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Houston, Tx, Us

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Provide technical writing expertise to the Cybersecurity team regarding reports, updates, and processes.• Review governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) documentation based on ServiceNow's Intergrated Risk Management (IRM) tool

• Provide writing, editing, and language coaching services for multi-cultural clients.• Provide critical reviews (including editing) of civil engineering reports and business proposals for clients• Proofread and edit theses and dissertations, admissions essay, and business letters for non-native English speakers• Consulting on personal essays, recommendation letters, and other application documents for freshman•Tutoring students in English composition and grammar

Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Jp

• Researched and documented cybersecurity elements such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Remote Access, Identity and Access Management (IAM), DMVPN, SASE, SD-WAN, and Data Classification• Documented data governance and network infrastructure governance policies and procedures• Updated global policies, procedures, and standards for governance purposes• Updated and created quick reference guides based on human resources (HR) and ITIL interfaces in ServiceNow• Modernized ServiceNow user guides for Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and Request Fulfillment• Created user guides for human resources analytics dashboards powered by Power BI• Created user guides and project communications for cybersecurity-related data classification projects• Adapted documentation to new releases of ServiceNow

Klamath Falls, Oregon, Us

• Taught advanced technical writing to undergraduate students in 10-week terms covering 10 modules• Taught sound document design with a heavy emphasis on the principles of Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity (C.R.A.P.), "snackability" for "microlearning," and "show, don't tell." • Module topics include résumé and cover letter creation and development, procedure writing, report writing, and oral presentations

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Provided Online How-To procedures/instructions in knowledge articles in Service Now. • Created, edited, modified, and maintained version control of HTML web documents in Service Now to enable readers who are advanced IT administrators a complete and thorough understanding of HP TechPulse analytics features.• Created Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for online help pages to style the HTML code for those pages. • Provided technical writing for template and ad hoc reports.• Coordinated with HP product managers, other technical writers, marketing, and product evangelists to get guidance and feedback to ensure timely completion of documentation, testing, publishing, and status reporting of documents published.• Provided IT change management and problem solving for consistent documentation update, facilitation, coordination, and communication management of issues.•Collaborated with HP project managers and an international team of translators on document localization efforts to translate "parent" knowledge articles (KAs) in English to Spanish, German, French, Brazilian Portugese, and Japanese.•Documented technical products and features from early iterations to general availability•Used GitHub to update JSON files that have links to navigation portals

• Developed online content for e-learning, such as scripts for online videos. including a 12-part, multi-module series on history for U.S. Citizenship and a series of short videos on English as a Second Language.• Edited e-learning video content for consistency and clarity.

Houston, Texas, Us

Contract Technical Writer via Change Corporation (via Bluosoft) writing process documentation for measurement, loss/gain, and accounting processes for the new $2 billion Gray Oaks Pipeline that began operations in April 2020 and also for the $1.5 billion Sweeny Hub Phase 2 NGL fractionator upgrade project that kicked off operations in May 2020. Interviewed SMEs from across the Logistics and Order-to-Cash chains to capture "as-is" and "to-be" states and map out flowcharts in Visio (and Excel) and share key elements in Power Point presentations for project managers, operations superintendents, field operations and measurement personnel, logistics personnel, and Midstream accountants to drive discussions on best practices and decision making. Wrote the "to-be" processes for volumetric measurement programs, including those for scheduling, measurement specialists, and pipeline and terminal accounting. Documented measurement and loss/gain practices for users of FLOWCAL on the Gray Oak crude oil and Sweeny NGL projects. Wrote FLOWCAL Quick Reference Guides for Measurement personnel. Authored and edited a series of 12 "microlearning" videos on Measurement and Loss/Gain that was adopted to train field personnel. Collaborated with developers to tweak Storyline 360 content. Supported Organization Change Management (OCM) efforts on the Gray Oak and Sweeny capital improvement projects, including developing key messaging documents to distribute to stakeholders.

Houston, Texas, Us

Standardized procedures in the Land & Field Services Department as a contract technical writer for Modis Engineering Staffing. Documented more than 25 workflow processes handled by Surveying and Right-of-Way, including staking surveying jobs for easements and right-of-way, land acquisitions, and capital projects; locating electric and gas lines for roadway construction projects; selling and leasing property; buying property; writing and recording easement documents; licensing property to third parties; creating Master Agreements with governmental entities; creating Master Agreements for hike-and-bike trails; managing fee and easement files; managing property rights; creating Records Management Points and polygons in ARCMap for Land Use, Acquisitions, and Property Rights purpose; and acquiring permits from railroads and governmental entities. Utilized ArcMap GIS to locate project sites, fee property, easements, licensed property, sites of authorized use, grants to others, right-of-way, and pertinent infrastructure features.

Developed online content for e-learning, such as scripts for online videos. including a 3-part, multi-module series on history for U.S. Citizenship.Prepared presentations for business development opportunities with domestic and international corporations. Teaching face-to-face classes to develop the business.

Princeton, Nj, Us

Evaluatedoral responses to English proficiency tests given all over the world. All part-time work was done online from home.

Houston, Texas, Us

Wrote documentation as a contract technical writer through Verity Services about end-to-end processes related to a proprietary volumetric billing system for the midstream division of Phillips 66, from the genesis of a project connecting customers to Phillips 66 pipelines to the creation of measurement systems to the production of API-quality measurement tickets. Authored standards documenting requirements for automated billing, entailing detailed research of API measurement standards, company standards, equipment manufacturer websites, industry-related professional presentations, and white papers. Learned and applied Chapters 1 through 12 of API MPMS (measurement standards) to the documentation of midstream processes, principally custody transfer and ticketing. Researched measurement and automation systems and processes used in gathering volumetric flow data for billing purposes, including the applications of turbine, positive displacement, and Coriolis meters; the use and function of provers; and the use, functioning, and programming of flow computers. Interviewed SMEs about oilfield measurement instrumentation, field automation, field operations, SCADA operations, and pipeline and terminal accounting.

Houston, Tx, Us

Taught English (English as a Second Language) to intermediate-to-advanced students in HCC's Continuing Education department, focusing on a client base of working adults (ranging from housewives to energy professionals) seeking to improve their reading, writing, speaking, and listening proficiency in English. Integrated innovative uses of online technology to provide students with tools to develop English proficiency on their own.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Taught critical thinking skills to undergraduates in online classes. Lessons were delivered remotely on an online platform.

Tx, Us

Taught one section of technical writing to undergraduate students, providing basic technical writing instruction that focused on good technical writing skills and encouraged adopting standards and best practices. Key goals were to promote consistency and a uniform level of professionalism from the students. Aimed to provide the necessary tools for students to be successful technical writers at the apprentice level.

79409, Tx, Us

Served as a temporary faculty member for a three-week workshop teaching English as a Second Language to incoming International Teaching Assistants, who are required by Texas state law to demonstrate English proficiency before being allowed to teach students in a classroom setting. Taught various sessions and holistically rated English proficiency exams (SPEAK Test). Workshop content included: specific language skills, such as pronunciation (English consonants and vowels), pronunciation of key field-specific vocabulary, stress and intonation patterns; classroom language tasks, such as creating short practice videos, reading out loud, role-plays (lab, class and office) with native-English speaking students, introductions of self and syllabus, announcements, etc.; and making a presentation, based on one of the following topics: definition of a term or concept, explanation of a process, explanation of why something happens (giving reasons), or something from a student’s field, including review of previously covered material.

79409, Tx, Us

Taught English grammar and composition to international undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrated a lack of English proficiency per their results on the Michigan Test and to more advanced international graduate students, such as those in Ph.D. programs. Provided assistance regarding English writing issues related to the preparation of theses and dissertations.Assisted in teaching oral English skills to international undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrated a lack of English proficiency per their results on the Michigan Test. Supervised laboratory sessions in the Language Lab of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages. Instructed students in the use of English as a Second Language software in the Language Lab.

Lubbock, Texas, Us

Served as a Geographic Information Systems/Computer-Aided Drafting specialist, processing zoning-related applications on a biweekly basis. That entailed converting land survey data into a GIS drawings, which then helped establish boundaries to generate a database for public notices, which then was used to notify the public about upcoming cases. Cases were presented to the city council and the public using Power Point presentations I created using the GIS-generated drawings. Wrote a 50-page training manual from scratch for the GIS/CAD Technician position to facilitate ease of transition between people who had that job.Developed a set of user-friendly, step-by-step instructions for the average citizen to easily complete zoning-related applications. Text was supported by illustrations created by Microstation, which was used to show homeowners how to draw a basic site plan describing their zoning-related requests. Created Word documents of the sections of the online Zoning Code so that those documents could be handed out to the public upon request, thus facilitating greater ease of use of zoning materials.

Served as a graduate technical writer and editor for a non-native English speaking professor who directed a community workforce training program. Edited journal articles and business correspondence, helping prepare community assistance and HUD grant proposals , resulting in funding being approved for an after-school martial arts program for youth. Wrote and edited Letters of Interest and Memoranda of Understanding.

Austin, Tx, Us

Reviewed roadway plans to calculate quantity and construction estimates.

Lubbock, Texas, Us

Drew and modified engineering and architectural plans, including site plans.Taught a workshop on Microstation, because the staff was trained to use AuotCAD more than Microstation. Microstation was the software of Computer-Aided Design choice for TxDOT, a previous employer that the firm did business with.

Contracted with various companies to produce highway-related engineering drawings, which drew upon my nine (9) years of experience using Microstation at TxDOT.

Austin, Tx, Us

Prepared and revised engineering plans prepared by highway and bridge engineers for major projects such as the US 59N/Beltway 8 interchange in NE Houston and the Pierce Elevated Bridge Reconstruction in downtown Houston. Other projects worked on include the NASA Road 1 reconstruction in the Clear Lake area and the Tamina Road overpass project in the Woodlands area. The plan sets included pavement drawings, storm sewer plan-and-profile drawings, traffic control plans, storm water pollution prevention plans, bridge layout plans, etc.

Bs, Political Science (With Civil Engineering Minor)

Master Of Arts (Ma), Applied Linguistics (Esl)

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Interdisciplinary Studies (Education, Applied Linguistics, Technical Communication)

Ba, Journalism