2013–present
Instructor, Marketing and Technical Communication
Bellevue College. Teach a variety of courses including the Technical Writing Inclusive, Marketing Communication, Introduction to Blogging, Creating Style Guides, and Writing White Papers.
2009–present
Consultant, Marketing, Design and Technical Communication
Write technical documentation, white papers, catalogs, web sites, and training material. Design web site architecture, shoot product photography, and write marketing copy.
2006–2009
Vice President of Marketing
Prepared Response. Managed all marketing campaigns as well as trade shows and channel partners. Created all marketing collateral, technical documentation, and the corporate web site.
2002–2006
Marketing Director
Greywether, Inc. Managed the creative and marketing for a start-up specializing in complex web development. Created all marketing collateral as well as web site design, and user interface development. Wrote all user guides and online help.
1999–2002
Senior Technical Writer / Marketing
Avocent Corporation. Designed, wrote, and illustrated over 30 user guides and quick start guides. Completed the rebranding of two merged companies—Apex and Cybex—into Avocent.
1999–2006
Instructor, Print Graphics and Multimedia
University of Washington. Lead instructor for UW Extension computer graphics and multimedia programs. Taught a wide variety of courses including Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, and others.
1997–1999
Director of Training
Ivey Seright, International. Developed and taught a wide variety of professional-level computer graphics courses including Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, HTML, CSS, and others. Hired and trained instructors. Managed all marketing activities and budgets.