Edward Gurney

Current

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Sr. Technical Author and Editor at dba Edward R. Gurney

Past

Sr. Technical Author at Thomson Scientific
Sr. Technical Author at MicroPatent LLC
Sr. Technical Author at IBM TJ Watson Research Center

Sr. Technical Author at Magnetic Analysis Corp.
Technical Author at Various Companies
Electro-Mechanical Design Engineer at Various Companies
Ground Navigational Aids Technician at USAF

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Education

Private Seminar
Private Seminar
Private Seminar

Housatonic University
Silvermine College of Art
Rocky Mountain School of Art
University of Bridgeport

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Edward Gurney’s Summary

I can turn your non-native-speaker English into easy-reading American English.

I explain complex things in simple terms. I write succinct customer facing content that acknowledges the non-technical reader, without disenfranchising the power user.

I am a graphic artist. I've been using Corel Draw since 1993. If you sat next to me and watched me work you might say, "What the Hell did you just do?"

I am a front-end web designer and UI guy. I write standards-compliant code.

Edward Gurney’s Specialties:

I love words. I collect them. Our language can be a paintbox.

I tend to approach problem solving via the 'scientific method.' Tell me what you want to achieve, rather than how.

I respect and appreciate those with skills greater than my own.

I will never tell you that graphics make the document too difficult to maintain.

Edward Gurney’s Experience

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(Writing and Editing industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Sittin' on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away...
Sr. Technical Author and Editor

dba Edward R. Gurney

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Sr. Technical Author

Thomson Scientific

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TOC; Information Services industry)

December 2005 — July 2008 (2 years 8 months)
Sr. Technical Author

MicroPatent LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 3 months)
Sr. Technical Author

IBM TJ Watson Research Center

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 6 months)
Sr. Technical Author

Magnetic Analysis Corp.

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

January 1998 — July 1999 (1 year 7 months)
Technical Author

Various Companies

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

January 1990 — January 1998 (8 years 1 month)
Electro-Mechanical Design Engineer

Various Companies

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

March 1967 — January 1990 (22 years 11 months)

Electro-Mechanical Design Engineer to the commercial electronics industry. Worked my way up from Junior Draftsman to Design Engineer over a period of 23 years. Laid many miles of lead, then enthusiastically embraced the computer. Excelled in pattern recognition, spatial visualization, and creative problem solving. Saddened when this profession was transported offshore. Details on request.
Ground Navigational Aids Technician

USAF

(Government Agency; USAF; Military industry)

September 1964 — February 1967 (2 years 6 months)

AFSC 304X1, assigned to 2868th GEEIA Squadron, Anchorage, Alaska, during the Cold War era. We were the roving electronics techs who maintained tthe TACAN, TVOR and ILS aircraft navigation systems in Alaska. Vacuum tubes are our friends. :-) Visited Shemya, Attu, Adak, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Cape Lisburne. Reeve Aleutian Airways pilots ruled! I have seen the WWII Japanese pillboxes. I have seen a Super Constellation land in 40-knot crosswinds. I have seen people playing baseball at 11:00PM.

Today, this task is performed by the FAA.

Edward Gurney’s Education

Private Seminar

Applicon Schlumberger Bravo 3 1988 — 1988

Bravo 3 was the 3D CAD industry leader prior to Pro Engineer.
Private Seminar

Design for EMI/RFI Interference Supression 1982 — 1982
Private Seminar

Fundamentals of Holography 1976 — 1976
Housatonic University

Painting 1975 — 1975
Silvermine College of Art

Calligraphy 1974 — 1974
Rocky Mountain School of Art

Commercial Art 1970 — 1971
University of Bridgeport

Fine Art 1967 — 1968