300 Washington Ave, Moorestown, NJ 08057 • 856 914-9575
7408 Maywood Ave, Kansas City, MO 64133 • 816 737-2446
Raytown, MO
Raymore, MO
Chesterfield, MO
Cherry Hill, NJ
Mission, KS
Jackson, MO
Work
Company:
Provided contract technical writing services to a variety of technology companies and businesses in canada and california, usa. wrote many new guides including system planning, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting guides, online help, white papers, data sheets, user guides and so on. companies include alcatel-lucent (2008-2013), jdsu (2006-2007), department of justice (2005-2006), voip shield systems (2005-2006), adobe systems canada (2004), terrace consulting (2003) compaq computers (2000-2001), softtracks enterprises (2000), oracle (1996-97), liberate technologies (oracle) (1997), et communications (1997-98), sunsoft (1995) walker interactive systems (1995), syntex corporation (1994), xerox (xsoft) (1991-2), northern telecom (1989-1990), control data corp (1988 1989) - Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, California
1988
Position:
Technical writer 1988-2013
Education
School / High School:
University of Waterloo Centre for Professional Writing
Jul 1988
Specialities:
Certificate in Technical Writing
Skills
Write • edit • illustrate • index • and publish documentation and related pu... • business and consumer products and gover... • hardware installation and operation guides • software installation and configuration ... • programmer guides • training material • tutorials • online help • web and wiki pages • methods of procedure • presentations • fact sheets • white papers • brochures • newsletters and so on. Use a variety ... • online help and HTML/XML development tools • operating systems and hardware platforms... • taking a pro-active approach to gatherin... • product testing • specifications and other resources. Ev... • design document content • write project plans and documentation ou... • design and implement style conventions a... • and manage document life cycles. Manag... • schedule deliverables • prioritize workloads • manage review cycles • manage project writers • meet deadlines and consistently produce ... • managers • product marketing • writers and editors
Predictive Performance International - A Drake Technology Company Jun 2008 - Jun 2013
CEO
Drake International Jun 2002 - Jun 2008
CEO of North America
Pixion Jan 1999 - Nov 2001
President
Drake International Dec 1998 - Dec 1999
VP Marketing, North America
Drake International Nov 1997 - Nov 1998
Branch Manager - Toronto
Education:
関西学院大学 1992 - 1993
BA, Commerce and Japanese
Queen's University 1990 - 1993
Bachelors, Sociology and Political Science
Cawthra Park 1985 - 1990
Skills:
Contract Recruitment Recruiting Talent Management Entrepreneurship Talent Acquisition Leadership Organizational Development Account Management SaaS Marketing Consulting Management Temporary Staffing Change Management Permanent Placement New Business Development Executive Search Human Resources Technical Recruiting Sales
Interests:
The 'under-7' set (kids,kids and more kids!)
Advocacy work for the Down syndrome community
Business Reading
Long Distance Running
Swimming
Music
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