Contract-based Project Work
This page lists my contract-based project work. This page does not include my salary-based employment.
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- Archetype, Inc.
- Arthur Andersen/Massachusetts Department of Revenue
- Atrium Salon & Spa
- AT&T
- Attitash Software, Inc.
- Blackfoot Productions
- Boston Center for Computer Applications
- Credit Technologies
- Electronic Industries Data Exchange Association
- Fluor Corporation/Daniel Construction
- Gemsoft Corporation
- General Electric/Media 1
- Greater Boston YMCA
- Hurley Communications, Inc.
- IMEC Corporation
- Infant Jesus School
- Inmagic, Inc.
- Keyfile Corporation
- Keystone Provident Life Insurance Company
- Little, Brown Company
- Louisiana Energy Services/National Enrichment Facility
- Marguerite’s Place
- Massachusetts Senior Action Council
- Nikon World magazine
- NuSphere Corporation
- PeerDirect
- Roger Vaughan
- SAIL magazine
- Scan Centers of America
- Seiler Corporation
- Solomon Shechter Day School
- The Yacht magazine
- Thomson Financial
- Torrent Systems, Inc.
- Wang Laboratories, Inc.
- Xerox Imaging Systems
Contract-based projects
Atrium Salon & Spa
Nashua, New Hampshire
Website development, logo design, internal training
- Designed and authored website, designed company logo
- Performed staff training
June–Sep. 2009
Louisiana Energy Services, National Enrichment Facility
Eunice, New Mexico
German translation, technical documentation & illustration, courseware, content management
- Wrote German-to-English translations of technical whitepapers, specifications, regulations, facilities procedures, and legal correspondence on nuclear medicine, nuclear safety, accident planning, nuclear enrichment plant design and maintenance, building codes and regulations
- Wrote English summaries of German sources (abstracts, TOC, LOF, LOT) for fifteen nuclear enrichment plant, environmental, and health specifications
- Translated UF6 Compendium (an introduction to uranium hexafluoride production and its roles in nuclear enrichment and reprocessing) from German into English
- Co-developed information architecture for company-wide Documentum implementation
June–Dec. 2007, Jul.–Dec. 2006
Infant Jesus School
Nashua, New Hampshire
Network infrastructure, software installation & configuration, staff training
- Designed network topology and physically installed all networking cabling, switches, routers, computers, and software for entire school (≈75 nodes)
- Installed and configured software on all school computers
- Performed staff training
Sep. 2005–May 2006, Sep. 2006–April. 2007
Marguerite’s Place
Nashua, New Hampshire
Video authoring & production
- Created and produced promotional and fundraising video for women’s transitional shelter
Dec. 2004
PeerDirect
Bedford, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration, online help
- Wrote and illustrated documentation and online help for the PeerDirect Database Replication Engine
Feb.–Mar. 2003
NuSphere Corporation
Burlington, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration, information architecture
- Wrote Getting Started guide, MySQL Advantage Installation Guide, and MySQL Advantage User’s Guide for three MySQL product releases
- Updated MySQL Reference Manual for three MySQL product releases
- Wrote beta and FCS documentation for GEMINI MySQL table handler
Feb.–Oct. 2001
Torrent Systems, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration, online help, information architecture
- Wrote Orchestrate Web House Operator’s Guide for clickstream processing, data warehousing, and data-mining operator APIs
- Wrote functional specification for Orchestrate parallel processing Client/Server API
- Designed and wrote quick reference cards for Orchestrate/APT parallel processing classes and macros
- Wrote portions of Orchestrate Operator’s Guide
- Redesigned and updated Orchestrate WinHelp online help system
June 2000–Jan. 2001
Hurley Communications, Inc.
Norwood, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration, online help, information architecture, website development
- Wrote and illustrated Message Pro 3000 Operator’s Guide for integrated hospital switchboard system
- Wrote HTML-based online help for TM2000 Web Messaging hospital messaging software
- Designed and illustrated Hurley’s marketing website
Oct. 1999–May 2000
Thomson Financial
Boston, Massachusetts
Technical documentation, online help, information architecture
- Designed and wrote online help for Java-based financial transaction management application
- Edited and redesigned API and programming guides for client-side development toolkit for financial transaction management applications
- Wrote online help for Alert Institutional financial transaction management software
- Developed context-help structure for Alert Bank and Alert Broker productsList items
Aug. 1998–Mar. 1999, Nov. 1992–Feb. 1993
Electronic Industries Data Exchange Association
Arlington, Virginia
Technical documentation & illustration
- Illustrated, and edited specification for EIDX API for managing electronic financial transactions
July–Sep. 1998
Gemsoft Corporation
Nashua, New Hampshire
Technical documentation & illustration, online help, information architecture
- Wrote and illustrated online help systems for Emerald user and administrator products and Preview
- Wrote prototype demo for browser-based implementation of Emerald product
- Co-authored Emerald Administrator’s Guide
Jan.–Feb. 1996, Apr.–Oct. 1995
Scan Centers of America
Natick, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration, publication design
- Designed, wrote, and illustrated Electronic Document Management: A ScanCenters Primer for Real People, a primer on electronic document management concepts
Feb.–Apr. 1995
Xerox Imaging Systems
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Audio scripting, narration & production, online help
- Narrated and wrote intro/outro material for audio cassettes for Reading Edge User Manual, Reading Machine Upgrade Guide, Reading AdvantEdge User Manual, and Reading AdvantEdge Scanner Installation Guide
- Arranged all details of audio recording, tone indexing, and production
- Arranged all details of audio cassette production, including Braille labeling
- Design consulting for Windows‐based online help system
Apr.–May 1993, Nov. 1992
Attitash Software, Inc.
Nashua, New Hampshire
Technical documentation & illustration, online help, automation tools, information architecture
- Wrote and illustrated documentation and online help for SlingShot, WideAngle, and InfoPanel products
- Developed style guide, PDF print specifications, and Microsoft Word templates for all documentation
- Converted Remote Office User’s Guide from WordPerfect 5.1 to Microsoft Word
Jul.–Oct. 1992
Credit Technologies
Waltham, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration, information architecture, QA testing
- Wrote and illustrated user guides for Remote CAS and Core CDS products
- Wrote and illustrated beta/promotional documentation for CDS and 800/4-CREDIT products
- Performed alpha and beta testing on Remote CAS, CDS, and 800/4-CREDIT products
May–Jul. 1992
Keyfile Corporation
Nashua, New Hampshire
Technical documentation & illustration, online help, automation tools, information architecture
- Wrote and illustrated documentation for OS/2-based network document server product
- Wrote documentation for Windows-based document management/office automation system
- Designed and wrote online help system; included developing an extensive set of WordBasic macros
Feb.–Apr. 1992, June–Oct. 1991
Inmagic, Inc.
Woburn, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration
- Wrote and illustrated user manual for relational database product
Nov. 1991–Feb. 1992
Archetype, Inc.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration
- Wrote and illustrated user manual for Netware-server/Windows-client image management product
May–June 1991
Massachusetts Senior Action Council
Quincy, Massachusetts
Newsletter
- Conducted interviews, wrote articles for Massachusetts Senior Action Council newsletter
Feb. 1988
IMEC Corporation
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Technical documentation, German translation
- Translated hardware manual for logic-driven electric servo motors into German
Jan.–Feb. 1988
AT&T
Boston, Massachusetts
Technical documentation, internal training, office automation
- Conducted in-house training, wrote instructional documentation for various office productivity tools
- Developed DOS batch files and SAMNA IV keyboard macros to automate billing procedures
Nov.–Dec. 1987
Boston Center for Computer Applications
Boston, Massachusetts
Technical documentation & illustration, courseware development, system configuration
- Wrote curriculum specifications for AutoCAD and Aldus PageMaker software training
- Taught customer classes (basic and advanced) in WordPerfect 4.2; trained staff in Lotus Freelance
- Configured PC hardware, wrote DOS batch and instructional files for in-house and customer sites
Sep.–Nov. 1987
Little, Brown Company
Boston, Massachusetts
Editorial services, internal training
- Performed in-house staff training on MultiMate, Lotus 1-2-3, and DOS
- Provided editorial services for several large internal reference publications
Apr.–June 1987
Arthur Andersen/Mass. Department of Revenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Editorial services, office automation
- Performed editorial services for training materials for MASSTAX auditing system
- Developed DOS and WordPerfect batch files to automate office procedures
Mar.–Apr. 1987
Keystone Provident Life Insurance Company
Boston, Massachusetts
Technical documentation, office automation
- Wrote internal documentation; developed WordPerfect macro and merge files to automate tracking and billing procedures
Feb.–Mar. 1987
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
Lowell, Massachusetts
Technical documentation, editorial services, German translation, production automation
- Performed technical editorial services and German translation for converting four hard-copy lexicons into CD/ROM-based reference disks: Random House German/English Dictionary, Random House Unabridged English Dictionary, Random House Concise English Dictionary, Duden German Thesaurus
- Developed extensive Wang glossaries (Wang scripting language) to automate editorial proofing and CD/ROM production
Feb. 1986–Jan. 1987
Blackfoot Productions
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Editorial services
- Script editor for “Vig,” a play by Paul Hapenny
June–Aug. 1986
Solomon Shechter Day School
Newton, Massachusetts
Multimedia scripting
- Wrote audio/visual script for annual fundraiser
May–June 1985
Greater Boston YMCA
Boston, Massachusetts
Multimedia scripting, narration
- Wrote and narrated two public service announcements for radio
- Wrote audio/visual script for annual meeting/fundraiser
Jan.–Feb. 1985, Oct.–Nov. 1984
Seiler Corporation
Waltham, Massachusetts
Newsletters
- Wrote two corporate newsletters
Dec. 1984–Feb. 1985
General Electric/Media 1
Lynn, Massachusetts
Multimedia production
- Key Grip for 30-projector audio/visual production for GE “Family Fair Day”
May 1984
The Yacht magazine
Newport, Rhode Island
Writing, photography, editorial, production management
- Editorial production manager for first edition
- Wrote copy, shot photos for miscellaneous feature sections
- Established stringer contacts and editorial library
Aug. 1983–Mar. 1984
Roger Vaughan
Newport, Rhode Island
German translation, biographical research
- Performed German translation and biographical research for biography of Herbert von Karajan
Nov. 1983–Feb. 1984
SAIL magazine
Boston, Massachusetts
Copywriting, photojournalism
- Wrote and took photographs for “Visual distress signals,” an article about safety flares and other visual distress signals
Dec. 1980
Fluor Corporation/Daniel Construction
Greenville, South Carolina
Architectural drafting, technical illustration
- Architectural and technical draftsman for industrial process piping and design facilities
May 1978–Sep. 1978
Nikon World magazine
Garden City, New York
Photojournalism
- Took photos for photo essay about transatlantic yacht race
Jan. 1977