David Farbey

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I am a freelance technical communications and information design professional and have been active in this field since 1994. My typical clients are small to medium size enterprises in high-tech industries. I have written user guides, self-study tutorials, online help systems, reference manuals, policy and procedure guides, and many other types of business documents. My work covers a wide range of business activities including infrastructure projects, e-learning systems, financial applications, image recognition and processing, enterprise resource planning, and business processes and procedures, as well as copywriting and marketing writing projects. I have worked in a variety of software development environments, and I have designed and managed research projects in both the academic and the public sector fields.

I joined the teaching team of the distance-learning MA Professional Communication programme at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) in 2005 after completing my MA in Technical Communication in 2004. In addition to my part-time work for SHU, I have taught courses on professional writing at Coventry University, and I am also a tutor for the ISTC's Open Learning course in technical communication.

My company, Dannywell Ltd., is the Authorised Reseller in the UK for DITA Exchange. DITA Exchange is a complete, web-based, content collaboration platform for small, medium and large companies and organizations everywhere, based on Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 and the DITA open standard. DITA Exchange is developed by Content Technologies ApS of Denmark.

David Farbey’s Specialties:

freelance writer, information designer, technical author, technical writer, DITA, DITA Exchange, technical editor, copywriter, proofreader, documentation manager, technical publications manager, freelance editor

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Senior Member, Society for Technical Communication (STC) http://www.stc.org (Co-Manager, STC Europe SIG; Treasurer, STC UK Chapter; Past President, STC UK Chapter)
Fellow, Institute for Scientific and Technical Communication (ISTC) http://www.istc.org.uk,
Member, British Computer Society http://www.bcs.org/bcs,
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