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James Arthur Strohm
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Senior Tech Writer, Project Mgr., E-Commerce, Marketing
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Technical Writer
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My writing career spans a wide range of disciplines, from technical writing to journalism to marketing writing. I've documented e-commerce portals, oil field drilling equipment, consumer electronics, personal computers, DSP chips, database kernels and deployed systems, telephone infrastructure equipment, SDKs, APIs, complex microprocessors, networking controllers, software, and operating systems. I've also done illustration and graphic design for online and print publications, using both...
My writing career spans a wide range of disciplines, from technical writing to journalism to marketing writing. I've documented e-commerce portals, oil field drilling equipment, consumer electronics, personal computers, DSP chips, database kernels and deployed systems, telephone infrastructure equipment, SDKs, APIs, complex microprocessors, networking controllers, software, and operating systems. I've also done illustration and graphic design for online and print publications, using both electronic and manual methods. I have almost 30 years experience as a photographer in film and digital media. Clients have included Motorola, Liberty Mutual, IBM, Nortel, Dell Computer, ClearCube Technology, MD Totco (Varco), and numerous high-tech startups. My software proficiencies include FrameMaker, Word and other Office applications, MS Project, XML, HTML/DHTML, BEA AquaLogic, Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat, PaintShop Pro, Visio, SGML, Interleaf/Quicksilver, SQL, Java, Perl, C, and other languages. I'm experienced in Mac OS X, Windows (3.1 through XP), Unix, and Linux. Project management has been a key factor in nearly every assignment I've undertaken. I was the lead writer on most assignments. I've also worked in a number of jobs with regulatory compliance requirements such as WEEE, RoHS, Sarbanes-Oxley, and quality systems such as SEI CMM and ISO9000. I am experienced in researching and interpreting regulatory and legislative documents.
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Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
U.S. English Chicago Style Editing Skills Test (For Writing Professionals)
4.75
100%
TOP 10%
12/04/2007
12 min
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.90
97%
TOP 10%
12/04/2007
10 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification
3.75
86%
TOP 20%
12/04/2007
12 min
Job Category Interests
Web Development
Ecommerce
UI Design
Website QA
Website Project Management
Software Development
Software Project Management
Software QA
Writing & Translation
Technical Writing
Website Content
Blog & Article Writing
Copywriting
Other - Writing & Translation
Sales & Marketing
Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
Administrative Support
Data Entry
Web Research
Email Response Handling
Other - Administrative Support
Business Services
Bookkeeping
Customer Service
Order Processing
Design & Multimedia
Graphic Design
Logo Design
Print Design
Other - Design & Multimedia
Skills
Skill
Experience
Level
Last Used
Description
Framemaker
15 yrs
5.0
2007
FrameMaker is my preferred document development environment, and I've used it on nearly every project since 1992. I have deep experience in book creation and maintenance, template development, indexing, use of conditional text, import and export of files into other applications, development of help files and HTML files from FrameMaker, and creation of PDF files.
Word and Office
22 yrs
5.0
2007
Primary tool for Liberty Mutual e-commerce portal documentation effort. Modified document templates to adhere to corporate standards, produced print and digital output in PDF.
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Employment History
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Company
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Description
05/2007
07/2007
Liberty Mutual
Technical Writer / Independent Contributor
Liberty Mutual is a large Fortune 100 multi-line insurance company that leverages its considerable investments in its IT resources and its human resources to deliver customer-friendly and socially responsible services and products.
Documented system and database environment for e-commerce portal based on BEA AquaLogic. Developed "best practice" documents, disaster recovery documents, and system run books.
Other Experience
Liberty Mutual e-commerce portal
Documented system and database environment for e-commerce portal based on BEA AquaLogic. Developed "best practice" documents, disaster recovery documents, and system run books.
Education
From
To
School
Degree
Area of Study
Description
01/1987
12/1987
University of Texas
Bachelors
Magazine Journalism
Began degree path in Electrical Engineering, switched to Liberal Arts
09/1975
05/1983
University of Texas
Bachelors
English Literature
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Name of Test
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Date Taken
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U.S. English Chicago Style Editing Skills Test (For Writing Professionals)
4.75
100%
TOP 10%
12/04/2007
12 min
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.90
97%
TOP 10%
12/04/2007
10 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification
3.75
86%
TOP 20%
12/04/2007
12 min