Naomi Bilodeau

Technical Writer
Gene Logic Inc.
naomi@naomib.ca
http:\\www.naomib.ca

Naomi Bilodeau
  • Senior-level Technical Writer
  • Experience creating single-source documentation for on-line help, web, and print.
  • FrameMaker and Quadralay Webworks guru
  • Successfully managed complex documentation projects from proposal to completion.
  • Strong technical background: M.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy.
  • Can clearly explain difficult subject matter at a wide variety of levels.
  • Fluently bilingual in English and French. Occasionally proficient in Danish and other Scandinavian languages.
Computer Proficiency

On-line publishing and help

  • Quadralay WebWorks, RoboHTML, RoboHelp
  • Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, Netscape Composer
  • Adobe Acrobat and Exchange.

    • Writing and desktop publishing tools

  • FrameMaker, Interleaf, Word, WordPerfect, LaTEX, vi, emacs
  • PageMaker, Microsoft Publisher

    • Graphic design

  • Corel Draw, Corel Photo-Paint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop, JASC PaintShopPro.

    • Operating systems and programming

  • UNIX, Solaris, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, DOS.
  • HTML, JavaScript, Perl, CGI, C++, FORTRAN 77, Pascal, BASIC.

    • Miscellaneous

  • SQL Server, PowerPoint, Excel, Quattro Pro, Access, Mathematica, MathCAD.
    • Education

    M.Sc. Physics and Astronomy
    October 1997. York University, Toronto, ON.

  • Carried out original scientific research in Planetary Astronomy, involving the reduction and modelling of Hubble Space Telescope data
  • Wrote and maintained data-reduction algorithms in IDL (Interactive Data Language), C++, and FORTRAN.

    B.Sc. Honors Physics, Minor Mathematics
    September 1995. Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, QC.

    Additional Training

  • Advanced Quadralay Webworks training. The Rockley Group. 1999.
  • Intensive Danish immersion course. April 1999 to July 1999, Århus Kommunes Sprogcentret, Århus, Denmark.
  • Technical Writing Plus. October 1998, Department of Continuing Education, University of Waterloo.
    • Awards

    Distinguished Technical Communication Award (STC Technical Publications Competition, 2000/2001)
    F3 Robot Systems User Guide (©2000 CRS Robotics Corporation)

    To receive an award for Distinguished Technical Communication (DTC) in the Technical Publications Competition, an entry must obtain a combined score of 19/20 in four categories: writing, graphics, copyediting, and overall integration.

    Award of Merit (STC Technical Publications Competition, 2001/2002)
    Servo Gripper User Guide (©2001 CRS Robotics Corporation)
    Polara 1.3 Administrator Guide (©2001 CRS Robotics Corporation)

    The Society for Technical Communication is a professional association that represents over 25,000 technical writers and communicators. For more information on the STC technical publications competition, click here.

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