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Job Announcements • For STC Members Only padlock icon indicating WDC Members Only • Talent Pool
Employment / Career Resources • Documentation Consultants & Contractors • Satisfied Employers & New Hires

Will Kelly Last revised: Oct 06

[Senior Member, Chapters: Washington, DC;
SIGs: Consulting & Independent Contracting]

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Résumé:  on my Web site
LinkedIn Profile:  http://www.linkedin.com/in/willkelly  [Added aug08]

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I am willing to consider a new job opportunity if the perfect one came along.
Type:  Freelance

Speciality

  • Experienced senior technical writer, analyst, and training developer with project management experience who never received the memo that technical writers are supposed to be technological idiots who just format documents.
  • Developed documentation and training for a number of commercial and Federal government organizations.
  • Experience as a senior technical writer, training developer, and analyst includes
    • Developing Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) documentation for large-scale Web-based applications including the Web portal of a major commercial broadband ISP.
    • Developing operations and system administrator documentation for large-scale telecommunications and ISP systems.
    • Developing templates, style guides, and processes to ensure technical documentation standards.
    • Developing online help and intranet-based user documentation for Web-based applications.
    • Documenting business processes using Microsoft Visio.
    • Developing training courseware, presentations, and job aids in support of major OEM product launches and large scale organizational technology deployments.
    • Developing the information architecture for corporate intranets.
  • Will's other skills include mentoring client staff in documentation and training development and delivery.
  • His technology and project management related articles have appeared on CNET Builder.com and CNET TechRepublic.com. Currently, his articles appear in Processor Magazine and PC Today Magazine. He has written about a variety of topics including Microsoft SharePoint, deploying Microsoft Office 2003, and VoIP. In addition, he is the technical reviewer for over forty computer books from Osborne McGraw Hill, Addison Wesley Longman, Wiley, Sams Publishing, and Que Publishing.

STC Categories of Expertise

  • Business Analysis
  • Internet Technology: Webmaster, Web Developer, Web Designer, Content Controller, Content Manager
  • Journalism: Print
  • Management: Communications Departments & Projects
  • Technical Communication, Editing, & Writing
  • Training & Course Development
 

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