Jen Kollmer

Current

• freelance writer (Self-employed)

Past

• technical writer at Intel Corporation
• documentation specialist at Parity Software
• learning products engineer at Hewlett-Packard

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Education

• San Francisco State University
• Case Western Reserve University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Jen

Connections

122 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Website/Portfolio
• Durable Pictures

Jen Kollmer’s Summary

As a technical writer:

I translate tech-speak to understandable, straightforward English for a wide range of users, from first-time computer users to experienced engineers.

As a playwright/screenwriter/filmmaker:

My work has appeared in Fourteen Hills and has been performed in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival, in New York in the Boomerang Theatre Company Spring Flight and First Flight series, and in San Francisco at the SF Fringe Festival, the Greenhouse workshop at El Teatro De La Esperanza, the PlayGround Emerging Playwrights Festival, Luna Sea theater, and in an abandoned bunker in the Marin Headlands. Kollmer’s You’re It was a finalist in the Actors Theatre of Louisville National Ten-Minute Play Contest. Armed with an MFA in playwriting and a BS in electrical engineering, she launched sftheatre.org, a craigslist for the San Francisco theater crowd. Her screenplay, Base Two, was optioned by WillFilm Productions.

You'll find writing samples and more at www.jenkollmer.com

Jen Kollmer’s Specialties:

technical writing, user advocacy, creative writing, screenwriting, playwriting

Jen Kollmer’s Experience

• freelance writer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

  May 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

  My tech writing and consulting clients have included
  
  * IDEO
  * Alchemic Solutions
  * Envox Worldwide
  * Varsity Logistics
  * Bio-Rad Laboratories
  * Cocoa Vino

• technical writer

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Software industry)

  January 2000 — April 2004 (4 years 4 months)

• documentation specialist

  Parity Software

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 1996 — January 2000 (3 years 10 months)

• learning products engineer

  Hewlett-Packard

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

  May 1993 — August 1995 (2 years 4 months)

Jen Kollmer’s Education

• San Francisco State University

  MFA , creative writing (playwriting) , August 1999 — May 2003

• Case Western Reserve University

  BS , electrical engineering , 1989 — 1993

Additional Information

Jen Kollmer’s Websites:

• My Website/Portfolio
• Durable Pictures

Jen Kollmer’s Groups:

Bay Area Women in Film and Television, Film Arts Foundation, Society for Technical Communication

•    Bay Area Women in Film & Media

Jen Kollmer’s Honors:

• finalist Actors Theatre of Louisville National Ten-Minute Play Contest
• quarterfinalist American Theatre Co-op Playwriting Contest

Jen Kollmer’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch