J. Edmund Rush 1107 N. Eighth St., Boise, ID 83702-4220 Telephone: 208-342-2537 E-mail: ed@edrene.us OBJECTIVE: Technical documentation, both printed and online; writing and illustrating manuals and guides for end users, programmers, or system administrators. Indexing technical and other publications. BACKGROUND SUMMARY: -- Clear, succinct writing style derived from early work and education as a professional news reporter and editor -- Experience with a variety of writing and art tools, including FrameMaker, WebWorks, Photoshop, ForeHelp, and Cindex, on Macintosh, UNIX, Windows, and other operating systems -- Broad variety of writing experience, mostly in database software, operating systems, and LAN software and hardware, aimed at system administrators and programmers as well as unsophisticated end users -- Ability to interact with system designers and programmers, along with independent verification of facts through reading code or experimenting online -- Experience in all aspects of document production, from initial research through editing and review to final layout, for printing shops or online HTML -- Varying degrees of familiarity with many programming languages, including Java, JavaScript, HTML, C++, C, Pascal, Algol, BASIC, Fortran, COBOL, and others EXPERIENCE: Various book publishers 1998, 2001-now -- Created professional indexes for commercial books on XML, network security, Java programming, weblogging, DSL, and other technological topics. Also indexed nontechnical books including biography, biodiversity, earth science, and mentoring. Apple Computer (contract), Cupertino, California 2001 Edited course material including Server Essentials and WebObjects Development. Portal Software, Inc., Cupertino, California 1999-2001 -- Documented opcodes (similar to an API), system administration, fraud detection, batch controller, and other features for Infranet, a customer management and billing product. -- Revised configuration documentation, using developersÂ’ Continuus Change Management software. -- Created Encyclopaedia Portallica, a guide to procedures and other aspects of the company, primarily for new engineers. Technology Deployment International (TDI) (contract), Santa Clara, California 1997-98 Created two programming guides to new Java utilities and API. TDI software creates a smooth interface between Java and the Jasmine object-oriented database system. Wave Technology (contract), Santa Clara, California 1997 Wrote and revised training materials for website creation and administration. Active Software (contract), Santa Clara, California 1997 Learned ActiveWeb system and produced three editions of the developer guide for it. ActiveWeb is a complex, message-based system that uses Java software to integrate any software with any other software. Savi Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, California 1995-97 -- As the only writer, established an ordered system for existing documentation and a consistent system of FrameMaker style tags. -- Originated and revised many hardware and software manuals for programmers, administrators, and end users of Savi radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. -- Used ForeHelp and FrameMaker to create WinHelp for several software products. WhiteLight Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, California 1994-95 -- As the only writer, established an ordered system for existing documentation and a consistent system of FrameMaker style tags. -- Originated the InfoBroker manual. Lam Research Corp. (contract), Fremont, California 1993 Assisted in design and creation of a Macintosh-based, relational database to track printing, distribution, and inventory of product manuals. Metaphor Inc. (now extinct), Mountain View, California 1988-94 -- Created a highly acclaimed, four-color, 102-page, introductory guide for the Data Interpretation System, including line art, photographs, and text. -- Created programming manuals for C and Visual Basic APIs. -- Restructured and rewrote the System Administration, Database Administration, and other manuals. Apple Computer (contract), Excelan, Tandem Computers, Xebec, Tymshare, Burroughs Corp. 1976-88 Previous related experience: Sun-Telegram (newspaper), San Bernardino, California; U.S. Air Force (newspaper and radio news); Lake County Star (newspaper), Crown Point, Indiana. EDUCATION: Course work for MS degree in computer sciences: San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca. BA degree in computer sciences: University of California, Santa Barbara BJ degree in journalism: The University of Texas at Austin