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Biography AMANDA MEEKER

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BiographyAMANDA MEEKER

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Satisfied Clients:• Architect of the Capitol (AOC)• Department of Commerce’s (DOC’s) National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA)• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Emergency

Communications• Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) Office of Information and

Technology’s (OI&T’s) National IT Training Academy (NTA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)• General Services Administration (GSA) Public Building Services (PBS)• Department of Navy’s (DON’s) Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA’s)

Program Executive Office (PEO) Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) • United States Air Force (USAF)• United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

SATISFIED CLIENTS

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Satisfied Government Clients

MS. MEEKER’S STRONGEST COMPETENCY IS WORK QUALITY

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BACKGROUNDProfessional Background

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Technical Lead – eGlobalTech, Arlington, VA (10/2016–Present)Senior Technical Writer – SalientCRGT, Alexandria, VA (08/2015–Present)Lead Technical Writer-Editor – Alion Science and Technology, Washington,

DC (08/2011–8/2015)

Technical Writer – Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA (10/2008–08/2011)Technical Writer – Data Base Connection, Phoenix, MD (6/2008–10/2008)

Technical Writer – Stinar Corporation, St. Paul, MN (1/2008–4/2008)Technical Writer – Power Monitors, Inc., Harrisonburg, VA (5/2007–11/2007)

MS. MEEKER HAS 10 YEARS OF TECHNICAL EDITING EXPERIENCE

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BACKGROUNDEducational Background

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MA, Professional Writing and Editing, George Mason University (2007)BA, English, James Madison University (2005)

MS. MEEKER HAS A MASTER’S DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND

EDITING

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SKILLSKey Skill Areas

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Primary Skills (in order of proficiency)Technical Editing and Proofreading

Program Management

Technical Writing Public Speaking

Leadership SharePoint

Software and Technical Documentation

Policy and Procedure Writing

Training Communications

Copy Editing Newsletters

Technical Research Blogging

Secondary Skills (in order of preference)

Learning Management Systems

Proposal Coordination

Web-based Training and E-Learning

Content Management

Instructional Design Web Content

Quality Assuranceand Quality Control

Social Media/Web 2.0

Operations and Maintenance

Section 508

MS. MEEKER’S STRENGTH LIES IN TECHNICAL EDITING

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SKILLSComputer Skills

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Advanced Software Application SkillsMicrosoft Word 97-365 Microsoft PowerPoint

97-365

Microsoft Office 97-365 IBM

Microsoft Excel 97-365 Dell

Microsoft Outlook 97-365

SharePoint 2007-365

Windows 98-7 Adobe Acrobat 7 & 8

Macintosh OS 8-10.12.3 Acrobat X Pro & Pro DC

Microsoft WordPerfect 5.1

Adobe Reader 7-11

Other Software Application Skills

Microsoft Visio 2000 FileMaker Pro

Adobe Captivate 3 Adobe Illustrator

Component One’s Doc-to-Help (similar to RoboHelp)

Constant Contact

Adobe FrameMaker Microsoft Project 2000

SnagIt 9 Front Page

Microsoft Access 2000

Quark Express

Adobe InDesign (CS6)

SmartDraw

Adobe Pagemaker WebEx

MS. MEEKER HAS 15 YEARS OF WORD PROCESSING EXPERIENCE

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CORE VALUESProfessionalism

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Professionalism (Strongest Value)

Takes the initiative

Expert in field and committed to lifelong learning

Intellectual

Multi-tasker

Pride in work

Ethical and open to diversity

Advanced Communicator Gold

Initiated a Mentoring Circle

Longtime member of Toastmasters and former member of the Society of Technical Communication

Master’s degree in Writing and Editing

Was billable to multiple contracts

Employee of the Month

Workshop Secretary of Asian-American Government Executives Network

Core Values Examples

MS. MEEKER’S STRONGEST CORE VALUE IS PROFESSIONALISM