Amanda Meeker Bio

BiographyAMANDA MEEKER

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

Information Administration (NTIA) • Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Office of Emergency

Communications• Department of the Navy’s (DON’s) Naval Sea Systems Command’s

(NAVSEA’s) Program Executive Office (PEO) Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) • 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’s (GSA’s) Public Building Services (PBS)• United States Air Force (USAF)• United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

SATISFIED CLIENTS

Satisfied Government Clients

MS. MEEKER’S STRONGEST COMPETENCY IS WORK

QUALITY

BACKGROUNDProfessional Background

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)Freelance Editor – Decisive Analytics Corporation,

Arlington, VA (9/2006-11/2006)*First technical editing position occurred concurrently with

her education

MS. MEEKER HAS 10 YEARS OF TECHNICAL EDITING EXPERIENCE

BACKGROUNDEducational Background

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

SKILLSKey Skill Areas

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 Assurance and Quality Control

Social Media/Web 2.0

Operations and Maintenance

MS. MEEKER’S STRENGTH LIES IN TECHNICAL EDITING

SKILLSComputer Skills

Advanced Software Application SkillsMicrosoft Word 97-2011

Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2011

Microsoft Office 97-2011

IBM

Microsoft Excel 97-2011

Dell

Microsoft Outlook 97-2011

SharePoint 2007-2013

Windows 98-7 Adobe Acrobat 7 & 8

Macintosh OS 8-X Acrobat X ProMicrosoft WordPerfect 5.1

Adobe Reader 7-11

Other Software Application SkillsMicrosoft Visio 2000

FileMaker Pro

Adobe Captivate 3

Adobe Illustrator

Component One’s Doc-to-Help

Constant Contact

Adobe FrameMaker

Microsoft Project 2000

SnagIt 9 Front PageMicrosoft Access 2000

Quark Express

Adobe InDesign (CS6)

SmartDraw

Adobe Pagemaker

WebEx

MS. MEEKER HAS 15 YEARS OF WORD PROCESSING EXPERIENCE

CORE VALUESProfessionalism

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 GoldInitiated a Mentoring CircleLongtime member of Toastmasters and former member of the Society of Technical CommunicationMaster’s degree in Writing and EditingWas billable to multiple contracts Employee of the MonthWorkshop Secretary of Asian-American Government Executives Network

Core Values Examples

MS. MEEKER’S STRONGEST CORE VALUE IS

PROFESSIONALISM