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| | The MEDSTAT Group/Inforum
 | Position: Senior Technical Writer
& Intranet Developer/Administrator |
| Location: Nashville, TN. |
| Time Frame: October 1996 to February
1998 |
My position at the MEDSTAT Group/Inforum
included four areas of responsibility. One, I was the sole developer and
administrator of Inforum’s Corporate Intranet Site. Two, I took raw marketing
data and transformed it into web pages for use on the company's Internet site.
Three, I created and maintained everything from paper training manuals and
brochures to on-line documentation for Inforum’s Family of Products, which
include Outcomes Analyst, Demand Modeling, Community Profiling and Health Plan
Management. Four, I was responsible for the management and accountability of all
technical writing resources at the MEDSTAT Group/Inforum.
Management Responsibilities
| I used Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 to
manage all of Inforum’s electronic technical writing resources, including
paper manuals, on-line documentation, Intranet HTML files and Computer Based
Training (CBTs) demos. |
| During a period of reorganization, I was
responsible for the orientation and supervision of a new technical writer,
including project management. |
| I identified new software and technological
resources. |
| I identified available technical
writing-related training courses and seminars. |
| I was responsible for informing management
on technological trends and on-line documentation. |
Technical Writing Responsibilities &
Duties
| Using Doc-To-Help and Microsoft Word, I
created and maintained on-line documentation for the Inforum Family of
Products, including Outcomes Analyst, Demand Modeling, Community Profiling
and Health Plan Management. |
| I created an assortment of brochures and
manuals, including The Inforum Quick Reference Installation Guide—the
corporation’s primary publication distributed with all software. |
| I was responsible for creating and
maintaining Inforum’s Technical Writing Resource Guide & Documentation
Standards. |
World Wide Web Development &
Administration Duties
| Using Microsoft FrontPage98 and Novell
Server 3.12, I was Inforum’s sole developer and administrator of the
company’s Corporate Intranet Site. |
| I met with department heads and key company
personnel to identify a variety of resources that would benefit the overall
organization and place those resources on the Intranet. These resources
included such things as On-line Help files, Computer based Training (CBTs)
demos, executable files and files from such Microsoft applications as Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher and much more. |
| I worked with company leaders to develop and
maintain content for use on the company's Internet site. |
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