Darryl Tewes

Current

Online Communities, Knowledge Sharing and Dissemination, Technical Publications at Tewes Knowledge Services

Past

Manager, Technical Publications Technologies at Sun Microsystems
Manager, Information Products at Sun Microsystems
Manager, Technical Publications at InQuira

Manager, Technical Publications at MSC.Software
Independent Consultant at Various
Technical Writer at Candle Corp

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Education

University of California, Los Angeles

Recommended

5 people have recommended Darryl

Connections

195 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

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Darryl Tewes’s Summary

Knowledge services professional with proven track record delivering best-of-breed solutions, services, and technologies. Key strengths include communicating with stakeholders, analyzing and responding to changing business needs, and aligning teams and partners on new initiatives. Specializes in innovative approaches to leveraging and monetizing technical information, and in leading teams to understand, embrace, and thrive in rapidly changing environments.

Darryl Tewes’s Specialties:

knowledge sharing and dissemination, online communities of practice, structured content, single-source and re-use, content management, open source, Author-It, DITA, XML, SGML

Darryl Tewes’s Experience

Online Communities, Knowledge Sharing and Dissemination, Technical Publications

Tewes Knowledge Services

(Writing and Editing industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Building online knowledge communities to maximize ROI and monetize technical content.
Manager, Technical Publications Technologies

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)

July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Managed the engineering services team responsible for technology strategy, implementation, support, and training for Sun’s software technical publications department comprising over 150 professionals.
Manager, Information Products

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)

January 2007 — July 2007 (7 months)

Managed a team of technical writers documenting a suite of commercial service-oriented business integration products and its open source counterpart.
Manager, Technical Publications

InQuira

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2000 — December 2006 (6 years 3 months)

Responsible for technical authoring, knowledge management, and publishing functions for a global enterprise software startup.
Manager, Technical Publications

MSC.Software

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MSCS; Computer Software industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years )

Managed a technical publications team delivering online help and manuals for a large suite of MCAE finite element modeling and analysis software products.
Independent Consultant

Various

(Computer Software industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )

Developed documentation for software industry leaders, including NCR Corporation, Simulation Sciences, Inc. and Microcadam, Inc.
Technical Writer

Candle Corp

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

1989 — 1996 (7 years )

Led a team of technical writers through documentation design and delivery for a single product line. Trained peers on corporate publishing tools and standards. Managed content, information architecture, and business rules for a library of single-source modules used by multiple product lines.