Freelance Writer & Stock Photographer
Greater Los Angeles Area
Freelance Writer & Stock Photographer
Greater Los Angeles Area
Longtime experience in information infrastructure for research universities, including development of new software, installation of vendor software, technical documentation and project supervision. Now an independent freelance writer with a sideline in stock photography, eager to take on new challenges especially in the area of non-fiction writing.
Technical writing and documentation, non-fiction articles with photo illustrations
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
May 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Freelance writing & stock photography, especially technical or non-fiction writing with photo illustrations.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
November 1998 — May 2006 (7 years 7 months)
Member of technical staff within central computing facility of major research university with wide-ranging responsibilities from Unix systems administration to network monitoring to participation in development of new software in conjunction with other universities. This required facility with programming, systems administration, personnel and lots of technical writing and documentation.
S.M., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, 1977 — 1982
Thesis: "Locating Migratory Objects in a Computer Network"
1973 — 1977
Internet, politics, Catholicism, digital photography, freelance writing, online business, website design, gardening, marketing
Phi Beta Kappa