TOM PERSONTECHNICAL WRITER

Stanley Thomas Person (full name)SINCE 1980

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SUMMARY

  • Technical Writing (policies and procedures, software user manuals, military manuals, training and help pages)
  • Managing workflow from first draft through change requests and implementation to complete revision
  • Working with Subject Matter Expertsand team members to create accurate, user friendly documentation
  • MS Office Suite, SharePoint, SQL Server, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat,and other productivity software
  • CMS, Information Mapping, HTML, XHTML, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, XML, and DITA XML
  • Organized self-starter, detail oriented, excellent communication skills, works well in teams and independently
  • 35 years technical writing experience(including10 years’software documentation and12 years DoD)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Industrial Resources, Inc. – Biloxi MS Power GenerationMar 2011 – Present

Technical Writer – Independent Contractor

Produce training modules for electric utilities, universities, and district energy system customers. Conduct training.

  • Latest assignment: Jamaica Public Service, Montego Bay – Bogue Power Plant
  • Wrote and implemented training materials. The power plant is being converted from oil to natural gas. I wrote training modules to re-certify lead personnel and presented the training on site in Montego Bay.

Luminant Power – Oak Grove Steam Electric Station, Franklin TX Power GenerationOct 2014 – Jul 2015;

Dec 2008 – Aug 2010

Senior Technical Writer– (contract position)

  • Wrote maintenance procedures for all plant systems and remained on sit at the power plant to verify accuracy and ease of use of the documents
  • Closely worked with planners and schedulers to provide documentation for immediate and long term needs
  • Tracked technical writing progress using spreadsheets, IBM Maximo (CMS), and SharePoint

Fidelity Investments – Westlake TX FinanceMar 2012 – Oct 2014

Technical Writer – (contract position)

  • Compiled and wrote policy and procedure documents from information supplied by subject matter experts
  • Technologies used included:proprietary CMS, XML, SharePoint

Bank of America – Dallas TXFinance, Mortgage and ForeclosureNov 2010 – Aug 2011

Data Consultant– (contract position)

  • Converted XML and logic from PowerBuilder (CMS) to CaseAware (CMS) templates
  • Team Leader – supervised five team members

TRX, Inc. – Atlanta GATravel Technology SoftwareNov 1998 – Oct 2008

Technical Writer

  • Wrote technical manuals and training materials for front and mid office travel reservation software
  • Wrote help applications using RoboHelp

FMC Corp, Martin Marietta, MC II Electric (L3 Communications) Defense Contractors1980 – 1996

Technical Writer

  • DoD contracts with Army (Bradley Fighting Vehicle, M113A Personnel Carrier); Air Force (Peacekeeper Missile ICBM program); and Army, Navy, and Air Force generator sets

EDUCATION

  • Western Washington University, Bellingham WA, BA in Education, minor in English
  • Shoreline Community College, Seattle WA, AA in Music