Education
Major: BS Technical Writing and Communication
Minor: Jazz Performance (voice)
Major GPA: 3.61
Minor GPA: 3.53
Cum. GPA: 3.25
Graduated: December 2003
Experience
Apple Computer 12/04 - present
Technical Writer 3. Write and maintain software engineering specifications, functional specifications, and some design specifications. Help to maintain process documentation. Work to implement string changes within code.
ANSYS, Inc. 1/04 - 12/04
As a technical writing intern, worked with documentation group and subject matter experts to revise existing and write new end-user help documentation. Was a member of a special project team working to increase peer review. Helped supervise automated help builds.
Freelance Editor 8/03 - 9/03
Edited a book for an unpublished author. Helped prepare the book for future publication.
Carnegie Mellon
The Tartan 1/00 - 1/03
As the Copy Manager, supervised and coordinated a staff of nine, revised style manual, and was a member of the editorial staff. Proofread student newspaper, suggested efficiency improvements in proofing process. Involved with achieving financial independence.
Choir Director 1/02 - 6/02
Reserved rooms for rehearsals and established rehearsal times. Supervised choir and led practices.
CMU Press 9/01 - 12/01
Proofread novels and short stories for the CMU Press.
Arthur Andersen 1/01 - 5/01
As a personal assistant to a senior partner, compiled travel and business expenses, prepared expense reports, assisted in implementing new procedures.
netdiving.com 2/98 - present
celiacnet.com 10/04 - present
As the Website Designer, developed and maintained website.
Coursework
English
- Adv. Prof. & Tech. Writing
- Document Design
- Editing & Publishing
- Grammar of Standard English
- Interpretation and Argument
- Interpretive Practices
- Intro. to Prof. & Tech. Writing
- Language & Culture
- Literature and the Social
- Online Information Design
- Professional Seminar
- Style
- Survey of Forms: Fiction
- Voice in Fiction & Non-Fiction
Technical
- Data Structures
- Modern Chemistry I & II
- Calculus of Approximation
- Differential Calculus
- Statistical Reasoning
- Integral Calculus
- Integration & Differential Equations
- Intro./Interm. Programming
- Introduction to Statistical Methods
Computers
Operating Systems
- MacOS 9, X
- UNIX
- Windows 98, NT 4, 2000, and XP
Software
- Acrobat
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Pagemaker
- Photoshop
- Arachnophilia
- Arbortext Epic Publisher 3
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- MKS Source Edit 7
- Microsoft Office
- MS Publisher
- MS FrontPage
- Quark XPress Passport
- Quicken
- SnagIt
Languages
- HTML
- Java
- XML
Other Skills
- Proofreading
- Touch-typing
- SCUBA Diving
- English - native
- Japanese - intermediate