Position Sought:

People Manager of a Documentation Department;
Project Manager of Documentation Projects;
Senior Technical Writer/Author;
Senior Technical Editor;
Training Materials Writer

Major Technical Authoring Skills:

Forehelp, Framemaker HTML, Framemaker + SGML, Word, HTML, Web Page Design, SGML, Webworks Publisher 2000
Graphics Packages: Photoshop, PaintShop Pro, Paint, Corel Draw, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio

Management Package: MS Project; Project Scheduler

Major Technical Areas of Understanding:

Telecomms, Networking, particularly Management, Security and ATM switches; Intelligent Buildings and Controls; Peripherals (HW and SW); Databases (incomplete); Electrical Relay Testing Equipment (incomplete);

Operating Systems: PC, Windows 95 98, NT, Mac, UNIX, Linux (incomplete)

Professional Experience:

May, 2000 to present; Technical Documentation Manager, Solsoft; Levallois-Perret, France; supervise two writers; plan documentation/publication strategy, including tool choices, policies and procedures; editing and writing about Solsoft NP, a policy-based, cross-platform network security product. Environment: French/English; Tools: Frame+SGML, Webworks Publisher 2000, Office Star 5.2, Microsoft Project, Acrobat Products

Visit the Solsoft site.

October, 1999 to April, 2000; Technical Documentation Manager, STMicroelectronics Tools Division; Montbonnot, France; edit and write HW/SW manuals about Integrated Circuits and programming tools, supervise and plan documentation/publication strategy Environment: French/English; Tools: Frame+SGML, Lotus products

April, 1999 to September, 1999; Contract Writer, Hewlett-Packard Telecommunications Infrastructure Division; Grenoble, France; wrote and updated manuals about SS7 and ISUP Environment: French/English; Tools: Frame+SGML, Visio, MS products

November, 1995 to August,1997; September, 1998 - December,1998; Contract Writer/Editor, Thomson-CSF, Department of Enterprise Networks, Colombes, France; designed lay-out and styles for a manual set for the Thomflex Asynchronous Transfer Mode product line, wrote the Flexview Network Management Guide, 3 documents for an Ethernet Switch, various release notes and marketing brochures for different products including the Thomflex 5100, a multi-media ATM switch, translated technical papers (French-English) and developed 2 modules of training (5 days, 300 slides), other training materials and white papers. Environment: French/English; Tools: Word, Framemaker, PowerPoint, HTML

September, 1997 to September, 1998; Technical Communicator, Omicron Electronics, Dornbirn, Austria; PC-based DOS and Windows-based software and hardware for relay protection testing equipment; also Translation Manager for 6 languages; Environment: German/English; Forehelp HTML/Windows 95, Framemaker, Word, Acrobat

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July, 1994 - November,1995; Contract Writer/Editor, Lionbridge (Stream) Paris, clients: Bull, Matra, Northern Telecom etc.; wrote 10 new user manuals for Telecomms products, both software and hardware; updated older manuals for hardware and software; worked on ISO 9002 certification. Environment: French/English; Tools: Word; website: http://www.lionbridge.com

April, 1994 - June, 1994; Contract Writer/Editor; Hewlett Packard, Grenoble, France; wrote Technical Reference Manual and Familiarization Guides for two PCs; Environment: French/English; Tools: HPTag

December, 1993 - March, 1994; Freelance Translator/Editor (German to English)

May, 1992 - November, 1993; Co-ordinator of Technical Literature; Honeywell Home and Building Controls, Maintal, Germany; co-ordinated the work of 4 other writers/editors, one student intern, and 4 contract translators. Designed the documentation set and project managed all the technical documentation for Excel Facility Integrator, the UNIX-based Client/Server controls system for the new airport in Munich, the airport extension in Brussels-Zaventem and other sites. The set included two Functional Specifications, a Configuration Guide, a User Manual for the Graphic Interface, a User Guide for the Alphanumeric Interface, Specification Sheets, a Sales Application Guide, a Sales Guide, an Application Guide, a Check-out and Test Script, and various promotional texts. I was also responsible for writing, following, and improving our ISO 9001 certification; Environment: German/English; Tools: Framemaker 3 on DEC ULTRIX and HP UNIX, Winword, PS 5

April, 1992; Contract Writer/Editor; Apic Systems, Arcueil, France; Designed and laid out four documents for a documentation set for a DECsite tool, Cablemanager; Environment: French/English; Tools: DECwrite on UNIX

September, 1988 - April, 1992; Manager of Technical Documentation; Digital Equipment Corporation, Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Responsible for all technical literature, the information center, English improvement among the engineers and support staff. I supervised two full-time editors/writers and one librarian/documentalist, plus contractors and interns on a regular basis. The projects were primarily in Relational and Reference Databases, Client/Server Applications, a Menu Driver Application, Building Management and Intelligent Buildings activities. One project which I am especially proud of is DiSCII, a noting and conference tool developed for the World Economic Forum for use in 93 countries. Environment: German/French/English

September, 1984 - August, 1988; Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Engineering; University of Wisconsin, Madison; Taught Electrical and Computer Engineering 350: Professional Communication and Mechanical Engineering 398: Technical Writing. Also taught outreach courses for Engineering Professional Development and taught summer courses for Minority Students. I was given an outstanding Teaching award in 1988

1983 - 1988; Teacher of English as a Foreign Language to immigrants at Madison Technical and Vocational College, part-time in the evenings

October, 1983 - September, 1984; Technical Writer, University of Wisconsin Physical Plant; wrote a Policy and Procedure Manual

June, 1981 - October, 1983; Assistant Editor, Dictionary of American English; Harvard University Press; 90 pages of Volume 1

USA Citizen, presently hold Austrian residency and French residency; female; 49 years old, married (my husband is a retired British resident), no children (husband has one grown daughter); excellent health

I like to travel. I enjoy classical music, opera, ballet, and modern dance. I am a good duplicate bridge player, but a very bad tennis player. I am friendly, outgoing, open-minded, likeable, inquisitive, enjoy challenges, learn quickly, and can make difficult decisions.