Dave W. Jordan

Current

• Engineering Writer & Consultant, President at Meta-Systems Documentation Inc.
• Engineering Tech Writer at U.S. Gov't Prime Contractors

Past

• Owner at Mil-Spec Documentation (Sole Proprietorship)
• Engineering Technician at Ford Aerospace
• Materials Engineering Technician at Westinghouse Electric Company (Oceanic Div)

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Education

• University of Maryland College Park
• Anne Arundel Community College
• Annapolis Senior High School

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Professional Resume [PDF]

Dave W. Jordan’s Summary

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
Over 19 years of helping clients develop technical documentation for their systems and products. My technical writing services have supported all phases of project design, development, implementation and deployment. I bring a high level of technical understanding and SDLC familiarity that facilitates quick and thorough development of the needed technical manuals and documents. Based in Mount Airy, MD, my clients are primarily located in suburban MD, Northern VA, Washington DC, and the Baltimore/Annapolis corridor, however I am available for short-term projects nationwide U.S.

KEY CAPABILITIES:

(1) Establish or rebuild a TECHNICAL WRITING GROUP intended to support technical and engineering teams and systems within the development lifecycle process.

(2) Support your PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT team to: conduct research, organize data, review and write your technical proposals

(3) Enhance/Improve the engineering process with greater internal communication & collaboration through the documenting process.

PAST & PRESENT CLIENTS: Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, CACI, SAIC, Virtual Technology Corporation (VTC), Westinghouse Electric Corp (Oceanic), CSSi, Synex, Delfin Systems, TRW, Certia, PSINet Transaction Solutions (TNS), Westat, Computer I/O, Discovery, Compucare, LSI, PSI International, Technology for Communication International (TCI), Ford Aerospace, SSA, CPSI, NSA

Dave W. Jordan’s Specialties:

Engineering Technical Writer, Proposal Writer, Document Planning, Systems Analyst, Documentation Consultant, TS/SCI w/full-scope poly

Dave W. Jordan’s Experience

• Engineering Writer & Consultant, President

  Meta-Systems Documentation Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1992 — Present (17 years)

  Provide Technical Documentation consulting services to U.S. Gov't Prime Contractors and IT firms developing advanced computer-based systems and applications.

• Engineering Tech Writer

  U.S. Gov't Prime Contractors

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1992 — Present (17 years)

  Providing consulting services to prime contractors of DoD, Intel and Commercial government agencies

• Owner

  Mil-Spec Documentation (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

  March 1989 — July 1992 (3 years 5 months)

• Engineering Technician

  Ford Aerospace

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; F; Defense & Space industry)

  May 1988 — February 1989 (10 months)

• Materials Engineering Technician

  Westinghouse Electric Company (Oceanic Div)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  May 1983 — May 1988 (5 years 1 month)

  Provided support to manufacturing (machine shop), logistics & provisioning, electro-mechanical packaging, electrical assembly, and special programs.

Dave W. Jordan’s Education

• University of Maryland College Park

  Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics 1981 — 1985

• Anne Arundel Community College

  Electrical Engineering 1979 — 1981

  Activities and Societies:

  Outdoor Track Team, Scuba Diving Class

• Annapolis Senior High School

  General Studies, Technical Courses 1976 — 1978

  Activities and Societies:

  Indoor & Outdoor Track Team

Additional Information

Dave W. Jordan’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Professional Resume [PDF]

Dave W. Jordan’s Interests:

Classic Musclecars, website development, stock trading, scuba diving

Dave W. Jordan’s Honors:

TS/SCI: May 2005

Dave W. Jordan’s Contact Settings

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