Lana Holliday

30 Mackintosh Drive
Wilton, NH 03086
(603) 654-3117 (H)
lholliday@TheSolutionWorks.com
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

User information: Web-based training (WBT), computer-based training (CBT), courses, on-line help, manuals (user, programmer reference, installation, system management), marketing literature, articles, functional specifications, contracts

Tools: MS Word for Windows, MS Excel for Windows, Dreamweaver, HTML, FrameMaker, Pagemaker, MS Multimedia Viewer, IconAuthor, Robohelp, Information Mapping, Freehand, Visio, Hijakk, PowerBuilder, DECwrite, VAX DOCUMENT for DECwindows, Bookreader, SDML

Operating systems: MS-Windows, MS-DOS, Windows NT, Windows 95, VAX/VMS, ULTRIX

Programming languages: C

Kudos, Inc. 2002

Concord, MA

Web development Consultant. Assisted in completing a web-based tutorial for Fidelity Investments.

User information:

WBT

Tools:

Dreamweaver

Audience:

Fidelity Investments employees

Product:

Plan Sponsor WebStation Contributions Tutorial

Description:

Web-based tutorial for training employees how to submit and maintain client contribution data.

Cadec Systems, Inc. 1995 - 1996

Londonderry, NH

Information Consultant. Wrote contract and functional specification for transportation software.

User information:

Contract, functional specification, glossary, screen designs

Tools:

MS Word for Windows, MS Excel for Windows, Visio, PowerBuilder

Audience:

Programmers, management, marketing

Product:

Cadec 5000

Description:

Windows based, open architecture software for the trucking environment, providing features such as real-time communications, global positioning, DOT logs, fault code warnings, and sensor data

Digital Equipment Corporation 1987 - 1994

Merrimack, NH

Senior Technical Writer. Designed and wrote on-line and hardcopy documentation for worldwide audiences. Performed project leader duties. Conducted usability testing and competitive analysis. Demonstrated products at trade shows and in a marketing video. Presented paper at writing conference.

Major Projects

Data Integration - 1994

User information:

CBT

Tools:

MS Multimedia Viewer, Hijakk, Photoshop

Audience:

Programmers, system administrators, support engineers

Product:

HealthView Connectivity

Description:

Message routing system that connects applications on disparate platforms and protocols through a connection engine

Database Management - 1993

User information:

Developer’s guide

Tools:

VAX DOCUMENT for DECwindows Motif

Audience:

Programmers, system administrators

Product:

Advanced Electronic Site Manager

Description:

Framework that supports the integration of applications around an object-oriented data repository and graphical user interface

Document Archiving - 1993

User information:

User’s guides, on-line help

Tools:

MS Word for Windows, Robohelp, Hijakk

Audience:

General users including scan operators and document quality-control managers

Product:

DOC Archiving

Description:

Document management application created for customers, F.Hoffman-LaRoche and Credit Suisse. Converts documents into images that can be indexed, stored, manipulated, printed, mailed.

Multimedia - 1992

User information:

Installation and system management guides, user’s guide, on-line help

Tools:

DECwrite, MS Word for Windows, Robohelp

Audience:

General users, system managers

Product:

MediaPower

Description:

Networked multimedia product that is used to view, record, edit, and store full-motion video streams on a PC

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) - 1991 to 1992

User information:

Programmer reference manual, user’s guide, on-line help, Bookreader files, ULTRIX manpages

Tools:

VAX DOCUMENT for DECwindows, UTOX

Audience:

Application programmers, general users

Product:

DECimage Character Recognition Software

Description:

Programmer interface (in C) and end-user application that converts text information in a bitmap image into a format that can be used by text-based applications, using an omnifont recognition technique

Imaging - 1989 to 1991

User information:

Programmer reference manuals, Bookreader files, ULTRIX manpages

Tools:

VAX DOCUMENT for DECwindows

Audience:

Application programmers

Product:

DECimage Application Services

Description:

Collection of software components (in C) that allow programmers to incorporate images into their applications.

Manufacturing - 1988 to 1989

User information:

User’s guides, on-line help

Tools:

VAX DOCUMENT, UTOX

Audience:

Manufacturing product and process engineers

Product:

INFINET

Description:

Set of applications that support a Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) environment.

Franklin Pierce College 1985 - 1987

Rindge, NH

Assistant Director. Assisted in daily operations of Nashua campus. Recruited and counseled students. Evaluated transcripts. Wrote newsletter and marketing literature.

Elementary Schools 1978 - 1985

Amherst and Northampton, MA; Rochester and Milford, NH

Teacher. Taught grades one through six, including special education.

education

University of Lowell 1987

Lowell, MA

Graduate Certificate Technical communications

Courses in economics, statistics, marketing, accounting

University of Massachusetts 1976

Amherst, MA

B.A. Elementary Education, International Education Department

1974 Sorbonne, Paris, France (exchange student)

1976 Academia Cotopaxi, Quito, Ecuador (student teacher)

awards

Society of Technical Communications Merit Award 1993

DECimage Character Recognition Software User’s Guide

Corporate Honorarium 1990

Paper, Women in Corporate Culture: Recognizing and Promoting Your Strengths in the Technical Communications Environment

references

Available upon request