ability. - Tracked changes to frameworks, libraries, and build rules used in code tutorials and updated tutorials accordingly. Work done in TypeScript, Java, C++, and Go.o Researched and wrote a guide for developers on how to write modern web applications at Google.o Helped create a course that taught engineers how to write higher quality documentation. Recruited and cultivated a community of instructors.

Planned, wrote, and maintained documentation for internal frameworks used to create and serve high-performance Google web applications. Work included conceptual material, code tutorials, and programming guides.

Researched and wrote articles on XML and databases and XML namespaces for XML.com and the XML community. Several articles ranked high in Google searches and have been widely cited. Cowrote "XML for DB2 Information Integration" and wrote the XQuery chapter in "Advanced XML Applications".Designed and wrote the DLN:Inspector for Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI), which checks the consistency of image metadata across sets of graphics files. Added bookmarks and the ability to visualize surface normals to CHI’s RTIViewer. Work done in C++ with Qt.Designed and wrote middleware for transferring data between XML and relational databases; written in Java with JDBC, SQL, and DOM. Wrote an XML DTD parser in Java.Taught classes on XML basics, XML and databases, and XML query languages at corporations, government agencies, conferences, and the UC Berkeley School of Information. Consulted with corporations, universities, and government agencies about XML and databases.

Researched strategies for integrating XML with relational databases and published a peer-reviewed paper. Wrote "XML and Databases", often considered the standard introduction to the topic. Co-edited Data Definition Markup Language (DDML), an early XML schema language.

Cowrote "Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Programmer’s Reference and SDK Guide" (v1.0–3.0) and "OLE DB Programmer's Reference and Software Development Kit" (v1.0–1.1), including concepts, programming how-tos, API reference, and code samples. Participated in API design.

Hired and managed a writer, an editor, and an indexer. Met weekly with MS Press and MSDN to coordinate publication of the ODBC Programmer's Reference. Scheduled documentation work and coordinated efforts with program management and development.

Helped design and write scheduling software in Basic on MS-DOS. Designed test suite and tested software and installation procedures. Wrote and edited end user guides and reference manuals. Supported customers over the telephone.

Helped design and write charting, vector-based drawing, and statistics software in Pascal, Fortran, C, and a proprietary statistics language on HP-UX and SunOS. Designed test suites and tested software and installation procedures. Performed usability testing of software prototypes. Wrote programmer reference manuals.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Wrote material requirements planning (MRP) and accounting software in Basic on VAX/VMS and PDP-11. Designed and wrote a simple query processor in two days when release candidate was found to be too buggy. Skunk worked a data editor that was later integrated into the product. Untangled complex control flow in report programs, reducing code and simplifying later modifications. Cowrote device-independent graphics system.

Bachelor Of Arts, Mathematics

Coursework In Technical Writing