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Objective                Obtain position in technical writing or editing.

Career Highlights       

•     Ashland Chemical: Managed and completed Ashland Chemical ISO-9000 documentation project on schedule to begin career.

•    Technology Systems/QuestOne Decision Sciences: Became lead writer and top publisher at Technology Systems Corporation in first year. Collaborated with Eli Schragenheim, co-founder of the Goldratt Institute and pioneer in manufacturing computer simulations, in developing user guide and course packs for MICSS training seminars. Developed top-selling Theory of Constraints training manual for Ford's Fairlane Training & Development Center in Dearborn, MI. Awarded bonus for efforts on project. Spearheaded efforts at TSC to create documentation standards and process cycle.

•    Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems: Published user guide and documentation set for first industry-wide FPSC (FPGA hybrid) design in one month. Managed and completed Lucent FPGA Department’s inaugural ISO-9001 documentation project that led to certification by DNV. Awarded bonus for efforts on project. Received commendation for work creating five WinHelp systems for the 9.4 release of ORCA Foundry software. Created change control mechanism available on the intranet for FPGA documentation to link publication process cycle to software development cycle which also served as a tracking and verification tool. This was called the Documentation Content Specification or “DoCS.”

•    Lattice Semiconductor: Served on integration team with company leaders to migrate ORCA Foundry to Lattice ispLEVER product. Helped institute process improvements for partnering with QA, migrating Release Notes to online Known Issue forum, and project tracking. Commendation for work on LM32 microprocessor core documentation September 2006. Spot award for documenting HDL attributes October 2007. Spot award January 2008 for efforts on design kit documentation.

•    General: Collaborated with personnel throughout career from all over the country and world, for example, Tel Aviv, Israel, Pune, India, Detroit, MI, Tampa, FL, Boulder, CO, San Jose, CA, Shanghai, China, Portland, OR and Santa Clara, CA.

Experience        

12/01- 5/11                      Sen. Technical Writer.  Lattice Semiconductor Corp., Bethlehem, PA. Manage/implement software user documentation for ispLEVER and Diamond FPGA design tool product line at LPA facility acquired by Lattice. Collaborate with Technical Publications group in Silicon Valley, CA. Senior Software Engineer and Senior Technical Writer levels. Served as LPA Tech Mgr on integration team during merge.

7/98-12/01                       Technical Writer/Team Leader.  Lucent Technologies, Inc., ME Division / Agere Systems, Inc., Allentown, PA. Wrote, edited and maintained numerous software user manuals, online tutorials, and help systems for UNIX- and PC-based EDA tools in FPGA Software Test group for ORCA FPGA product line. Intranet site maintenance/gatekeeping. Version control, process change management, and group management. ISO documentation project leader. Software/Docs Testing. Travel to Boulder office. Product development, Web, ISO, Interview, and Docs teams. MTS level.

4/96-7/98                         Technical Writer.  Technology Systems Corp./ QuestOne Decision Sciences Corp., Bethlehem, PA. Wrote, edited, illustrated, and published engineering project reports; programming logistics, training, and software user manuals; DBA guides; presentation slides; marketing materials; forms; ad copy; online help; and software development SOPs. Managed and assisted on concurrent projects for various manufacturers and internal software product documentation. Software usability testing. Test survey and tracking. Document design. Web page design and maintenance. Documentation process procedure. Newsletter. 

                                       

3/96-4/96                         Technical Writer.  Ashland Chemical Company, Electronics Chemicals Division, Easton, PA. Managed ISO-9000 project work for quality assurance coordinator. Wrote, edited, and updated ISO-9000 procedural documentation. Collaborated with Operations Manager, Mfg. Supervisor, and Process Engineer.

9/92-1/96                         Copy Editor.  The East Carolinian, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Library Aide. Acquisitions Department, Joyner Library. Worked while attending full-time classes from 9/93-1/96. Institutional Research Assistant.  Office of Institutional Research, Lehigh County Community College, Schnecksville, PA. Library Aide. Inter-Library Loan Department. Worked while attending full-time classes from 9/92-5/93. 

Education & Training                    

1/02-10/07                       Lattice Semiconductor, Corp., Bethlehem, PA. 1/02-10/07 Software boot camp training 2002-04. RoboHelp and RoboHTML training. Webworks Publisher training Jan 2007. Serena Dimensions 2006. Six Sigma Yellow Belt quality training 10/10.  Lucent Technologies, Inc., Allentown, PA. 11/98-6/01 ISO-9000 training. MIDS version control software. ESD awareness and safety training and certification. FPGA product line, device architecture, and design flow seminars. Diversity, Inclusion & Innovation training. Dreamweaver 3.0 course.

8/96-10/99                       Northampton Area Community College, Bethlehem, PA. MS Office, Intro to JavaScript. Executrain, Fogelsville, PA. Intermediate/Advanced MS Word 7.0 Certificates.  Technology Systems Corporation, Bethlehem, PA. Constraints Management seminar.  SkillPath Seminars, Allentown, PA. Document and graphic design principles.

                                       

8/93-12/95                       East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. B.A. degree in English with Concentration in Writing.  Minor in Industrial Technology.  Manufacturing Concentration.  Certificate in Business & Technical Communication.  Cum. GPA: 3.8;  Major GPA: 4.0

9/90-5/93                         Lehigh County Community College,  Schnecksville, PA. A.A. degree in Liberal Arts. GPA: 3.1. Began Computer Specialist/ Web Developer coursework in 9/00. Computer Organization & Architecture and Creative Problem Solving courses. GPA: 3.5.

4/89-7/89                         Information Computer Systems Institute,  Allentown, PA. Computer operations & concepts using IBM System 36. GPA: 4.0

Computer Skills 

Hardware / OS	IBM and compatibles, Macintosh, Sun SPARCstation 20 and Ultra2, DOS, UNIX, Solaris, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP.
Word Processing Software	MS Word, AmiPro 3.1, Wordperfect, WordPro, WordPad, Notepad
Page Layout Software	Pagemaker 5.0, FrameMaker 7.2, Microsoft Publisher 2.0
Web Publishing Software	Dreamweaver 3.0, FrontPage, Netscape  r, WebWorks, HTML
Spreadsheet Software	Excel 5.0, Lotus 1,2,3
Graphic Design / Photo Editing Software	Corel Draw! and PhotoPaint, Artworks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Hijaak Pro, ClarisWorks, Paint Shop Pro/CS, SnagIt 6 and FullShot 99.
Engineering / CAD Software	ProCad/Cam v. 8, Autocad v.14, ICE
Presentation Software	MS PowerPoint, Lotus FreeLance Graphics, Adobe Acrobat
Help Authoring Software	Help Workshop, ForeHelp, RoboHelp/ L, WebWorks Publisher
Management Tools	MS Project, PVCS Version Manager, STORM, RCS, Scopus, Dimensions

Organizations & Awards                                    

Society for Technical Communication. Undergraduate co-chairman at ECU chapter. HTML Writer’s Guild. Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Golden Key National Honor Society. Winner 1994-95 University Book & Exchange Scholarship for outstanding junior English major. Runner-up 1994 Paul Farr Essay Contest. Nominated 1995. Dean’s List spring 1993, 1994 and fall 2000. Chancellor's List fall 1993, 1994, and 1995. Winner 1995 Phi Beta Kappa Association Senior Academic Achievement Award. Awarded bonus for 1996 Ford Training Manual at TSC. Awarded bonus for 1998 Lucent Technologies ISO project. Commendation for work on Lucent ORCA 9.4 WinHelp systems at post-mortem in 1999. Lattice Spot award 10/2007 and 2008.

             

References         

                                        List of references and letters of reference available upon request.

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