atw: Technical Writer Available for contract work

Hi,

I am looking for contract work as a technical writer. My resume is below. 
Should anybody require my services or know of anybody who does, please contact 
me.

Daryl Prasad

ph: +613 9812 7589 

fax: +613 9812 7589

mobile: 0413 330 963

darylprasad@xxxxxxxxx

 

Employment History

 

DST International[1] employed me for the last eight and a half years. During 
this time, I spent six and a half years as a Technical Writer and two as a 
Business Analyst. 

 

1998 to 2004

DST International

 

Senior Technical Writer (from June 2001)

 

My principle duties in this position were.

 

  a.. Reviewing the HiPortfolio Help online reference manuals for structure, 
subject matter, grammar, adherence to our in-house language and formatting 
style.
 

  a.. Writing, updating, and publishing reference manuals for HiPortfolio Help. 
Source documentation for these manuals is from pre-existing material, new 
enhancement documentation and discussions with development staff.
 

  a.. Quoting for updates to existing documentation from software design 
statements. The quoting of documentation updates to HiPortfolio manuals 
requires a thorough examination of particular sections of design statements and 
research into how and where to update the new material in the online reference 
library.
 

  a.. Creation and maintenance of the HiPortfolio Help online reference 
library; 
 

  a.. Documentation investigation and support for DST staff and clients. This 
task involves updating errata in manuals and helping staff find specific 
information in the reference manuals.
 

NB: HiPortfolio Help is DST International's online reference library for the 
HiPortfolio product. This library contains over 6000 A4 pages in over 150 
manuals (each a compiled html file [.chm]). The manuals are distributed via 
Microsoft's HTML Help browser (HH.EXE), which allows a full text search on all 
6000 pages. Source material for these manuals is in RoboHelp HTML, which is 
compiled by Microsoft's HTML Help into compiled HTML files (.chms).

 

I have recompiled the entire reference library (147 manuals) from Word 
documents to Windows Help files and then into compiled HTML format (.chm). In 
this task, I merged 150 .chm manuals. I have also merged all the indexes for 
these chm files.

 

A highlight of this period was my key involvement in the recruitment of an 
external documentation company for a major HiPortfolio documentation project. 
Interviews and meetings included a Director and an Associate Director of DSTi. 
After the successful out-sourcing of the project, I was a reviewer for an 
external company of twelve writers.

 

Other activities in this period included the following:

 

  a.. The creation and maintenance of an in-house style guide for all 
HiPortfolio documentation. The basis for this guide was the Australian 
Government Printing Style Manual 4th edition and the Oxford English Dictionary 
10th edition,
 

  a.. The creation and maintenance of scheduled programs to distribute online 
manuals and weekly HiPortfolio patch documentation,
 

  a.. Putting the entire HiPortfolio Help library into Visual Source Safe with 
Robohelp X5
 

  a.. The maintenance of the large network file and directory structure 
supporting the HiPortfolio online reference library,
 

  a.. The development and maintenance of programs that install HiPortfolio 
programs (i.e. set-up programs),
 

  a.. The development of programs that automatically generate accurate source 
material for manuals.
 

 



1996- 1998

DST International

 

Business Analyst

 

My principle duties in this position were:

 

  a.. Writing software-design specifications for enhancements to the 
HiPortfolio system, specifically in the Performance Analysis, Performance 
Measurement, Open Performance, Effective Exposure, Futures and Compliance 
modules,
 

  a.. Preparing initial quotes for HiPortfolio enhancements (ballpark and 
outline estimate stages), coordinating enhancements,
 

  a.. Preparing quarterly software presentations for representatives of twenty 
Australian financial institutions (known as the Australian User Group),
 

  a.. Coordinating the fixing of bugs in HiPortfolio (from 28/12/96 to 
26/5/97). This job involved project coordination and analyzing errors in the 
HiPortfolio system, specifically in the Performance and Compliance and 
Effective Exposure modules.
 

  a.. Testing new enhancements for HiPortfolio in the following modules: 
Performance Attribution (Mercers and Brinson Methodology), Effective Exposure, 
Futures, Order Control, Performance Analysis (Risk and Time comparative 
reports), Performance Measurement, Portfolio Trading, Portfolio Enquiry, 
Options, Compliance and Exposure Limits,
 

  a.. Other activities included preparation of a forward-order book, and 
HiPortfolio software support.


Feb 1996- Sep 1996 (8 months)

DST International

 

Technical Writer

 My principle duties in this position were:

 

  a.. Writing HiPortfolio manuals from given source material for print format. 
 

  a.. Attending regular meetings with senior development staff to decide on 
source material for reference manuals
 

  a.. Manuals included the following HiPortfolio modules: Options, Option 
Analytics, Compliance, Effective Exposure, Exposure Limits and Fee Management, 
Performance Analysis and Performance Measurement manuals.
 

Other duties included creating Microsoft Power Point presentations for 
demonstrating software to clients. Design of splash screens for new software 
products.



Online Authoring-Software Experience

 

Advanced user of the following authoring software:

 

  a.. Microsoft's Word 97, 2000, 2002
·        RoboHelp X3, RoboHelp Enterprise (includes RoboHelp Office), RoboHelp 
X5

  a.. Virtual Media products HDK, Hypershelf and Hyperlite
 

User of the following authoring software: Adobe Acrobat (Distiller and 
Catalogue), AuthorIT, Forehelp and Doc to Help.

 

Very experienced with writing and compiling documentation for the following 
online formats:

 

  a.. HTML Help (.htm) (including dynamic HTML, and javascript)
  b.. Compiled HTML Help (.chm)
  c.. Merged Compiled HTML Help (.chm)
  d.. Windows Help (.hlp)
  e.. JavaHelp


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[1] The Melbourne office of DST International is a software house that 
principally creates, maintains and supports DST International's flagship 
product called HiPortfolio. This product is the world's leading 
asset-management software. Over three hundred financial institutions use it 
worldwide, including ninety percent of Australia's fund management institutions.

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