Objective

More than 15 years progressive responsibility both a permanent employee and a contractor - - as a marketing, technical and WEB communications specialist, after a first career in daily newspaper journalism as a reporter, national correspondent and editor.

All major business, composition, desktop publishing and web development software, MS-Office 2002 XP Pro, Corel WordPerfect 2002 Office Suite, FrameMaker 7 PageMaker 6.5 Photoshop CS, Authorware, Documentum, WinHelp, RoboHelp 2000 Java Help, MS Visio, MS Project, WebWorks, WebMethods, Dreamweaver MX, Adobe Golive, Adobe Indesign 2.0 WebSphere, NetObjects Fusion, Site Minder, PageMill and MS Front Page. Windows, 2000 and XP, UNIX, MS Net. HTML, DHTML, XML, UML, BEA WebLogic, PERL, CGI, Verilog, SQL, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Informix, Sybase, Siebel, CORBA, EDA, SOAP, J2EE, J2ME, Java Script and C++.



Employment

2005 -  2005
Technical Writer

Wrote Standard Game Requirements documentation for SNAP Mobile. Wrote advertising and marketing collateral for SNAP Mobile and for IMS. Wrote all SNAP Mobile website content.

Consultant July 2004Present

Various consulting projects for ZADU, Inc ; Levi Strauss and Co.; App Genesis and Plumtree Software.

Crew Coach July 2002Present

Afterguard crew coach and tactician onboard US-76 Oracle, the Golden Gate Yacht Club challenger for the 2003 America's Cup and beyond.

Tactician and Alternate Helmsman August 2001June 2002

Tactician and Alternate Helmsman onboard Illbruck, the winning W-60 Class sloop in the 2001 - 2002 Volvo Round The World Race.

Veil Networks, San Jose, California July 2001August 2001

Designed and developed the WEB presence, wrote technical and marketing white papers, RFPs, Programmers Guides, NT and UNIX Installation Manuals and Java API documentation for this network software products startup.

Kaiser Hospital, Oakland and Walnut Creek, California August 1999June 2001

Wrote CDC reports program documentation, labor management contract proposals and designed and implemented KaiserNet corporate intranet.

OutPurchase, Mountain View, California December 2000July 2001

Wrote onscreen text and online help files for V3.1website.

Intalio, San Mateo, California November 2000January 2000

Wrote ISO compliant requirements documents, technical specifications, tutorial and API guide for Business Process Modeling Language, a new, Java and XML based computer language.

Ripfire, San Francisco, California August 2000November 2000
Software Technical Writer

Designed the public website, wrote all site content and system documentation for new, wireless capable search engine.

App Genesys, San Jose, California June 2000Present
Communications Consultant

Writing technical and marketing white papers, founders speeches and Java API documentation.

ePIT, Inc, San Francisco, California March 2000June 2000
Software Technical Writer

Wrote system documentation and marketing collateral ; designed the corporate website and directed the web presence for this online financial exchange.

Cloudwise.com, Santa Clara, California December 1999March 2000
Executive Producer

Redesigned the website, entire site content, the website name and the company name.

Netcentives.com, San Francisco, California November 1999December 1999
Software Technical Writer

Wrote online help files for custom Java, Silver Runner applications.

ZADU,
Inc, Munich, Germany August 1999Present
Writing Consultant

Wrote marketing white papers and other marketing collateral. Documented C++ and Java APIs for web annotation and messaging software system. Currently writing marketing and technical white papers and EU RFPs.

Moai Technologies, Inc, San Francisco, California April 1999August 1999
Software Technical Writer

Wrote java API and Moai Server Pages documentation for the companys web auction software.

Philips Semiconductor Mountain View, California March 1999April 1999
Software Technical Writer

Wrote technical and marketing white papers and C++ and Java API documentation for HDTV set top box and peripherals.

Autoweb.com Santa Clara, California January 1999February 1999
Producer

Wrote all content for Autowebs post IPO website. See http://www.autoweb.com

2Bridge Software, San Francisco, California April 1998December 1998
Software Technical Writer

Wrote the online contextual help system for 2Share Server, the company's enterprise intranet in-a-box software package. Also wrote the products User Manual, Installation Manual for Windows NT and UNIX versions and software API technical documentation. See http://www.2bridge.com.

Crew Member September 1997March 1998

Afterdeck crew member onboard EF Language, the winning W-60 Class sailboat in the 1998 - 1999 Whitbread Round The World Race.

NeTpower, Inc Sunnyvale, California April 1996September 1997
Producer

Updated and redesigned www.netpower.com, the public website for this manufacturer of high end Windows NT servers, workstations and 3 - D graphics products. Developed and wrote distance learning programs for NeTpower applications. Rewrote all hardware documentation to ISO compliance.

Levi Strauss and Co., San Francisco, California May 1995Present
Executive Producer

As prime independent consultant, managed the team that designed, developed and implemented the first phase of Project Eureka ! LeviLink LS and Co's worldwide intranet. Developed Eureka from concept through implementation, interactive sites for virtually all LS and CO. departments, Levi Strauss North America, LS International, LS Asia Pacific, Global Marketing, Levis's Brand Mktg., Dockers Mktg., Slates Mktg., Mktg. Government Affairs, Market Research, Global Communications Information s, Operations and Human s. Developed distance learning project from concept through implementation. Designed and developed www.levi.com.

Crew Coach May 1994May 1995

Afterdeck crew coach for America3 the Women's Team in the 1995 San Diego Yacht Club America's Cup Defender Series. Brought the team to in 1 race of winning the series before an unfortunate loss to Team Dennis Connor, the evil, unethical and unscrupulous spawn of Satan himself.

Epson America, Inc, Torrance, California February 1994March 1994
Contract Technical Writer

Wrote owners manual and reference guide for Epson Action Laser 1500.

General Dynamics, San Diego, California August 1992February 1994
Contract Technical Writer

Wrote and produced user manuals and fire control training guides for Tomahawk IV cruise missile avionics test and analysis software.

Crew Member November 1991August 1992

Afterdeck crew member onboard America3 for the successful defense of the America's Cup.

Harris Digital Systems, Novato, California March 1991November 1991
Writing Consultant

Wrote Software Maintenance Manual for VSCS.

Hawaii State Senator Fred Hemmings January 1990November 1990
Campaign Manager and Media Director

Campaign Manager and Media Director for Hawaii State Senator Fred Hemmings gubernatorial campaign.

Building Industry Magazine, Honolulu, Hawaii 19881989
Editor

Served as a consultant to redesign, redirect the focus and kick-start the magazine from a circulation of 6000 to more than 28000 in less than 2 years.

Crew Member 19871988

Afterdeck crew member onboard the 82 maxiboat Sorcery in her successful 2 year quest for the Mumms, Rolex IOR Maxiboat World Cup.

Marketing Communications Consultant 19871988

Clients included : Ashton Tate ; Northrop Corp Los Angeles ; Plexus Corp San Jose ; Tandem Computer Corp San Jose ; California Microwave ; Rockwell International ; Catalyst Technologies ; Sun Microsystems, Androbot, Inc San Jose and Atari Corp Sunnyvale.

1968 -  1987

Education

Miscellaneous
Asst. Managing Editor ; Managing Editor ; City Editor and Reporter ; National Correspondent ; Reporter The Arizona Daily Star ; International Correspondent.

English

US Marine Corps

Pulitzer Prize : Team leader for deadline coverage of the crash of PSA Flight 182 The San Diego Tribune, September 1978

Robt .F. Kennedy Award for Riding the Rails, The Arizona Daily Star, Nov 1976

Society for Technical Communications ; National 1st Award for Androbot TOPO Manual