Bradley Jarvis

Current

Technical Writer/Test Engineer at Aerotek Engineering
Writer at Bradley W. Jarvis

Past

Contract Technical Writer at Level 3 Communications
Contract Technical Writer at Great-West Healthcare
Contract Documentation Specialist at Department of Veterans Affairs

President at Rocky Mountain Mars Society
Technical Writer at Avaya
Contract Technical Writer at Regional Transportation District
Technical Writer at Factual Data Corp.
Test Engineer at Quocom, Inc.
President at Northern Colorado Astronomical Society
President, VP, Treasurer, Developer at MRC Western
Test Engineer at Raytheon Missile Systems

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Education

University of Colorado at Denver
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Industry

Writing and Editing

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Bradley Jarvis’s Summary

In a career that includes communication, engineering, educational research, and business management, I have developed a deep understanding of what it takes for an organization to survive and thrive.

Since 2003, I have been studying the need for new consumption patterns and development of renewable resources to deal with the twin threats of critical resource depletion and environmental degradation.

I am currently looking for opportunities to use my communication skills and ability to research, analyze, and troubleshoot complex systems, ideally in the creation of an ecologically and socially responsible economy. This may translate into such job descriptions as technical writing, business analysis, or test engineering, with other options to be considered.

Bradley Jarvis’s Specialties:

Much of my technical writing experience is with software life cycle and user help systems as an editor and a writer.

As a test engineer, I worked with microwave radar antennas and small telecommunications equipment. I am currently doing test engineering for weather radar equipment (in a dual role as a technical writer).

In educational research and tutoring, my focus was on remedial math and science for grades K-12, teaching intuitive learning through synthesis.

Bradley Jarvis’s Experience

Technical Writer/Test Engineer

Aerotek Engineering

(Writing and Editing industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

Contract to Vaisala, Louisville, CO (weather measurement): Editing design and project documents, testing and writing test documentation for a prototype wind profiler radar.
Writer

Bradley W. Jarvis

(Writing and Editing industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Freelance writing, digital photography, and illustration.
Contract Technical Writer

Level 3 Communications

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LVLT; Telecommunications industry)

January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year )

Contractor for Professional Consulting Network: Wrote and illustrated descriptions of current and future business processes for Web-based content delivery and the Information Technology organization. Also wrote selective job aids, performed document control, researched and wrote requirements for a Configuration Management Database.
Contract Technical Writer

Great-West Healthcare

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)

July 2006 — November 2006 (5 months)

Contractor for Unison Systems: Wrote policies and procedures for the roll-out and use of software that manages health care provider data; these included user instructions, troubleshooting information, and work-flow descriptions. Developed content re-usability approach for improvement of writing team efficiency.
Contract Documentation Specialist

Department of Veterans Affairs

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

January 2004 — January 2006 (2 years 1 month)

Contractor for EGS Inc.: Provided general documentation support for Web-based claims management system, including: editing and documentation control for requirements and design documents; writing Help systems.
President

Rocky Mountain Mars Society

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 2002 — November 2004 (2 years 1 month)

Helped organize company; added membership; ran meetings.
Technical Writer

Avaya

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AV; Telecommunications industry)

October 2000 — July 2003 (2 years 10 months)

Updated and created customer documentation for the UNIX based interactive voice response product line. This included new feature documentation and the design and development of the first on-line Help system for the Interactive Response product. Helped develop internal ISO-9000 processes. (Contractor from 10/00-8/02; employee from 8/02-7/03.)
Contract Technical Writer

Regional Transportation District

(Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

July 2000 — January 2001 (7 months)

Contractor for Phillips Temps: Researched and wrote RFPs to upgrade IT resources across the entire organization. Researched and created an intranet site to answer district-wide information technology questions, reducing the amount of human technical support required.
Technical Writer

Factual Data Corp.

(Public Company; Security and Investigations industry)

September 1999 — July 2000 (11 months)

Contractor, Employee: Created and maintained help screens and troubleshooting aids for Internet products. Supported programmers by: writing and contributing to software specifications; creating forms; tracking copyright submissions; and maintaining internal software code documentation.
Test Engineer

Quocom, Inc.

(Telecommunications industry)

September 1994 — February 1999 (4 years 6 months)

Tested, performed troubleshooting, and provided technical support for a dialer’s hardware and software.
President

Northern Colorado Astronomical Society

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Organized company; added membership; ran meetings.
President, VP, Treasurer, Developer

MRC Western

(Education Management industry)

November 1982 — September 1994 (11 years 11 months)

(Company was Mathographics Research Corp. from 1982 to 1990.) Developed, tested, and marketed remedial educational materials for math and science at the grade school and high school levels.
Test Engineer

Raytheon Missile Systems

(Public Company; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

July 1982 — September 1990 (8 years 3 months)

Includes first two years at Microwave and Power Tube Division. Supervised and performed test and troubleshooting of missile radar guidance systems and their components. Wrote and modified test procedures.

Bradley Jarvis’s Education

University of Colorado at Denver

Course , Technical Writing , 2003 — 2003
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

B.S. , Physics, History , 1977 — 1982

Includes two co-op job assignments lasting a total of one year: one as a diode process engineer at Unitrode Corp. and the other as a test engineer at Polaroid Corp.