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Name

Murray Garnett

Profile

I am a dedicated and motivated technical writer with over 12 years experience.

I am currently employed as a technical writer and team lead for a company in Canada. As the team lead I am responsible for assigning tasks and ensuring work is completed on time. I also work closely with developers, support, quality assurance and sales staff to produce documentation tailored to the needs of the clients. In addition, I design and maintain style guides and ensure that members of the documentation team adhere to the standards.

I am experienced with most technical writing tools including RoboHelp, HElp and Manual, AuthorIT, FrameMaker, MS Office, Visio and others. I am also comfortable using most graphics software including Illustrator, Corel Draw, PhotoShop and PaintShop Pro.

As a technical writer, I am organized, detail oriented and able to complete projects under tight schedules. I work well both in teams or alone and thrive in an environment where I can use my initiative to complete projects. I have a knack for learning products rapidly and for disseminating that newly acquired knowledge to others, through training or documentation.

I have worked internationally as technical writer, both in Australia and Europe. While currently living in Canada, my family and I would liketo move back to Europe. If you would like to discuss my qualifications in more detail, or would like to arrange an interview, I can be reached via email at murrayg@progressive-solutions.com.

Skills Summary

Accomplished Technical Writer, Desktop Publisher and Web Site Developer.
Write clearly and accurately, translating technical information into simple-to-understand English.
Skilled at producing software user manuals, release notes, on-line help, training materials and Intranet and Internet sites.
Experienced at managing small groups of technical writers, as well as creating style guides, templates and documentation project plans.
Work efficiently, independently or on a team with minimal supervision, never missing a deadline.
Able to code in VB6, ASP and JavaScript and am familiar with Java, PHP, SQL and XML.
Experienced with software development and product life cycles.
Evaluated and chose tools for developing Help systems.
Highly proficient in major documentation tools, including FrameMaker, Help and Manual, RoboHelp, MS Office, FrontPage, DreamWeaver and Adobe Acrobat software.

Contact

murrayg@progressive-solutions.com.

Name

Vineela Vasan

Nationality

Indian

Profile

Technical Writer

I am Vineela from India. I am a Senior Technical Writer by profession having more than 4 years of writing experience in various domains. I am a Post Graduate in English Literature, and I am very good at my work.

My husband, Roop, is relocating to Brussels, Belgium for his job in Belgacom. He will be in Brussels in the second week of October. I have two young kids and we plan to move to Brussels along with him. So, I am applying for this job. I have been a Senior Technical Writer for the past 4 years, so I am looking for a job opportunity with your esteemed organization. We have been residents of Finland from 2000 to 2005, and have moved back to India in 2005, February. So, we understand the European culture.

My skillsets:

I have expertise in documentation tools such as epic Editor, HTML, XML, Framemaker, RoboHelp, and MS Office Suite.
I have great expertise in working with Visio, Dream Weaver, Photoshop, illustrator too.
I am very tech Savvy and I adapt myself to any technology with ease. I am very good in communication and written Skills in English.

Country of residence currently India, but will be in Brussels by December. I can start work from Jan 2009.

Contact

E-mail: vineelavasan@yahoo.com

Telephone: +91-9840760165

Name

Jessica Harrington

Profile

Technical Writer/Content Writer

Key Skills
• Writing and editing content for technical, educational, and training material
• Establishing style guidelines and standards for a variety of documentation
• Creating, organizing, and compiling online help files to support end users
• Proofreading documentation for spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors
• Designing project documents for both print and electronic media
• Interviewing programmers, developers, and other technical personnel
• Creating training content for print and e-Learning delivery
• Managing document databases and file systems

Qualifications
• Candidate for Master of Arts in Technical Writing (University of North Texas)
• Bachelor of Arts in English Literary Studies (University of Texas at Dallas)
• 6+ years as a curriculum and marketing writer for an educational company
• 6 months as a contract technical writer for the United States Internal 
  Revenue Service (IRS)

Technology Skills
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Sharepoint
• Adobe FrameMaker (Unstructured and Structured), InDesign, Acrobat, 
  Photoshop, RoboHelp, Captivate
• Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest
• Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007
• Trivantis Lectora
• TechSmith Snag-It
• HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript
• Web design

Languages
• English (native)
• Dutch (learning)

I am looking for an English-language writing, editing, or training position in either The Netherlands or Belgium. I am available to start work immediately.

Contact

E:mail: jharrington632@yahoo.com

Name: Gabriele Ciminelli
Profile: Documentation Manager / Senior Technical Writer with 8+ years technical writing in IT & T. Corporate Experience with major Telecommuncation companies throughout Asia and Oceania. Wide range of documentation development such as user guides, training guides, online help, specifications, DITA, usability guidelines, security policies, multimedia development. Originally a developer (C, C++, VB) with strong web development skills. Toolset experience includes: FrameMaker, WebWorks, Flare, PhotoShop, Acrobat, Illustrator, DreamWeaver, more. Looking to move to EU (have passport) in 2007.
Contact: E-mail: shambhalacityjp@yahoo.co.jp

Name: Zineb EL AKKAOUI
Profile: I'm a last year student engineer in a French system school specialized in computer science (bac + 5). I am searching for an IT - computer science internship in brussels.
Contact: E-mail: elzineb@hotmail.fr

Name

Utpal Bhatt

Profile

Engineer [Nationality: Indian] with 3+ years of experience in Technical documentation and Information Designing, worked for various industry domains, used marked leading help authoring tools, developed various product-related deliverables, worked for leading national and international clients, and gained rich experience in documentation project management.

Technical Writer / E-Learning Content Developer

Objective: To assist organizations in technical writing, documentation design & development, software training, and to establish & streamline technical publication processes.

Resume Summary:

Technical writer with 3+ years of experience in technical documentation.
Experience in all phases of Document Development Life Cycle (Requirements Gathering, Planning, Estimation, Writing, Review cycles, and Project deployment).
Completed documentation projects in various domains (Banking, Enterprise Security Management, Electronics, Engineering, Instrumentation & Control, CAD, and CRM), using leading help authoring tools.
Experience in writing various product-related deliverables, including User Guides, Installation & Configuration Guides, Business Requirement (BR) Documents, Software Requirement Specifications (SRSs), Use Cases, and Online Help.
Experienced writer with good interpersonal skills; worked with cross-functional teams (including engineering and training), to identify and achieve common goals, and meet deadlines.
Self-manage on multiple tasks; can quickly gather source material, learn tools, write from specification or design documents, and improve documentation usability through customer interviews and surveys.
Completed project independently as well as in large documentation team. Clients include Computer Associates (CA) Inc., ICICI-InfoTech, Teradata, and KPIT Cummins.
Project management experience (managed documentation team of 2 technical writers).
Worked as freelancer and successfully completed documentation project.
Key Differentiators: Passion for communicating technology, Curiosity to learn new technologies, Adherence to deadlines. Above all, I personally value ethics, integrity, and honesty for the organization I am associated with.

Software Skills:

Operating Systems: Windows 95�98 and XP
Publishing Tools / Help Authoring Tools: Microsoft Word, RoboHELP, RoboHTML (X5), Author-it, RoboDemo 5, Adobe FrameMaker 7.1 (Unstructured & Structured), and Adobe Acrobat
Image Capturing Tool: FullShot and SnagIt 7
Mark Up Languages: XML (elementary)
Others: UGS NX, AutoCAD 14, Cross Assembler: Cross C Rational ClearCase (elementary)

Educational Qualification:
Post graduate Master of Science (Instrumentation) - University of Pune, Year of passing -2003 (with 6.4 CGPA)
Graduate: Bachelor of Science (Physics, Computer, and Instrumentation) - University of Rajasthan, Year of passing - 2001, (with 69%)

Employment Timeline:

Tata Technologies Limited, Pune (March 2006 To Present) �[9 months]

Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd. (February 2005 To February 2006) �[1 year]

Technowrites Pvt. Ltd, Pune (February 2004 To November 2004) �[11 months]

The New Poona Industries, Pune (April 2003 To January 2004) �[10 months]

Freelancing Experience: Worked as a freelancer, for a services-based organization (catering to a fortune 50 client). My responsibilities in this project included product study, information gathering, audience analysis, content organization, creating style sheet for the deliverable, and delivering Web help (using RoboHelp X3) for the product.

Personal Profile:

Date of Birth: 10th June, 1978

Languages Known: English, Hindi, and Gujrati

Contact

E-mail: utpalbhatt@gmail.com
utpalbhatt_78@yahoo.com
utpalbhatt@gmail.com

Phone: (02962) 254419, 9890729420

Name

Sarah M. Brown

Profile

In December 2006, I will be graduating from Iowa State University with an M.A. in rhetoric and professional communication. With my degree, I have a range of skills in communication. I have education and experience in technical writing, technical editing, document design, usability testing, grant writing, and communication research.

My studies in graduate school have given me two-and-a-half years of experience writing, editing, and designing, and I have had one year of experience working as a technical editor for an international academic journal.

As a native speaker of American English, I am looking for work as an American English writer, editor, and designer.

I have considerable experience working in teams and am comfortable working independently or collaboratively. I also have experience as a team leader and have developed a leadership style that includes motivation, collaboration, and effective communication.

I have experience working with computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

I am looking for work in Belgium and can start as soon as February 2007.

Contact

E-mail: sarbrown@iastate.edu

Name

Jabashree Amudha

Profle

I am looking for a suitable post in the field of Technical Writing.

I have more than six years of experience in the field of technical writing and content development.

I have worked in United States of America for 7 months (Jan 2003 - Aug 2003) as a technical writer, deputed by the organization on a short assignment.

After completing my Master's degree in Computer Application and I stepped into the field of technical communications out of my passion for writing and creativity. I have completed a certification course in technical writing basics and a course on technical writing tools - Framemaker and RoboHelp. I have creditably passed the IELTS exam (International English Language Testing System) conducted by the British Council during the year 2002. In addition to this, I am a certified internal quality auditor (IQA), and have been involved in auditing the documentation sections of various projects.

Being by nature oriented towards communication and creativity, I aspire to find satisfaction by exercising my skills to the utmost. I strongly believe in both hard work and out of the box thinking.

Contact

E-mail: j_amudha75@yahoo.com

Name

Jonathan Shearing

Profile

English mother tongue Technical Writer with considerable experience of producing paper and electronic documentation, training material and single sourced online help across a number of industries, particularly telecoms and security/authentication.

Documents produced include task based user guides, UI reference manuals, administrator guides, API and SDK docs.

Keywords: Single source, Information Mapping, Epic Editor, FrameMaker, Adept Editor, Interleaf, Bookmaster, Word, Acrobat, Distiller, online help, RoboHelp, WebWorks Publisher Professional, JavaHelp, XML, SGML, HTML, Paintshop Pro, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Visio, Dreamweaver, Camtasia, Windows, Solaris, UNIX, network security, smartcard authentication, TCP/IP, PKI, EMV, HSMs, tokens, telecommunications, UMTS, GSM, GPRS.

Contact

E-mail: jon_shearing@hotmail.com

Name: Masood Khan
Profile: I did BSc(HONS) in Computing from University of Huddersfield, U.K. For the last two years, I have been working as a Technical Writer on various international project with an American firm. During this period I have learned producing technical documents ranging from Software Architecture documents to User Manuals.
Contact: E-mail: mesudkhan@hotmail.com

Name

Pascal Endres

Profile

I am a student in technical communication and mechanical engineering at the University of Aachen (Germany). I am looking for an internship (3 - 5 months; starting in April 2006) in field of Technical Documentation, in the Brussels area. I am in my 4th year of studying and will be almost ready in April and I desire to gain some practical training before writing my thesis. I am interested in writing and translating technical texts of all forms, so as user- or maintenance manuals of technical products, as well as online-helps and product descriptions or more marketing oriented texts. According to my profession I am also interested in Usability testing and designing ergonomic user interfaces.

I already have practical experiences beside my studies. I first worked for two years as a student assistant at the "Fraunhofer Institute for production technology", I made a three-month internship in Aachen at the AIXONIX Gmbh and currently I am employed as a student assistant at the Kisters AG. My native language is German and as I had been half a year in the Netherlands, I can also write and speak Dutch. I can fluently write and speak English and have a basic knowledge of French. I can use Macromedia Dreamweaver and Director, MS Office software as well as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and I have some knowledge about HTML, XML, CSS.

If you could offer me an internship during the desired period of time, I would like to send you my CV. Please e-mail me at Pascal.endre@rwth-aachen.de

Name: Joanna O'Kelly
Profile: I am a technical writer with degrees in engineering and more that 10 years experience in writing user documentation for software. I also have experience in user interface design and usability testing. I have recently established myself as a self employed person and am looking for contracts in these fields. For more information about my skills and experiences go to www.usabel.be.

Name: Martine GUEBEL
Profile: Senior Technical Writer (10+) (+ translator)
Writing User Manuals and Online Help (banking software, EC applications, medical software, etc.) + software localization
In English or French.
Personal website: www.ecolinguae.com
Detailed CV (European format): www.ecolinguae.com/cv.pdf

Name: H. Corson Bremer, 20 rue du Bel Air, 95590 Presles, France (+33) 01. 30.34.26.62
Profile: Senior Technical Writer and translator (from French to English) with more than 20 years of experience in designing, writing and maintaining user's guides, online help, specifications, and demos, esp. for telecomms, NGOs, and CAD/CAM companies worldwide using Framemaker, Interleaf, Acrobat, Epic Editor (XML), and Office.
Technical writing missions with Alcatel, CoCreate (former HP subsidiary), HP, Thomson CSF, Thales, and Matra among others.
Translation and localization. Looking for contract missions.

Name

Nick Kent

Profile

Experience: Project manager/Technical documentation coordinator for 5 yrs. Responsible to provide solutions for: European standardisation, Localisation, Translation from English to multiple target languages and print-to-stock process.

Good command of industry standard software including Interleaf/Quicksilver, Framemaker+SGML, all Microsoft products. Computer assisted translation solutions such as Trados. Art and 3D applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Coreldraw, Microangelo, 3DSmax, Truspace. Basic command of QuarkXpress, most macromedia products and tutorial building products such as Camtasia and Robodemo.

Some experience designing GUI's for commercial software. Good overall knowledge of IT, hardware and small networks. Can build PC's to measure, configure and install most OS's. I am an IT "jack of all trades" with heavy experience in the publishing sector.

English Mother tongue, fluent French spoken. Seeking permanent position.

Name

Charlotte Ann Brown

Profile

Contract Senior Information Engineer/technicalwriter/Human factors

10 + years experience designing, writing and editing software and hardware documentation. Extensive experience teaching HTML/DHTML-based Online documentation and help systems, also Javascript and principles of Java. I am known for my ability to work with exceptionally difficult people and my ability to work extremely rapidly and accurately, as well as my command of technology, in general, and of networking, in particular.

Name

Alice Jane Emanuel

Profile

I am a technical communications specialist providing technical writing, editing, training, and workshops; a web developer providing web sites, and ecommerce solutions; and a Java developer providing programming for business, and programming for the web as well as other solutions to clients in almost any location, whether far-flung or right next door.

I would be very happy in the pharmaceuticals or medical area; or the gaming, animation, special effects or broadcast area. I would also like anything involving training (development or delivery). In any case, either permanent or contract is fine.