Peter ********
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Summary of Experience
Signal, Chicago, IL
Senior Technical Writer, December 2018 – Present
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(Contract) Content development and migration for a huge project to hand over technology
and transfer knowledge to Yahoo! Japan.
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The initiative involved transferring Signal’s digital marketing technology SaaS platform to
a completely distinct infrastructure largely hosted on AWS.
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Tasks include legacy content discovery and audit, new content development, validation,
and factual update of Signal’s organizational knowledge. The documentation deliverable
consisted mainly of a large Confluence wiki site that documented the entire platform and
all components in detail, including all operational and development tools and practices.
Tekno Telecom LLC, Naperville, IL
Senior Technical Writer, July 2016 – November 2018
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Sole technical writer maintaining product documentation for an integrated suite of
telecommunications monitoring hardware and software solutions. Maintained, revised,
and published operation and administration manuals, as well as release notes.
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Documentation restructuring and conversion to multichannel publishing platform. This
involved more ********** printed pages of wide-ranging legacy content, developing a
workflow for this work, and evaluating and integrating of different tools into a unified
content-management and publishing platform.
BigTime Software, Inc.
Senior Technical Writer, February 2016 – May 2016
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(Contract) Implemented an information model and content-reuse system based on the
XML-based DITA open standard. This involved conversion of more ********** printed
pages of legacy content, developing a workflow for this work, and evaluating and
integrating of different tools into a unified content-management and publishing platform.
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Adobe Creative Suite (including FrameMaker), content management methodology and
technology, Confluence, Content reuse tools and strategies
State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, IL
Technical Editor (Remote), April 2015 – February 2016
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(Contract) Performed various writing and editing functions in a very large enterprise
knowledge management initiative. Our mandate was to convert large amounts of legacy
information into a unified knowledge management system. Primarily, this content was for
use by customer service teams during customer engagements.
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Served in multiple capacities, including front-line editing, development of standards and
processes, technical implementation of content using Dreamweaver (HTML editor) and
Tridion (content-management system). Specifically, I participated in:
•Editing and rewriting knowledge articles in collaboration with department personnel.
•Uploading revised content to a new content management system (Tridion). This included
modifying HTML code as necessary.
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Content management methodology and technology, Content Management Systems,
SharePoint, SDL Tridion, MS Office, MS Visio, XML and HTML
Electro-Motive Diesel, Lagrange, IL
Technical Communications Consultant, April 2015 – October 2015
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(Contract) Designed and implemented a content-reuse strategy and technical
infrastructure to support documentation efforts for two simultaneous locomotive
deliveries. Coordinated a geographically dispersed team to identify and migrate legacy
content into a reusable structure. This included developing best-practices and standards
documents and implementing a collaboration strategy using SharePoint.
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Stepped into an entirely unfamiliar domain (locomotive manufacturing) with little
orientation. Quickly assumed primary responsibility for developing scheduled
maintenance manuals for an entirely new locomotive model.
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Adobe Creative Suite (including FrameMaker), SharePoint, SDL Tridion, MS Office, MS
Visio, ontent reuse tools and strategies
Consilink LLC, Chicago, IL
Technical Communications Consultant, September 2014 – January 2015
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(Contract) Designed and implemented a technical documentation operation (including
standards, processes, and content-management solution) for a start-up firm in in the
health care data-analytics field.
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I also helped develop and document standard operating procedures around development
and IT security practices and procedures, including HIPAA data-security compliance.
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Participated in development of requirements and technical specifications.
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Participated in marketing and data-quality assurance projects.
QuikOrder, Chicago, IL
Technical Communications Consultant, August – September 2014
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(Contract) Created REST API documentation for an online ordering service used by some
of the nation's largest pizza chains.
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This was challenging because I had to learn about REST APIs on the fly, as the work was
being developed.
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Agile/scrum methodology.
Citadel Technology, Chicago, IL
Technical Communications Consultant, November 2013 – August 2014
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(Contract) Developer of technical documentation for a financial trading system in
development by Citadel Technology. Developed API documentation for back-end trading
services (C++).
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My role also included planning, design, and implementation of processes, standards,
technology, and best practices for a nascent technical communications department.
Airstrip Technologies, Lombard, IL
Senior Technical Writer, September 2011 – January 2014
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Developed and implemented a task-based, modular documentation set spanning the
entire health-care mobility platform, as well as all of its different solutions (including
Cardiology, OB, Patient Monitoring, and Electronic Medical Records).
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I documented both the client (iOS and Android) and server sides of the platform.
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Agile/scrum methodology.
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Throughout the development cycle, I served the development team as a user experience
advocate, collaborating in design and implementation strategies for the Patient
Monitoring client application (with both Android and iOS development teams).
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Participated in development of requirements and technical specifications.
Thomson Reuters Markets Division, Oak Brook, IL
Senior Technical Writer, April 2009 – June 2011
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Created a wide range of documentation for an enterprise financial data management
suite that global financial institutions use to acquire and maintain pricing data and other
information about a wide range of financial instruments.
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In this position, I used Structured FrameMaker to maintain a series of user and admin
manuals for a high-volume platform that managed securities pricing information.
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Agile/scrum methodology.
Interwoven, Inc., Chicago, IL
Staff Technical Writer, September 2007 – March 2009
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Produced online help and print/PDF documentation for an enterprise document
management software suite targeted toward the legal market.
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Helped modernize and integrate a documentation team that included members in
Bangalore, India.
Lincoln Financial, Arlington Heights, IL
Staff Technical Writer, April 2007 – August 2007
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(Contract) Developed process documentation, technical documentation, and project
business documents for a team building an integrated IT infrastructure for Lincoln
Financial Group.
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Created internal documentation regarding system designs, processes, and standards
concerning both the development effort and the finished solution.
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Agile/scrum methodology.
Open Text Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL
Principal Technical Writer, 2000 – 2007
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Documentation team leader managing online and print/PDF documentation for Livelink,
an enterprise-level content management (ECM) software suite.
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Evolved a nascent documentation function into a successful and well-running
professional team spanning six sites in North America and Europe. Led initiatives to
develop style and structure standards, documentation review and revision processes,
integration with software engineering practices.
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In this role, I also participated in the creation of technical and business documentation
spanning the entire company. Participated in development of requirements and technical
specifications.
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Adapted agile/scrum methodology to an asynchronous documentation process.
Education
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
M.A. in Writing, 1998
Areas of Concentration: Applied Writing and Rhetorical Theory
Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
B.A. in English, 1988