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Former Officer & Committee Manager, STC Washington DC Chapter
Melissa Brown is a technical writer at QuadraMed Corporation in Reston, where she writes user guides and online Help for healthcare applications. She has over 10 years of experience in the technical writing field. Melissa is a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and past manager of the STC WDC Online Special Interest Group (SIG).
She also actively participates in local and international STC technical writing competitions and has won awards of Merit and Excellence for her own work. Melissa holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a concentration in Professional Writing from Virginia Tech.
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