New volunteers are always valuable since
they contribute new ideas and additional skills.
We all have the same goals, such as, to further our skills,
learn more about and promote our profession, and network with others.
Please pitch in to help us provide services to you and our STC Boston
Chapter members.
Permanent, Contract, or Contract to Perm
Full-time
Actively seeking employment
Thought skills: Access to diverse principles of organization; clever.
Writing skills: Masters' degrees: (1) Technical and Professional Writing for IT (2) English Literature and
Language MTPW degree (Northeastern); certified as an editor in the life sciences.
Programming background: Experienced with C and concepts of C++.
Publishing: FrameMaker, Word (all versions), HTML code and some HTML editors, information-mapping, SharePoint, structured-writing
techniques.
I'm a technical writer and instructional technologist with a 10-year background in academia and a more recent role writing for aerospace engineering and manufacturing. I also work in intellectual property, doing provisional-patent editing and patent searching for inventors and product designers.
I use FrameMaker, Adobe CS3, Acrobat Professional 8, various 3D applications, MS Word and WebCT.
I've written for daily and weekly publications and also spent a few years doing graphic design and Web design.
Successful track record producing documentation highly rated by customers. User guides and maintenance manuals recognized by the Hewlett-Packard Inkjet Print Head manufacturing division as the best of all their vendors. Years of experience working in high tech manufacturing industries writing user guides, marketing communications material, and maintenance, test, and installation procedures. Wrote about computer systems, sophisticated semiconductor manufacturing tools, and instrumentation. Skilled at documenting user interfaces for various applications. Good working knowledge of electronics and electronic circuitry. Excellent drawing and graphics skills.
Permanent, Contract, or Contract to Perm
Full-time
Actively seeking employment
Technical writer/technical editor adept at improving the efficiency of a writing group and improving customer experience as well. My academic background in prose style enables me to teach almost any writer something useful about writing.
I have written many types of documentation ranging from an award-winning Getting Started to a system environment manual for application programmers and an application programming guide.
As a Visual Basic programmer, I have created my own software products (sports simulation games).
I enjoy the opportunity to make key contributions—such as providing ideas for a company logo or product enhancements.
Senior Manager, Technical Documentation and Education Development
Permanent
Full-time
Actively seeking employment
Senior Technical Communications professional with significant experience and expertise
in strategic planning, development, management and budgeting of global technical documentation and education projects
in the software and high tech industries. Talented business-savvy leader accomplished in establishing department
infrastructure, processes, tools, and standards from the ground-up. Highly successful in creating high performance
global teams that develop and deliver education and documentation for complex software products in a fast-paced product
development environment. Highly regarded by peers and management for integrity, work ethic, and commitment to obtaining
results with constrained resources.
Lengthy and diverse experience in technical writing/communications within hardware and software environments ranging from development laboratories to production facilities plus extensive involvement with research, design, development, manufacturing, sales, marketing, training, legal and support.
Comprehensively skilled in information design and delivery in a wide variety of venues and organizational levels across a broad spectrum of subjects creating installation, operation and maintenance user manuals, quick-start guides, technical references, sales literature, information brochures and white papers as well as internal policies and procedures.
Versatile, adaptable, resourceful and self-sufficient coupled with advanced technical and investigative abilities plus a cost-effective, schedule-conscious, results-oriented work ethic.
Highly versatile technical writer with over 20 years of experience producing online Help, printed documentation, and Web documentation for complex software. Experienced in authoring a wide variety of document types including software APIs, user manuals, configuration and administration manuals, and operations manuals. In-depth knowledge of telecommunications, supply chain management, and relational database design.
