Stanley Ness 26381 Ganiza Mission Viejo, CA 92692-3259 U S

Phone:949.582.9127 Mobile:949.338.0900 stanness@mindspring.com

Technical Writing...Marketing Support...Proposals...Editing



INTRODUCTION/ OBJECTIVE
Have broad based experience traversing multiple industries in creation of effective training and user manuals, tutorials, quick start guides, graphics, FAQs, collecting and compiling information & data, operations handbooks, service bulletins, test procedures, software documentation, sales literature, advertising materials, media communications, funding proposals, product specifications, patent applications, technical reports, user interfaces, articles and regulatory agency documentation. 21 CFR 11 Documentation. Ability to manage large volumes of information under tight timeframe and changing priorities. High level organizational skills and multi-tasking capabilities. Possess undergraduate, graduate and advanced degrees in scientific disciplines combined with over twenty years experience in translating detailed technical information, including electronics and computer science, into understandable language for specific audiences. Can interface well at all levels of a company and across technical specialties with a demonstrated ability to understand requirements of communications. Can liaison with engineering, R&D, marketing, manufacturing and field-service personnel to ensure that available data supports a logistics and technical publications requirement. Able to work independently with minimal direction on assigned tasks, creating standard operating procedures (SOP), manufacturing procedures from draft to release. Eager to learn new concepts and skilled in analysis, design and organization of print or online hypertext documents. Initiate revised and new documentation and critically assess manufacturing initiatives and Company objectives and systems for document impact for current formats. Can organize information and data in accordance with any contract specification and/or published book plan for consistency of expression and style. Can excel in visualizing and verbalizing marketing concepts, product features, functions and applications, buyer motivations and appeal. Have conceptualized and designed products creating marketing, sales and promotional materials that enhanced market penetration and sustained customer loyalty. Have prepared multi-million dollar project proposals researching and verifying each specification and performance requirement to assure adherence. Am voting member of America's Technical Advisory Group on International Standards Organization (ISO) requirements. Can bring to a company the technical knowledge, specialized training, creative abilities, writing skills and a common sense approach that can contribute to enhancement of an organization's image and its ability to communicate internally and externally. Increase productivity by increasing communication within and between support and development teams. Aid corporate functions by increasing communication between support teams and rest of Company. Team player, self-starter and have good interpersonal skills. Thick-skinned and work well under pressure. Large degree of self-direction while participating in the team, sharing information, strategizing and problem-solving. Creativity and willingness to consider new ways to continually improve documentation.

TARGET JOB
Desired Job Type:
Employee


Desired Salary:
Negotiable, depending on position’s responsibilities.


Date of Availability:
Immediately
TARGET LOCATIONS
Relocate:
Possibly

WORK STATUS
US
I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.


EXPERIENCE
8/2005 – 1/2006
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, DIV OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Irwindale, CA

Technical Writer



Organizing and writing engineering data in form required by 21CFR11regarding medical devices. Producing SOPs and work instructions for the products.
Software Used
MS Office 2003, Windows XP Professional, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat 7 Pro


9/2004 – as needed
BOEING
Seal Beach, CA


Technical Writer



Boeing proprietary and sensitive information
Software Used
MS Office 2003, Windows 2000 Professional


3/2005 – as needed
INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SYSTEMS
Torrance, CA


Technical Writer



SBIR proposals for single-photon sensitive innovations in confocal microscopy with imaging speeds greater than the competing CCD imaging techniques.
Software Used
MS Office 2003, Windows XP Professional


7/2004-8/2004
INTEL CORPORATION
San Diego, CA


Technical Writer



Documenting wireless products research in 2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz bands (IEEE
802.11 a/b/g) at the Wireless Products Division of Intel in San Diego, CA.
Reporting to Program Manager.
Software Used: MS Office 2003, Windows XP Professional
Software Used
MS Office 2003, Windows XP Professional


2/1998 – 6/2004
OPTICAL DISC CORPORATION
Santa Fe Springs, CA


Senior Technical Writer

Documenting CD/DVD state-of-the-art laser Mastering Equipment. Generated user and training manuals, software and hardware documentation, standard operating and manufacturing procedures, guidelines, quick reference cards. Planning, scheduling, researching and managing assignments. Writing and updating documentation in compliance with CE regulations and developing a template for company-wide manuals. Managing a German and French translation of appropriate user and training manuals in accordance with contract and correcting and properly formatting the final document. Reporting to VP of Documentation & Training.
Software Used
MS Office 97, Adobe Acrobat and Distiller Version 3 & 4, Illustrator 8-9.02, Photoshop 5.5, Windows NT, Adaptec/Roxio Applications, AutoCad 2000
Home Use: MS Office 2000 Premium and XP (2002), Adobe Acrobat 5 and Distiller 5, Photoshop 6, Windows 2000 and ME, Adaptec/Roxio Applications, RoboHelp 10, html, chm, “hlp” help file generation, CorelDraw and PhotoPaint 9.


9/1995 - 8/1997
PRINTRAK/MOTOROLA
Anaheim, CA


Senior Proposal Writer

Major proposal writing on fingerprint, face recognition technology, biometrics technologies to all levels of government and international security organizations including CIA, FBI, State Department, RCMP, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Defense Nuclear Agency and many foreign equivalents. All phases of proposal production were done from generating text, drawings and pictures to delivery of proposal. The instrumentation included matching technologies for the fingerprint minutiae patterns of latent prints to large databases including a primary set and an orthogonal feature set in the algorithm for the even larger databases with millions of entries.
Software Used
MS Office, Adobe Acrobat and Distiller, Photoshop, Windows 95, Visio, Quark, FrameMaker.



3/1977 - 9/1995
Stanley Ness Ph.D
Yucca Valley, CA


OWNER

Summary
Established a consulting practice in southern California combining technical expertise with creative skills to provide companies with an alternative to in-house experts with writing capabilities for proposals, sales/marketing materials, and instruction manuals. Initiated contacts through personal and professional networking that produced contracts on projects lasting from several months to years.


1992-1994
MetroLaser
Irvine, CA

Consultant

Wrote successful Phase I, II and III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposals, funding in excess of $8M in projects from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Missile Command, Defense Nuclear Agency, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Navy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Energy, and NASA ranging from security verification and validation technology development using biometrics, environmental pollution instrumentation development to diagnostic methods for use on aeroballistics ranges. Generated proposal for an Infrared Image Display to General Dynamics/Fort Worth division. Mostly including laser and holography technologies.
Software Used
WordPerfect, Visio



1977-1992
Lumitech/SupreTech
Tustin, CA

Consultant

Wrote three pending patents, application notes, and UL Listing specifications. Provided Marketing support creating application bulletins, advertising literature and comparative analysis of products. Created sales, advertising and marketing materials related to automotive, tracer dye, fluorescent penetrant, magnetic particle and air conditioning markets. Wrote protective eyewear literature, manuals for lamps and radiometers and generated news releases on products. FDA regulatory compliance experience in ultraviolet tanning beds.


1987
Department of Commerce
Washington, DC

Consultant

International Standards Organization (ISO): Wrote proposed new standard ISO 3059, "Nondestructive Testing-Method for Direct Assessment of Black Light Sources." Worked with and through Department of Commerce, N.I.S.T.


1981
Electro-Techs Corporation
Tustin, CA

Technical Director

Established Environmental Protection Agency program to demonstrate the effectiveness and potential of pollution prevention through energy efficiency. Wrote Department of Energy proposals, created technical bulletins and made contributions on LED traffic signal technology to the University of California Technology Transfer Program.


1984
Ardrox Inc.
La Mirada, CA

Consultant

Documented all aspects of calibration and standard procedures in accordance with military and industry standards. Wrote manuals on calibration equipment for radiometers, photometers and blacklight lamps for commercial and military use.


1977-1987
Spectronics Corporation
Long Island, NY

Consultant

Developed a line of ultraviolet EPROM erasers together with marketing and sales support literature from simple desktop units to robotic controlled systems. Designed and developed a range of photometers and ultraviolet radiometers from concept to production. Marketing, sales and documentation support and direction for all ultraviolet applications.


1985
Society of Automotive Engineers
Warrendale, PA

Consultant

Established standards for leak detection using ultraviolet light for air conditioning systems.


1989-1995
American Society of Nondestructive Testing
Columbus, OH

Technical Editor

Member of Handbook Development Committee. Contributed to and edited four testing procedure handbooks. (“Nondestructive Testing Handbook, 2nd Edition, Volume 8, Visual and Optical Testing”, 368 pp., “Nondestructive Testing Handbook, 2nd Edition, Volume 10 Nondestructive Testing – Overview”, 582 pp., Nondestructive Testing Handbook, 2nd Edition, Volume 6, Magnetic Particle Testing”, 454 pp., Nondestructive Testing Handbook, 2nd Edition, Volume 9 Special Nondestructive Testing Methods”, 510 pp.
Software Used
MS Word, Wordperfect, CorelDraw, AutoCad, Harvard Graphics, Windows 95, 3.1 & DOS.


1975 – 1977
Ultra Violet Products

San Gabriel, CA


Applications Director


Acted as liaison between President, Marketing Director, Research Director and Customer Service Manager to implement a viable, profitable long-term program in product development and marketing. Wrote Technical Applications Bulletins and Manuals and communicated with customers in industry, medicine, laboratory and government having technical problems. Marketing and sales support and direction for all ultraviolet applications.

1972 - 1975
EG&G, SSR Instruments
Santa Monica, CA


Senior Applications Engineer


Marketing and sales support. Optical Multichannel Analyser (A multi-channel optical radiation data acquisition and analysis system) and single-photon counters. Engineering evaluation of the instruments, detailed technical customer contact, quality control and exhibiting and supporting instruments at trade shows. Applications included multi-element atomic spectroscopy in spark/flame emission absorption and fluorescence, astronomical spectrometry, ultra-centrifuge scanning, laser research, plasma investigations, flash lamps, colorimetry, explosives analysis, agriculture and forestry, bio-, chemi-, thermoluminescence, oil pollution analysis, etc.

1970 - 1972
Beckman Instruments (Now Beckman-Coulter)
La Habra, CA


Senior Physicist


Studies of pollution monitoring instrumentation. Series of seminars on nuclear techniques to division marketing and service personnel. Design of new beta and gamma counting instrumentation for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications with cost reduction and simplification in mind.
EDUCATION
1968 - 1970
M.I.T
US-MA-Cambridge


Professional (Chemiluminescence technology)


Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Nuclear Science and later at the University of Georgia under same contract from USAEC. Worked on UV-induced fluorescence in compounds of biochemical significance. To support this work a large aperture spectrograph was designed and constructed which in conjunction with image intensification produced interesting results and discoveries in the fields of fluorescence, chemiluminescence and singlet oxygen reactions. Sponsored by US Atomic Energy Agency


1964 - 1968
Manchester University
UK-England-Manchester


Doctorate, Physics (Chemi-, Bio- and Radio- luminescence technologies at sub-nanosecond speeds)


Summer 1967
C.E.R.N
Switzerland-Geneva


Professional (Health Physicist, Radioisotopes, Monitoring and Auditing)


1963 - 1964
Manchester University
UK-England-Manchester


Master's Degree


Diploma in Advanced Studies in Science (Biophysics, mathematics and chemistry)


1960 - 1963
Manchester University
UK-England-Manchester


Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Physics



SKILLS
Skill Name
Skill Level
Last Used
Experience


Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Currently used
5 years


MS Word (currently Word 11.0)
Expert
Currently used
15 years


MS Outlook
Expert
Currently used
15 years


Visio
Intermediate
+5 years ago at Motorola/Printrak
2 years

Adobe Acrobat pdf help file generation
Expert
Currently used
5 years


Adobe Distiller
Expert
Currently used
5 years

Corel Draw
Intermediate
Currently used
5 years


Corel WordPerfect
Intermediate
Currently used
2 years


FrameMaker
Intermediate
+5 years ago
2 years


Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Currently used
5 years

Windows XP, NT/2000/ME
Intermediate
Currently used
5 years


RoboHelp
Intermediate
1 year ago
1 years

html, chm, hlp, ASCII Help file generation.
Intermediate
1 year ago
1 year

Quark
Beginner
+4 years ago
1 years

AutoCad 2000
Intermediate
Currently used
2 years

Roxio Applications
Intermediate
Currently used
5 years

Writing to US GPO Style Manual
Expert



Writing to Chicago Style Manual
Expert