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Resume 3

ALEXANDER E. CARTER
37 Hillboro Lane
Elizabeth, NJ 08832

OBJECTIVE

Documentation or training development position.

CAREER SUMMARY

Senior technical writer experienced in developing end-user and administrative information for telecommunication hardware and software. Works directly with development and test teams to gather source material and review documents. Quick learner who strives to increase his knowledge in computer technologies and enjoys learning new software products and development tools.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Telecom Technologies, Westfield, NJ
September, 2000-August, 2001

Contract Technical Writer
  • Wrote installation and administrative documentation for application software for the Next Generation Network Voice-Over-IP product.
  • Documentation included both UNIX command-line and GUI interfaces.
  • Followed Telcordia s ISO-certified process for documentation development.
  • Managed documentation schedules in consultation with development and project management.
  • Developed content from requirement and design documents as well as interviews with software developers.
  • Worked with FrameMaker 5.5.6 and Visio software.
  • Transferred to the Infrastructure Solution project an integrated offering of seven OSS products under a common GUI when first project had to cut staff.
  • Wrote sections of the System Administration Guide, coordinated the inclusion of information from the contributing products, created index entries, edited, and generated the overall book.
  • Contract terminated early due to budget cuts.
CHRONO Corporation, Mongomery, NJ
January, 2000-September, 2000

Senior Technical Writer
  • Produced user, application administration, and installation documentation for business-to-business E-commerce software that provided Local Number Portability LNP to Competitive Local Exchange Carriers CLECs .
  • Responsible for creating user documents for two versions of DSET s Local Service Management System LSMS Java-based software.
  • Worked with FrameMaker 5.5.6 and Visio software.
Miranda Technologies
1996-1999

Application Software Support

Supported documentation and training group 225 people at eight locations in New Jersey:
  • Provided primary support for FrameMaker and FrameMaker + SGML applications. Researched conversion problems from earlier releases of FrameMaker and answered questions about templates. Consulted FrameMaker documentation, Internet resources, and Adobe technical support to solve problems.
  • Wrote procedures for installing SGML template on PCs; documented solutions to end-user problems in support database.
  • Installed and set up PCs including networking for Windows95, configured browsers for Internet and mail access, setup remote dial-in access, added local and networked printers, and installed client-server software for network file sharing with UNIX servers.
AT & T
1978-1996

Senior Technical Writer
  • Developed paper documentation and training materials for telecommunications applications.
  • Planned and scheduled documents for small teams of writers.
  • Interviewed subject-matter experts for source material, conducted reviews of technical content with development and system test teams, tested documentation against product.
  • Followed ISO-certified process for document development. Produced documents using Information Mapping and single-source concepts.
  • Wrote procedures for administration, operations, maintenance, and provisioning documents using Information Mapping concepts for several data networking products.
  • Developed documentation and training products for GlobeView 2000 Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM and Datakit Virtual Circuit Switch VCS data networking products.
  • Created documentation and training materials for network management elements of a broadband communications network in a single-source document using FrameMaker s conditional text capability.
  • Learned RoboHelp software and completed a Windows help file for a financial modeling application in 4 months.
EDUCATION

BS in Engineering Technology, Electrical Systems Option, New Jersey Institute Of Technology.
Associate in Engineering with Highest Distinction, Pennsylvania State University. Major in Electrical Engineering Technology.

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
  • Windows 9x and NT operating systems;
  • development tools FrameMaker 5.5.6 and FrameMaker+SGML 5.5.6
  • Microsoft Office97
  • RoboHelp
  • Visio
  • Adobe Acrobat Distiller
  • CorelDraw software
  • Ten years experience as a user of the UNIX operating system text editors, text formatters, and shell programming .
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Advanced FrameMaker
  • ISO 9002 Documentation Development Process
  • Performance and Training Needs Analysis
  • Instructional Design and Development Workshop
  • Information Mapping Structured Writing
  • Online Information Mapping
  • Authoring with FrameMaker + SGML.


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