David Priest

Current

• Technical Writer at Meyer Sound

Education

• University of Alberta

Connections

133 connections

Industry

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

David Priest’s Summary

Ten years technical writing.

David Priest’s Specialties:

DocBook XML, DocBook XSL:FO, XSLT, XPATH, RenderX XEP, XMLMind, oXygen, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Ventura Publisher, Python, Django, jQuery, etcetera, etceteras.

David Priest’s Experience

• Technical Writer

  Meyer Sound

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Authoring, Editing, and Publishing of hardware and software manuals for internal and customer use, using XML and XSLT technologies, rendering to PDF and HTML using customized transformations.
  
  Development of web application software supporting on-line viewing and viewer feedback. Development of web application software supporting on-line forms, for use in product tracking. Development of web application software supporting internal communications.
  
  Creation of photographs and illustrations for technical manuals. Use of photo editing software, vector graphics software, and other supporting software.

David Priest’s Education

• University of Alberta

  B.Ed. , Sciences, Arts, Education , 1986 — 1990

Additional Information

David Priest’s Groups:

•    Python Community
•    Django
•    Web Standards
•    WSG
•    XML and Related Technologies Network
•    Technical Writer Forum
•    DocBook
•    Technical Writer of Writers
•    Hard Skills Pro
•    DITA Awareness Group
•    XML/XSL
•    Technical Writer
•    Alberta DITA User Group
•    Python Developers in Entertainment & Media

David Priest’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch