My Resume
Jerry R. Blackerby
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E-mail jerryblackerby@windstream.net |
| Skills Summary |
§ Technical Writing/Editing 45+ years § FrameMaker and FrameMaker+SGML (UNIX and Windows) 15 years § Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, Outlook) 17 years § WordStar (CP/M and DOS) 10 years § Word Perfect (DOS) 8 years § Adobe In-Design (IMAC) 3 years § Various other word processing/editing software |
| Professional experience | April 2002
Present
Technical Writer/ Freelance Writer/Semi-Retired § Typesetting for local weekly newspaper part time from home § Planned, researched, and wrote capital improvements proposal for AMF Bowling via telecommuting § Edited/rewrote document for Boeing via telecommuting § Wrote several short stories/articles for consumer magazines § Used Adobe In-Design on Imac § Used Microsoft Office on Windows § Used FrameMaker on Windows January 1998 March 2002 Contracted to: Contract Technical Writer § Planned, researched, and wrote technical manuals for state of the art fiber-optics telecommunications transmission systems. § Used FrameMaker+SGML on both UNIX and Windows NT § Used Microsoft Office on Windows NT July 1990 December 1997 Ericsson, Inc. Technical Writer/Editing Manager § Researched and wrote technical manuals for digital telecommunications switching equipment § Managed editing department and the production and distribution of technical documentation § Wrote and edited white papers on wireless communications § Wrote procedures for ISO 9000 certification § Created department web pages using ASCII editor and HTML code § Used FrameMaker and Adept Editor (SGML) on UNIX. § Used Microsoft Office on both standalone and networked PCs
January 1985 July 1990 DSC Communications Corporation Technical Writer/Manager § Planned, researched, and wrote technical manuals for digital telecommunications transmission equipment § Managed transmission products technical writing group § Developed and implemented new methods and techniques for technical writers § Used MASS-11 word processing software and the EDT and EVE ASCII editors on DEC VAX minicomputers § Used WordStar and WordPerfect on PC 1956 1984 Contracted or direct at several locations Supervisor/Technical Writer/Editor/Instructor § Supervised 4 lead technical writers and 20 technical writers in preparation of digital avionics system documentation for the Navy and Air Force at Vought § Developed new-concept documents; such as programming handbooks and test loop diagrams for military users at Vought § Edited or wrote sections of RFP for major aircraft contracts at Vought and for service contracts at Cape Canaveral § Created on-line users documentation, using hypertext, for in-house software used for marketing, ordering, shipping, billing, and inventory control of manufactured components for Mostek § Created easy-to-follow Users Guides for complex mainframe software system using IBM GML. Supervised technical writing team at IBM § Researched and wrote operation, service, and overhaul instructions for 20-ton, mobile air conditioning unit for the Air Force at Engineered Air Systems § Wrote operation and maintenance instructions for radar, inertial navigation, and computing equipment for missile tracking range at Cape Canaveral § Instructed users in theory, operation, and maintenance of radar and computing equipment at Fort Sill June 1955 May 1956 U. S. Civil Service Radar Technician § Maintained counter-mortar and weather radars |
| Military Service | 1951 1955 U. S. Navy |
| Education |
§ Florida Institute of Technology various engineering courses § U. S. Navy College Equivalency and Aviation Electronics § RCA Service Company technical training courses § Vought Corporation management training courses § Ericsson Corporation management training courses § Correspondence courses electronics and writing |