David Peyton

David Peyton Sunnyvale, CA-,-http://www.linkedin.com/in/dpeyton QUALIFICATIONS Over 10 years of experience as a technical writer, including 1 year of management experience, following 6 years of experience as an electrical engineer. Highly experienced in all aspects of documentation projects, including research, planning, editing, managing review cycles, and delivering final editions for print and electronic distribution. Analytical, diplomatic problem solver who works well both independently and as part of a team of writers. SKILLS Software Languages and Operating Systems: C, C++, HTML, XML, DITA, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Android, iOS, Perl, Library APIs, MySQL, JSON structures, CLI operations and scripting, commandline Linux and Unix scripting, Swagger UI. Project Management: Git, JIRA, SVN, Agile production systems Hardware: Semiconductor front-end and back-end processing systems, DDR IP circuits, print controllers, IP telephony protocols, including SIP, network-edge packet and cell switching, HDMI video signal processing, static and dynamic RAM, ASICs, and FPGAs. Multimedia for e-Learning: Adobe Captivate, Adobe Presenter Desktop Publishing: FrameMaker, Structured FrameMaker, MS Word, MS Office, Adobe Acrobat and Distiller, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Visio, Adobe Photoshop, Confluence wiki, markdown, Swagger editor. EXPERIENCE Contractor, Technical Writer March 2019-May 2019 Samsung America, Sunnyvale, CA Collaborated by video conference with Korean engineering team to create and manage git repository for documenting the next-generation mobile phone camera and AI features. • Organized and managed document planning and knowledge transfer meetings. • Developed new markdown documents for internal and Samsung partner use. Contractor, Technical Writer March 2018-November 2018 Socionext US, Sunnyvale, CA Created and maintained an extensive technical manual describing and detailing chip microarchitecture. • Managed initial review cycle. • Created look and feel for customer-facing revisions. • Edited Visio diagrams and waveforms to world-class quality. Contractor, Technical Writer March 2017-October 2017 Thales eSecurity (formerly Vormetric), San Jose, CA • Designed new documentation upgrades for cloud-based and Teradata environments, in addition to documents for encryption and tokenization tools. • Created new agile methods for categorizing documentation tickets in JIRA and setting up document reviews, working with the Director of Agile Transformation. Contractor, Technical Writer October 2016-December 2016 American Express, Palo Alto, CA • Broke ground on developer-centered documentation for AmEx's private cloud, collaborating with the cross-function engineering team to create a PaaS (Platform as a Service) User Manual. Contractor, Principal Technical Editor April 2016-August 2016 Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA • Authored DDR IP User Guides, both manually and with a semi-automated scripting system, troubleshooting Perl, XML, and MIF files, significantly easing bandwidth pressure on the delivery process. David Peyton - page 2 Conceived a proof-of-concept DITA project to repurpose one set of templates, geared toward further increasing productivity. Contractor, Technical Writing December 2015-March 2016 Western Digital (formerly HGST), San Jose, CA • Migrated the Servo Group’s mediawiki to Confluence and integrated with existing material, with heavy emphasis on peer editing. Contractor, Technical Writing and Training May 2015-October 2015 Gigamon, Santa Clara, CA • Developed more than 10 training modules (slide shows and flash) for Sales Engineers. • Helped develop “cook book” for Gigamon’s application security software, which has become a key marketing tool for the company. • Reorganized and reformatted graphics for multiple FrameMaker manuals, reducing Publications’ disk space usage by nearly 50%. Senior Technical Writer – Contractor to Direct Hire- Incapture Technologies, San Francisco, CA • Created first editions of five new product manuals and multiple smaller projects, relating to a big data platform for financial analysis. Created first customer-facing API. • Put all infrastructure in place for a technical publications department. Owner – Technical Documents on Demand 2010-Present Sunnyvale, CA (Refer to previous contract work.) Hardware Researcher – IBM Research- San Jose, CA • Developed hardware and software documentation for SyNAPSE, a uniquely architectured chip inspired by the biological brain. Included ‘core-based’ SDK and API. • Collaborated with engineers and management to establish a wiki-based system of review and ongoing document maintenance. • Reviewed and evaluated academic papers prepared by SyNAPSE engineers. Management Consultant – Training and Publications- GENI, Inc., San Jose, CA • Co-designed and created a suite of training videos for a client’s new defect tracking system, resulting in thousands of hours of saved training costs. • Saved training costs for Cisco (a GENI client) by developing a set of tutorials for their Partner Advisor program. Senior Technical Writer – Contractor- Brocade, Inc., Santa Clara, CA • Solved a roadblock to future sales by reorganizing and editing a 500-page configuration and software manual for a Server Load Balancing switch to handle high-volume network traffic. Senior Technical Writer – Contractor- Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara, CA • Collaborated with a remote engineering team to develop top-level goals for printer ASIC SDK and implemented the documentation on a controlled system (Perforce), allowing Marvell to meet a mission-critical project goal on schedule. Senior Technical Writer – Direct Hire- Silicon Image, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA • Managed and founded first technical publications team at the company, supervising one contractor and one contract-to-hire employee (at separate times). • Began a training program for Engineering, including presentations on how to review a technical document. Feedback from VP of Engineering was extremely positive. • SIDE PROJECTS Developed software for personal and business projects since college. Designed own personal and business websites with HTML, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL; created front-end support for one such site in both Android and iPhone apps; currently supporting and marketing these. David Peyton - page 3 EDUCATION • MS Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX • BS Engineering, awarded with distinction, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA • Certificate in Technical Communication, University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, CA