Sean Hower's Resume

Here's my online resume. I work out of Sacramento, California and I'm available for any writing, illustrating, editing, or research assignment via telecommuting. If you have a project you think I would be useful on, read my hiring information. I also have my resume available in the following formats:

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Qualifications

Proven experience in the following areas:

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Skills

General
Skills Proficiency
Writing Intermediate
Editing Intermediate
Interviewing Intermediate
Research Advanced
Ethnographic research Intermediate
Government procedures Beginner
Desktop publishing Beginner
Object-Oriented Programming Beginner
Section 508 and WAI Beginner
Contextual Inquiry Beginner
Personas Beginner
Videography Beginner
Japanese Intermediate (fluent)
Anthropology Intermediate
Linguistics Intermediate
Software
Skills Proficiency
FrameMaker Intermediate
Microsoft Office Intermediate
OpenOffice.org Beginner
Photoshop Intermediate
GIMP Beginner
Visio Beginner
Animation Master Beginner
Flash Beginner
RoboHelp Intermediate
ForeHelp Intermediate
Homesite Beginner
Dreamweaver Intermediate
WebMatrix Beginner
Visual Source Safe Beginner
Visual Studio .NET Beginner
SnagIt Intermediate
Technologies
Skills Proficiency
HTML Intermediate
CSS Intermediate
XHTML Intermediate
XML Intermediate
XSL Intermediate
DOM Beginner
JavaScript Beginner
VB.NET Beginner
SQL Beginner
Relational databases Beginner
Martin data modeling Beginner
Wireless networks Beginner
.NET framework Beginner

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Work Experience

Hansen 11/2000 - present Sacramento, CA
technical writer
  • Researched and produced online help for e-Government solutions with RoboHelp
  • Documented data structure with Visio
  • Designed, researched, and produced user guides, installation procedures, white papers, and case studies for mobile device and server software for e-Government solution with Word and RoboHelp
  • Researched QA procedures regarding internal software use
  • Researched and produced XML-based implementation for online help incorporating XHTML, XSL, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Designed and implemented XHTML-based department intranet site
Campus Engine 07/2000 - 07/2000 Folsom, CA
technical writer consultant
  • Researched and produced end user documentation for email server administration software
  • Researched and produced end user documentation for Internet messenger software
Play Inc. 06/1999 - 11/2000 Rancho Cordova, CA
technical writer
  • Researched, designed, and produced print manual for 3D graphics software with FrameMaker and Photoshop
  • Researched, designed and produced online help prototype for 3D graphics software with ForeHelp, Animation: Master, and Flash
  • Designed and produced online documentation for 3D graphics pack with RoboHelp and Homesite
  • Researched and produced hardware design specs with Word
  • Designed and implemented first draft department style guideline
  • Translated Japanese text for character generator software

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Education

University of Kansas 1994-1999 Lawrence, KS
BA in anthropology and linguistics
 
  • Member Phi Beta Kappa honors society
  • Graduated top 10% of class with honors in anthropology
  • Designed, research and produced undergraduate honors thesis in anthropology
  • Fluent in Japanese

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Interests

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