3735 Central Ave.  A-2

Nashville TN  37205

(615) 292-7301 morcutt@bellsouth.net

Mary G. Orcutt

Summary

Twenty years experience editing and producing software documentation, ranging from online tutorials for novice users to printed reference documentation for application and operating system engineers and programmers.

Professional Experience

1997-2003                               Digital (DEC)/Compaq/HP                   Nashua,  NH  

Senior Technical Editor/Managing Editor/Writer

·     Digital UNIX/Tru64 UNIX Patch Kit Release Notes writer using (five years).

·     Wrote and produced customer letters for inclusion with software releases.

·     Editing project leader for Patch Kit Release Notes.

·     Edited and produced software reference manuals, both printed and online, including Tru64 UNIX Programming Guide, Network Administration Connections, and Administration Services.

·     Edited reference pages, white papers, and Best Practices (including Deploying  IPv6 in Your Network).

·     Edited Tru64 UNIX to HP-UX online XML migration documentation.

·     DRI for engineering change orders for Patch Kit Release Notes.

·     Moderated the customer Readers Comments email account for documentation input.

·     Coordinated production of manuals and other documentation with writers, graphic artists, and production staff.

 

1996-1997

Contract Editor

·     Viewlogic Systems, Inc., Marlboro, MA  CAD online help

·     Rosenberry & Associates., Inc., Chelmsford, MA  OSF/DCE documentation

·     Vicorp Interactive Systems, Inc., Boston, MA  BETEX documentation

 

1984-1996                           Digital Equipment Corp.            Maynard, MA

Senior Technical Editor

·     AltaVista Forum and Workgroup Web, sole editor.  Online help, HTML pages, online tutorials, user interfaces, online software developers kit, evaluation kit, demo pages, marketing demonstration, CD booklets, and jewel cases.

·     Remote Procedure Calls  (RPC) and Distributed Time Service (DTS) components for the Digital/OSF offering of the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE).  Concurrently edited and produced RPC and DTS for Digital's DECnet-VAX and DECnet/OSI  ULTRIX releases.  Subsequently edited and produced RPC, DTS, and other DCE components for the Version 1 release of  DCE for OpenVMS.

·     VAXset Version 1.0, editing project leader. Included merging existing documentation for six separate products into an integrated CASE documentation set.

 

1982-1983                          Editorial Experts, Inc.                   Newton, MA

Freelance Editor

·     Contracts included PC Week; SDC, a division of Burroughs Corporation; the Forum Corporation; and others.

 

Courses

·     FrameMaker + SGML

·     Planning and Managing Projects

·     Presenting Data and Information (Edward Tufte)

·     UNIX Fundamentals

·     Instructional Design

·     Strategies for Developing High-Performance Information (Information Mapping)

·     Indexing

·     Six Sigma for Software

·     ULTRIX

·     Exchanging Technical Information

·     VAX/VMS Commands and Utilities

·     Project Management

·     Introduction to Interactive Systems

Awards

Citations for editing  technical documentation, Society for Technical Communication, New England Chapter

 

·     Achievement (VAX GKS User Manual)

·     Achievement (VAX GKS Reference Manual)

·     Merit (DECdesign Yourdon Reference Manual)

·     Excellence (DECnet-VAX DECdts Server Installation)

·     Merit (Deploying IPV6 in Your Network)

 

 

 

Education

·     University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, English Major

·     University of  Syracuse, Summer Extension, Mayville, NY, English and Sociology