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Technical Writer
EXPERIENCE
Technical Writing
Information Design/Information Architecture
Information Maps/Information Blocks
Collaborative Authorship
Request for Proposals (RFP)
Request for Quotations (RFQ)
Request for Information (RFI)
API’s
Change Orders
Statements of Work
Maintenance Manuals
Safety Manuals
Equipment Manuals
Creation of proposal packages - basis of estimate (BOE), Pricing Options, labor rates, executive
summaries, technical specifications, compliance matrices
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR), and Indefinite
Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
Contracts – Dept. of Defense, FAA, NASA, NSF, NIH, GSA, Air Force, TSA
Marketing Response Plan (MRP)
Manufacturing Readiness Review (MRR)
Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
Critical Design Review (CDR)
GDIR (General Design Interface Requirements)
Supplier Data Requirements List (SDRL)
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
GS and MIL STD Manuals including MIL-M-B and MIL-M-
General Test Information Sheets (GTIS)
Detailed Test Information Sheets (DTIS)
Static and Dynamic Web Pages, Web Database Publishing, Help Authoring, IT Flowcharts
Research and Liaison – Production, Design, Test, Customer, and Vendors
ISO standards
Instructional Video Scripts
Chicago Manual of Style
Creation and Interpretation of Visual Data – Flow Charts, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts, Tables,
Columnar Data, XY Scatter, Charts, Two and Three Dimensional Coordinates
Point of contact for technical and management volumes
Multi-Language Experience
Computer Skills/Languages
Microsoft - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access, VBA, Project
Adobe – Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Acrobat
MadCap Flare, RoboHelp, Visio
Version Control Systems
HTML, CSS
All MS operating systems
C++, C, VB, Fortran
Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop, CSS
SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor
Honors and Awards
NASA/JPL Cassini Achievement Award – Cassini Mission Team to explore Saturn
IBM SMC Award for work on an advanced electronics manufacturing line
WORK HISTORY
IBM – Technical Writer
Technical Writer for Equipment and Maintenance Manuals in an Advanced Manufacturing Line; Computer and Equipment Training Manuals; Process Documentation
McDonnell-Douglas – Sr. Technical Writer
Technical Writing for MIL STD and Maintenance Manuals for C- Transport Plane; Preparation, Research, and Design of Structural Component Testing Detailed and General Test Information Sheets
– (still active)
Independent Technical Services – Technical Writer
Customers include NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA Goddard, Hamilton Sundstrand, Astrium, and European Space Agency
Aerospace – Statements of Work, RFQ’s, RFP’s, RFI’s, Maintenace Manuals, Safety Manuals, MRPs,
MRRs, CDRs, GDIRs, SDRs, WBS’s, PDR’s, MRR’s, SDRL’s, Change Orders, Equipment Manuals,
Research, Compliance Matrices
IT - User Manuals, Hardware Manuals, RFQ’s, RFI’s, RFP’s, Warranties and Exclusions, DB Proposals,
Website Text, Help Screens, Compliance Matrices
Business/Finance – Cost Analyses, RFQs, RFP’s, RFI’s, Recurring and Non-recurring price structures, basis of estimates, executive summaries, Contracts
Technical and Proposal Writing for aerospace hardware; Technical and Proposal Writing for software
and business/finance applications; Project Management; IT applications; Teaching; Training
EDUCATION
University of Colorado, Boulder
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
B.A. Liberal Arts with a Journalism Background