EXPERTISE
Developing and editing content for both printed and electronic media.

EXPERIENCE
Writer, Editor, Website Developer 1994-Present
Professional writing experience includes development of marketing materials, articles, press releases, newsletters, educational training materials, technical documentation, websites, and website content. Editorial experience includes both copy editing and proofreading.

Projects and clients have included:

• NewVitality News
Developed a health-related website: www.newvitalitynews.com. Continue to research and write content for the site on an on-going basis.

• PointSource Communications
Wrote and edited marketing materials for PointSource clients. Projects included web articles, datasheets, white papers, product brochures, and success stories.

• Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Wrote online sales training modules to educate the Sun sales force in the market positioning of Sun products.

• Vitria Technology, Inc.
Edited Vitria’s BusinessWare documentation; wrote the Vitria Style Guide, a 120-page editorial resource for the Vitria documentation group.

• nirWANa, Inc.
Wrote installation and developer’s guides for an online Java publishing tool.

• Catapult Entertainment
Developed a system administration manual for the XBand game software.

• Adobe Systems
Developed and revised Adobe Illustrator documentation.

• Pearson Communications
Wrote marketing materials for Pearson clients, such as NETCOM, PacBell, and OCTel. Developed presentations, program guides, brochures, and fliers.

Senior Technical Writer, Gain Technology/Sybase Inc. 5/92 to 10/94
Wrote documentation for the software product, Gain Momentum, an object-oriented application development environment. Developed system administration manuals, installation guides, and a programmer’s guide to the Gain Extension Language.

Technical Writer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 9/88 to 4/92
Developed a variety of documents, including user’s guides and an internationalization guide. Wrote "An Introduction to Computer Graphics Concepts: From Pixels to Pictures," published by Addison-Wesley and Sun Microsystems.

Consultant, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 11/87 to 8/88
Assisted Treasurer with stock option management, tracked employee stock sales, and wrote financial reports.

Assistant Editor, STORIES Magazine 10/85 to 10/87
Performed a range of tasks including acquisition, design, layout, and proofreading. Assisted with final production and distribution.

Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown and Company 6/84 to 9/85
Assisted senior editors in college textbook division. Coordinated manuscript schedules, conducted market research, and performed copyediting.

EDUCATION
Certificate, Technical Publications Management, U.C. Santa Cruz, 1994
Courses: Advanced technical editing, online documentation, documentation management, publication scheduling and tracking.

M.A., Writing, University of New Hampshire, 1986
Courses: Magazine article writing, creative writing, literature and critique.

Book Publishing Certificate, Howard U. Press Book Publishing Institute, 1983
Courses: Manuscript acquisition, editing, design, copy writing, market research.

B.S., Writing and Illustration, Lewis and Clark College, 1982
Courses: Non-fiction and fiction writing, graphic design, illustration, literature and critique.

PUBLICATION SAMPLES
A series of business profile articles for Lakeshore Communications, the publishing firm that produces Lake Minnetonka Living and The Lakeshore Weekly News, 2006-2007.

A series of health-related columns, published between 1997 and 2003, in Natural Choices, a monthly publication of the Davis Food Co-Op.

An Introduction to Computer Graphics Concepts, From Pixels to Pictures
Addison-Wesley/Sun Microsystems, 1991.