Experience

Construction Industry Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Editor IV

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  • Create promotional content and material for the Institute • Provided social media content for Process Industry Practices (PIP) (Sept. 2020 to April 2022) • Create promotional content and material for the Institute • Provided social media content for Process Industry Practices (PIP) (Sept. 2020 to April 2022)



PIP - Process Industry Practices

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Editor III and IV

  • Oct 2005 - Sep 2017

  • Coordinated with subject matter experts of member companies to facilitate harmonized documentation of globally-used standards for design, procurement, construction and maintenance • Edited standards for consistency according to industry terminology and style • Made recommendations for revisions of technical standards • Wrote and designed posters to attract new members and current member participation • Created annual conference pocket program • Maintained publications archive on website • Assisted engineers with electronic review procedure using SharePoint and web-based system • Compiled and proofed technical drawings with respect to consistency and cross-referencing • Determined prices and published standards on organization's website • Composed and maintained internal procedural documents for improvement of processes • Worked with data analyst to develop charts mapping new and revised publications Show less



NI (National Instruments)

• United States
• Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Desktop Publisher

  • Nov 1999 - Oct 2005

  • Formatted various documentation including user manuals with large indices in multiple languages for accuracy and adherence to company style • Project lead for PDF documentation sets/bookshelves on several installers • Communicated with localization team and created templates for Japanese, Korean and Chinese documents • Edited seminar manuals • Coordinated workloads for sub-group of desktop publishers • Provided FrameMaker training for technical writers • Participated in an XML research and test team • Installed and recorded software for technical communications group Show less



The Texas Animal Health Commission

• Austin, Texas Area

• Publications Assistant

  • Oct 1998 - Nov 1999

  • Designed forms used throughout agency • Designed forms used throughout agency



Progressive System Technologies

• Austin, Texas Area

• Technical Writer

  • Dec 1996 - Oct 1998

  • Wrote software and hardware user manuals for robotic wafer sorters made to customers' specifications • Became familiar with HTML and RoboHelp • Wrote software and hardware user manuals for robotic wafer sorters made to customers' specifications • Became familiar with HTML and RoboHelp



LexisNexis® Sheshunoff®

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editorial Assistant

  • Dec 1993 - Dec 1996

  • Managed proofreading team for policy and procedure, safety, compliance and maintenance publications for financial institutions • Advertised for, interviewed, hired, trained and managed a pool of in-house and freelance proofreaders • Acted as liaison between editors and desktop publishers, directing documents through final, pre-printing preparation • Managed proofreading team for policy and procedure, safety, compliance and maintenance publications for financial institutions • Advertised for, interviewed, hired, trained and managed a pool of in-house and freelance proofreaders • Acted as liaison between editors and desktop publishers, directing documents through final, pre-printing preparation