Résumé
Summary
- Meticulous technical editor, copyeditor, and developmental editor
- Independent contractor; clients include publishers, businesses, and individuals
- Proficient in using the Track Changes feature of Microsoft Word 2007
Experience
Technical Editor/Copyeditor (Independent Contractor), 2001 to Present
Recent projects include:
- Victims and Perpetrators: Public Memory of Slavery in the South Atlantic (Ana Lucia Araujo), forthcoming (2010).
- Making It All Work: A Pocket Guide to Sustain Improvement and Anchor Change (John Roland Schultz), forthcoming (2010).
- The Making of a Yoga Master: A Seeker's Transformation (The Yoga-Sutra Sequence Decoded) (Suhas Tambe), forthcoming (2010).
- Whose Little Girl Is This? (De Quien Es Esta Nina?), (Maria Flores-Sperling), 2009.
- Book Editing Associates, book editor (developmental editing and copyediting of fiction and nonfiction)
- Addison-Wesley Professional, Surreptitious Software, (Collberg and Naga), 2009.
- Memories from Bosnia, (Nadzija Gajic-Sikiric, M.D.),2008.
- Pearson Technology Group, Framework Design Guidelines (2nd ed.), (Cwalina and Abrams), 2008.
- Publicis Groupe - Erlangen, Germany: Copyedited Siemens Power Engineering Guide and product brochures, 2008.
- Pearson Technology Group, Enterprise Master Data Management: An SOA Approach to Managing Core Information, (Dreibelbis), 2008.
- Creative Solutions Network, Inc. Copyedited online learning content for major San Francisco-based networking technology client, 2007-2008.
- Tracing the Economic Transformation of Turkey from the 1920s to EU Accession (Tevfik F. Nas), 2007.
- American Education, Democracy, and the Second World War (Dorn), 2007.
- Domain Specific Development with Visual Studio DSL Tools (Cook, Jones, Kent, Wills), 2007.
- Commercializing Great Products with Design for Six Sigma (Perry and Bacon), 2006.
- Pattern Languages of Program Design 5 (Manolescu), 2006.
- Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions (Bejtlich), 2005.
- Core Security Patterns (Steel, Nagappan, and Lai), 2005.
- The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions, (Powell and Buede), 2008.
- Management Concepts, Inc. Copyedited Project Management for IT Maintenance and Practical Project Risk Management, (2007).
- WorldatWork. Copyedited Excellence at Work: The Six Keys to Inspire Passion in the Workplace (2007), Incentive Pay Programs: Opportunities and Challenges (2007), Stock Options and Executive Compensation, Stock Option Alternatives, and other books.
- Allstar Marketing Group. Rewrote 20-page booklet on the fundamentals of music.
- Guilford Publications. Copyedited Missing Data: A Gentle Introduction (Figueredo, McKnight, McKnight, and Sidani).
- Stratford Publishing Services, Inc. Copyedited ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated (Homer and Sussman); Advanced Technologies in Biopharmaceutical Processing (Dutton and Scharer); Federal Agents (Bumgarner); and The Feline Patient: Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment, 3rd Edition (Norsworthy).
- Elsevier Ltd. Copyedited articles for the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd Edition).
- Cisco Routers for the Desperate: Router Management, The Easy Way (Lucas).
- The Linux Enterprise Cluster (Kopper).
Technical Editor/Writer, 2000 to 2001, Artisoft, Inc., Cambridge, MA
- Documented software features for TeleVantage 4.0, Artisoft's software telephone system for Windows.
- Using FrameMaker on a Windows platform, performed exhaustive overhaul of five-book documentation set and online Help. Enhanced organization, grammar, cohesion, and style. Expanded indexes by over 80%.
- Edited company's website, knowledge base articles, white papers, press releases, product brochures, and other documents.
- Mentored technical writers in local and remote offices.
- In FrameMaker, edited, wrote portions of, and indexed the following documents (to view these books, the Adobe Reader must be installed on your computer): Administering TeleVantage, Installing TeleVantage, and Using TeleVantage.
Technical Editor/Writer, 1997 to 2000, PTC, Waltham, MA
- Edited Parametric Technology's user guides, installation guides, release notes, and reference guides.
- Performed developmental editing for installation guides, internal work instructions, user guides, and departmental style guide. Mentored junior technical editors and writers in offshore offices.
Tools
- FrameMaker
- Lotus Notes
- Visual SourceSafe
- Microsoft Office
- HTML / XHTML / CSS 2
- Graphics tools
- Help-authoring tools
Education
- M.T.P.W. (2000). Master's degree in Technical and Professional Writing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- B.S. (1969). Bachelor's degree in Journalism, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida