Award-winning and versatile technical writer, bilingual in English and Spanish. Skilled in researching, organizing, writing, editing, desktop publishing and single-source publishing print and online documentation for complex software and hardware systems. Experienced in creating and editing technical drawings, screen captures, screen videos, digital photos, graphic design and layout; website design and creation; curriculum design, development and instruction; video script writing and production.

Types of documents created include user interface requirements specifications, software requirements specifications, installation and maintenance manuals, implementation manuals, configuration management, quality assurance, and workmanship standards manuals, tutorials and other training materials, online help, release notes, readme files, whitepapers, business plans, brochures, and newsletters. Types of documents edited include system design documents, hardware and software test plans, modeling performance reports, and dissertations.

Targeted audiences include corporate decision makers, design engineers, software developers, system administrators, implementation managers, data analysts, scientists, modelers, system operators, end users, university students and professors.

MA, Mathematics, UCSD, La Jolla California 
BA, Mathematics, UCSD, La Jolla California 

Platforms, Languages, and Databases 

Documented software systems were developed on Windows, UNIX, Linux, zLinux, FreeBSD, and OS/400 platforms; written in C, C++, and Java/XML; and accessed SQL, Oracle, FoxPro, and Teradata databases. Experienced in documenting Web services developed using Java/XML.

Experienced in using standard and structured FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, LaTex editor, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Webworks Publisher, QuarkXPress, Pagemaker, RoboHelp, WebHelp, RoboHTML, Visio, PaintShop Pro, Macromedia Dreamweaver, NetObjects Fusion, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe In Design, Xara Extreme, Adobe Acrobat, SnagIt, Camtasia Studio, Pinnacle Studio 8, StudioDV, Perforce configuration management software and DARTS change tracking software.

Documented technologies included: Data warehousing tools for managing XSD metadata, query schedules, and analyzing query workloads; platforms for developing mathematical models; artificial-intelligence and neural network applications using predictive models to make decisions; automated online email-response systems; health insurance management software; design management and computer parts tracking software; configuration management software; Ventura Publisher for the Macintosh; combination database and forms generation software; software imaging systems for credit unions; computer-aided design and manufacturing software; client-server conflict-checking software; software libraries of parametric drawing components; CD-ROM catalog of news and movie clips; card encryption and decryption interface library; software tools for setting up Linux servers, ethernets, firewalls, email accounts and websites; computer network of auto dismantlers; provisioning TV and data broadcasting onto mobile devices; chip used in mobile devices; cable TV signal decryption equipment; local area network printer and print manager software; sulfuric and hydrochloric acid recycling equipment; hazardous waste management; mass transit ticketing and turnstile subsystems; automated video editing and commercial insertion equipment for cable TV; DAT tape backup systems; aluminum can sorters, flatteners, and densifiers for aluminum can recycling; printer buffer, aquatic bioassay tests; tempest-proof laser printer; computer message switching system; microprocessor-controlled magnetic welder, laser power-conditioning systems, magnetic metal-forming equipment, Marx generators, electromagnetic pulse generators, high-energy-density capacitors; nuclear-weapons effects testing; pulse-power conditioning system for reducing pollution in coal-burning power plants; venture capital projects; basic mathematics and calculus.