Chrystie Terry

3 Dartmouth Ct.,

Maynard, MA 01754

terrynterry@earthlink.net

978-461-2886 – home or 978-853-1269 – cell

 

 

Summary

Experienced Editor/Writer with 6 years of experience with a variety of subjects.

• Hardware and Software Documentation
• Training Manual Documentation
• Web-Based Writing, including On-Line Help
• Web Site Development
• Published Journalist

 

Technical Skills

Documentation Software	Web Development Software	Graphical Software	General Software	Skills	Special Skills and Knowledge
Quark Xpress	Frontpage	Photoshop	MS Office Suite	Layout	Networking
Adobe Acrobat	Home Site	Paint Shop Pro	Lotus Products	HTML Help	Enterprise Solutions
Pagemaker	Dream Weaver	NetStudio	NT/95/98/2000	Help Desk	E-Commerce
FrameMaker	HTML	Corel Products	RoboHelp	Web development	Office Technologies

 

 

Professional Experience

Terry & Terry Freelancing - Freelance Writer, Editor, Web Designer, and Consultant – September ’01 – Present

http://geocities.datacellar.net/terrynterry

 

                Softworld Inc. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

                               

Alta Vista Software Solutions  - Marketing Technical Writer – July ’01 – September ‘01

 

• Coordinated with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Product Management, and Technical Documentation departments in order to create marketing documentation for Sales and Marketing.

 

Compaq Computer Corporation -        Managing Technical Editor/Technical Editor - May ’99 – April ‘01 http://www.compaq.com/activeanswers

 

• Created documentation for Compaq built tool create and maintain the site. 
• Evaluated all content for final-edit approval of documentation published to public site. 
• Managed 15 Editors from various divisions of Compaq who published to ActiveAnswers.
•  Coordinated with Engineering, Marketing, and Publishing staff in order to migrate content.
• Designed and maintained the Enterprise Management ActiveAnswers sites by editing, designing, and deploying manuals, guides, and various other documentation in a variety of downloadable file formats for users of the ActiveAnswers site. 
• Created documentation with Engineers and Editor staffs from various partner companies in order to publish their solutions to the ActiveAnswers web site. 

 

Terry & Terry Freelancing  - Freelance Writing   - Aug ‘98 – May ‘99 

http://geocities.datacellar.net/terrynterry             

 

Intraware, Faulkner, and PC World On-Line

 

 

 

Kidde-Fenwal Corp.  Ashland, MA – Contract Technical Editing and Writing Consultant – March ’99 – May ‘99

 

·         Converted all engineering specifications along with related documentation for publication on the corporate web site.    http://www.kidde-fenwal.com/circle.html

 

Instruction Set, Natick, MA  - Contract Technical Editing and Writing Consultant – December ’98 – January ‘99

 

·         Proofed and edited training manuals for Instruction Set classes and for client manuals, using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe FrameMaker . These were concerning technical subject such as Network Cabling, Object Oriented Programming, and Network Certification courses. 

 

V Community, Tampa, FL - On-Line Editor-in-Chief – August ’98 – February ‘99

ExtraCheez.com

 

·         Wrote and edited the on-line content, as well as the Newsletter; including Features, Reviews, Technology at Work, and other articles in the Exclusives section.

·         Supervised Technical Writers and Freelance Writers to produce content for on-line publication.

·         Research for these articles required reviewing technical documentation from vendors. Also acquired vendor contributed Lab Reports and White Papers, which were then edited and reformatted for use on the web site.

 

 

BYTE Magazine, Lexington, MA - Editorial Assistant/Assistant Associate News Editor - March '97 - May '98

 

• Researched and wrote monthly articles for the News Department concerning new product updates and doing first-sweep technical edits of freelance writer’s work submitted for print.
• Conducted Reviews of Software and Hardware products in the BYTE Labs by running benchmarks and other testing measures.
• Processed lab results into charts, graphics and wrote technical reports for Product Reviews and Lab Reports. 

 

Education

SUNY Potsdam College, Potsdam, NY - BA and Masters Credit in English Literature & Writing/Secondary Ed.

Clarkson University, Cross-Registered - Computer Engineering and Technical Communications

Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY - AAS in Office Technologies, Computer Science

 

Clips & Sites

 

http://geocities.datacellar.net/terrynterry/clips.html

http://www.compaq.com/activeanswers

http://www.dianasshaftshop.org

http://www.norwegianelkhoundrescue.org

http://www.moaa.org

http://www.ekporters.org