Resume
Information Design
Design and develop web and print materials for software and publishing industries and for higher education. For example,
- Wrote and edited numerous technical documents including analytic and process documents, technical training manuals, user guides for software industry.
- Consulted as user experience expert for web-deployed unassisted software evaluation package. Conceived presentation strategy and designed content flow. Designed instructional strategy and graphic templates, specified writing style, customized user interface, and wrote content. Designed and developed embedded website that provided guided access to supporting information on the larger IBM web site.
- Designed site architecture and user interface, and developed content for, small business and non-profit websites to reflect organizational identity and goals while providing accessible, usable content to target audiences.
- Worked on team that constructed metadata architecture for knowledge management initiative at Computer Sciences Corporation. Translated that architecture into models and templates for single-sourcing reusable, object-oriented content to print and web platforms.
- Established publication layout and graphics standards for departments at Rational Software, Computer Sciences Corporation, and other companies. Designed product development prototypes and templates for technical and methodology publications that decreased development time while increasing product standardization and quality.