I have a lifelong fascination with the technology that drives computers and the Internet, and even moreso, its impact on people in every aspect of our lives. When I understand technology enough to explain it to another person, I feel an immense satisfaction.
I have always been excellent at phrasing, a quick learner, a fast typer, and able to follow processes, style guides, and checklists. That is why I went to school for a B.S. in Technical Communication and have spent many years doing technical writing.
I have applied my technical writing skills at instructional design, instruction manuals, software documentation, and product marketing projects along the way. Each of these applications has helped me practice a different aspect of communicating technology and made me more effective at tackling my next project.
My broad skillset that includes programming, image and video editing, and document design has also impacted the quality and type of deliverables I can produce independently or with a team. My passion for information security and open source software also helps me to be a good steward of company resources.
Outside of the office, I enjoy art and dance, playing RPG and rogue-like video games, and reading classics, science fiction, current affairs, philosophy, ecology, and technology books.