m. g. gadzikowski resume - updated 2010.01.13

Mark Gilbert Gadzikowski
resume@gadzikowski.com
Sunnyvale, California

A 15+ year veteran of silicon valley Technical Writing,
with tremendous leadership skills.

Qualifications

I can lead or found your documentation department, as I did for FMC, Alliance Semiconductor, Visto Corporation, Silicon Genetics, and Spansion Semiconductor, through proactively assessing documentation needs, then scheduling publications within the parameters of your environment. I have grown departments from paper-based publications to electronic delivery and direct web publishing, as customers require. When company needs broaden, I teach and mentor writers with the latest tools, and methods.
I can merge seamlessly with your experienced techpubs team, as I have at Remedy Corporation, NVIDIA, and VMware. I contribute with minimal supervision, driving my own projects. I play well with others, representing techpubs in cross-functional and inter-departmental business, reaching consensus for team goals, following orders. I help create and enforce doc standards. I work with FrameMaker, Acrobat, Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Homesite, Doxygen, RoboHelp, Perforce, SourceSafe, BBEdit, vi.
I can optimize your documentation processes, achieving faster publications with fewer resources, as I have for Remedy, NVIDIA, and Synopsys. I reduce review cycles, freeing up others’ time. I simplify doc delivery while preventing unauthorized access, giving customers fast access to only the documents they deserve.

Employment Summary

Contract Technical Writer, 2009 to 2010 iPass, Redwood Shores, California
	Documented international telecom architecture reference for internal audiences.
	Published API guides for internal and external developers.
	Established processes for TechPubs writers and doc reviewers.
	Thrived in an agile development environment.

Contract Technical Writer, 2008 to 2009 Spansion, Sunnyvale, California
	Researched and wrote databook for intellectual property (IP), the blueprints for Flash memory with embedded 8051 controller.
	Established multi-product documentation standards, based on needs of the audience.

Senior Technical Writer, 2006 to 2008 Synopsys, Mountain View, California
	Researched and wrote databooks, install guides, release notes, quick starts, and readme documentation for intellectual property (IP), the blueprints for silicon chips.
	Scoped, managed, and published PDF documentation for multiple product lines, including USB, SATA, PowerPC, Ethernet, and PCI controller products. (My USB is in your iPod.)
	Contributed to publications department standards, style, and procedures.
	Edited and maintained TechPubs internal website.

Senior Technical Writer, 2004 to 2006 VMware, Palo Alto, California
	Scoped, Researched, wrote, and published hardcopy, HTML, CHM, & PDF manuals for software to virtualize x86 computing (Workstation v5.0 and Virtual Center v1.2).
	Collaborated with, aided, and mentored team members on entire product line documentation.
	Documented customer solutions formally through company Knowledge Base articles, and informally on internet forums.
	Assisted software user-interface design.
	Contributed to publications department standards, style, and procedures.
	Managed and maintained Technical Publications' product test servers.

Contract Technical Writer, 2004 Silicon Genetics, Redwood City, California
	Researched and wrote user guide for first release (Version 1.0) of software to analyze genetic variances.
	Assisted user-interface design for genetics analysis software.

Contract Technical Writer, 2004 Marketlab, Napa, California
	Edited marketing collateral.

Senior Technical Writer, 2001–2003 NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, California
	Researched and wrote data sheets, board design guides, technical briefs, application notes, chip errata and magazine articles about ASICs for an audience including OEM manufacturers and technical hobbyists.
	Documented all NVIDIA product lines, including graphics processors (GeForce, Quadro), game console processors (xBox), and motherboard chipsets (nForce IGP and SPP northbridges, and MCP/MCPD/MCPT southbridges).
	Represented technical publications at inter-departmental, project, and product release meetings.
	Assisted construction of company-wide templates, style guide, and publications procedures manual.

Senior Technical Writer, 1999–2001 Remedy Corporation, Mountain View, California
	Researched, wrote, and published hardcopy, HTML, & PDF manuals for multi-platform database applications.
	Architected online help system delivered via JSP to browser client, while retaining compatibility with legacy Unix/NT clients.
	Managed documentation and business projects as technical lead.
	Represented Information Development (technical publications) on interdepartmental committees.
	Contributed to publication style and procedure guides.
	Won industry awards for team publications in 2000 annual Northern California Society for Technical Communication (STC) competition.
	Earned certification in AR System Administration, AR System Advanced Topics, Remedy Change Management, and AR Web & Remedy Web.

HTML Developer/Technical Writer, 1997–1999 Visto Corporation, Mountain View, California
	Coded dynamic help system for Internet personal information manager (PIM) using Javascript-like proprietary language.
	Wrote and maintained WinHelp online help system for web-to-desktop synchronizing software.
	Managed content and published corporate website.

Education

Master of Arts Degree, English (Creative Writing)
Iowa State University, Ames.

Bachelor of Arts Degree, English (Business and Theatre minors)
Iowa State University, Ames.

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