Francis Cheng

Current

• Senior Technical Writer at Adobe Systems, Inc.

Past

• Principal Technical Writer at Macromedia, Inc.
• Engineering Manager at Macromedia, Inc
• Staff Attorney at National Health Law Program

• Computer Project Director at Public Interest Clearinghouse

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Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law
• UCLA

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog

Francis Cheng’s Experience

• Senior Technical Writer

  Adobe Systems, Inc.

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

  December 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

  Flash Player Documentation Team.

• Principal Technical Writer

  Macromedia, Inc.

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

  April 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 9 months)

  ActionScript and Flash Player API.

• Engineering Manager

  Macromedia, Inc

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

  October 2000 — April 2004 (3 years 7 months)

  Began as Software Engineer on Flash authoring tool, promoted to Senior Software Engineer in 2002, to Engineering Lead in 2003, and to Engineering Manager in 2004. As International Engineering Manager for Flash Authoring Tool was responsible for localization and globalization engineering, build and installer engineering.

• Staff Attorney

  National Health Law Program

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Law Practice industry)

  November 1996 — October 2000 (4 years )

  NHeLP works for justice in health for low income people.

• Computer Project Director

  Public Interest Clearinghouse

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Legal Services industry)

  January 1995 — June 1997 (2 years 6 months)

  The Computer Project provided technology assistance and coordination for California legal aid organizations that provide civil legal services to people living in poverty.

Francis Cheng’s Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law

  JD , 1990 — 1994

• UCLA

  BA , Economics/Business , October 1982 — March 1987

Additional Information

Francis Cheng’s Websites:

• My Blog