Tim Merrick

Current

• Chief, Idaho Scientific Information Section at U.S. Geological Survey

Past

• Technical Communication Consultant at CRI Advantage
• Technical Writer II at Micron Technology
• Contract Technical Writer at Linobridge

• Senior Technical Writer and Regional Account Manager at Sakson & Taylor Consulting
• Senior Technical Writer at Engenio
• Technical Writer at Sulcus Hospitality Technologies
• Senior Technical Writer at International Language Engineering
• Technical Writer at Idaho Power Company

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Education

• University of Washington
• University of Virginia
• University of Arizona

• Pima Community College
• Pima Community College

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Connections

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Industry

Government Administration

Websites

• A recent article

Tim Merrick’s Experience

• Chief, Idaho Scientific Information Section

  U.S. Geological Survey

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

• Technical Communication Consultant

  CRI Advantage

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2005 — June 2005 (4 months)

  I served a technical communication consultant to the IT department of Albertsons, Inc.

• Technical Writer II

  Micron Technology

  (Public Company; Semiconductors industry)

  August 2002 — February 2005 (2 years 7 months)

• Contract Technical Writer

  Linobridge

  (Public Company; Information Services industry)

  June 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 3 months)

• Senior Technical Writer and Regional Account Manager

  Sakson & Taylor Consulting

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  June 2000 — April 2001 (11 months)

• Senior Technical Writer

  Engenio

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

  May 1998 — May 2000 (2 years 1 month)

• Technical Writer

  Sulcus Hospitality Technologies

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1998 — May 1998 (5 months)

• Senior Technical Writer

  International Language Engineering

  (Privately Held; Information Services industry)

  November 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 2 months)

• Technical Writer

  Idaho Power Company

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IDA; Utilities industry)

  August 1992 — November 1996 (4 years 4 months)

Tim Merrick’s Education

• University of Washington

  MLIS , Library and Information Science , 2005 — 2008

• University of Virginia

  Creative Writing 1990 — 1991

• University of Arizona

  BA , Creative Writing , 1988 — 1990

• Pima Community College

  AAS , Management , 1978 — 1981

• Pima Community College

  AAS , Marketing , 1978 — 1981

Additional Information

Tim Merrick’s Websites:

• A recent article

Tim Merrick’s Groups:

American Society for Information Science and Technology, Idaho Library Association, Information Architecture Institute, Special Libraries Association (Pacifc Northwest Chapter), University of Washington Information School

•    LinkEds & writers
•    The Content Wrangler Community
•    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
•    Informed Ideas For Writers
•    Federal Intranet Content Managers
•    Information School of the University of Washington
•    Government 2.0
•    Special Libraries Association
•    Idaho Librarians
•    Idaho Twitter

Tim Merrick’s Honors:

Henry Hoyns Fellow, University of Virginia, 1990
Professional Librarian Life Certification, State of Washington

Tim Merrick’s Contact Settings

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