Kris Weylo
Hervik
Summary
Results-oriented writing professional with experience preparing concise and accurate technical documents. Expert at delivering high-quality work within tight deadlines. Talented individual collaborates with cross-functional teams for accuracy and clarity of technical content.
Strong experience with structured and unstructured authoring for Software development, Hardware, Medical device, Oil&Gas, Financial, Marine and Offshore applications.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Technical Writer
Vast Data
04.2022 - Current
- Created User Guides, Admin Guides, CLI Reference Guides and API documentation, drafted white papers and other technical documents to complete packages.
- Created continuous improvement initiatives within the documentation team, resulting in more streamlined processes and higher-quality outputs.
- Received recognition from company leadership for excellence in delivering high-quality documentation under tight deadlines.
- Optimized internal knowledge base by reorganizing existing articles and adding new content to address common questions or issues raised by employees.
Senior Technical Writer
Moodys Analytics
01.2022 - 03.2022
- Created release notes, edited, and wrote installation, administration, and user guides for insurance analysis software. Used automation pipelines for document versioning and publishing. The document versioning used GitHub.
- Used rapid learning skills to deliver high volume output in a short timeframe.
- Delivered large volumes of documentation within challenging deadlines.
Senior Technical Writer
RamBase
04.2020 - 01.2022
- Researched, wrote, edited, and published user information for the RamBase ERP SaaS, consisting of User guides, Release notes, FAQs etc.
- Maintained and applied style guides and writing guidelines in an Agile environment using the documentation-as-code methodology to create accurate and highly usable documentation in parallel with software development using Jira.
- Used XML markup to create topic-based content in the Paligo CCMS. Created and managed release messages, pre-release, and webinar announcements to release user information at key milestones in the development lifecycle.
- Documented the RamBase API on the API portal.
Senior Technical Writer and Scrum Master
Volvo Cars
11.2019 - 02.2020
- Responsible for creating large-scale change in the HP SDK knowledge portal for the Core Systems Platform (CSP).
- Scrum Master for a development team consisting of C++ and Python developers, creating API and SDK for applications written for embedded Linux environments.
- Used docs-as-code publishing pipeline with markdown authoring, and GitHub for version control.
Operations and Delivery
Iterative Knowledge Solutions
01.2014 - 08.2019
- Business Strategy and Financial Management, Operations and Delivery Management, Customer Relationships, Technical Documentation, Elearning.
- Hired and built a team of Structured Authors and Illustrators for a pilot project to convert Toyota's legacy Owner's Manuals to DITA. The project comprised information architecture to align with Toyota's business requirements and reuse cases.
- Built and led a team of 20 Structured Technical Communicators and Illustrators for a major aerospace legacy conversion project from print and PDF to S1000D for a defense customer.
- Hired and led a team of five engineers, taught, mentored, and guided them into a cohesive technical communication team working on Operation and Maintenance Manuals, Installation Guides, and Illustrated Spare Parts Lists for one of the world's leading manufacturers of CNC machines, ACE Micromatic.
- Created Usability tests for various technical content to measure readability, comprehensibility and other UX factors.
- Created Elearning modules for TVS Brakes India using Articulate 360, which was uploaded to the company LMS.
- Used Madcap Flare extensively to create documentation projects and localize the output for various locales.
Technical Communicator
North Atlantic Drilling
06.2013 - 09.2013
- Provided Technical Documentation and Information support for the West Alpha Rig Winterization Program.
- Provisioned highly time-sensitive information according to Norwegian and international Oil&Gas regulations.
User Information Specialist
Laerdal Medical
02.2013 - 05.2013
- Successfully delivered documentation upgrades and revisions for the Laerdal Medical product range, comprising hardware and software.
- Planned to maximize the documentation quality while minimizing costs.
- Liaised with the key stakeholders such as Documentation, R&D, Production and Regulatory teams to elicit content and ensure regulatory compliance.
- Produced high quality product information deliverables and IQ, OQ, and PQ within tight deadlines.
Project Manager
Rolls-Royce Marine
06.2012 - 12.2012
- Managed contracts and delivery projects for Rolls-Royce Auxiliary Propulsion units.
- Interfaced with the Finance, Supply Chain, Production, Manufacturing, Planning and Delivery teams to ensure timely delivery to the customer.
- Created and managed project parameters in ERP systems such as SAP and BaaN.
- Created monthly and weekly reports for the Business Unit.
- Interfaced with customers to resolve technical problems and other issues, provided information in a timely manner to ensure the customer understood and used the products effectively.
- Drove and managed engineering change within the project.
Information Project Manager
Lionbridge Norway A/S
09.2011 - 06.2012
- Managed the conversion of all Rolls-Royce Marine product information into S1000D/Shipdex.
- Used Product Data Management applications such as BaaN and Teamcenter to analyze the product makeup and the engineering numbering systems to create the product breakdown SNS.
- Created the Data Module List (DML) to analyze product information requirements.
- Quality Assurance and Quality control.
- Managing the project resourcing and costs.
- Used XML-based authoring tools to generate S1000D-conformant data modules.
- Validated the converted information artifacts for conformance with the Business Rules and the Specification.
- Successfully delivered the pilot project ahead of schedule.
Technical Communicator
Various Roles
11.1990 - 04.2011
- Created information systems for Floating Production and Storage Offshore (FPSO). Managed rapidly shifting project timelines and completion schedules.
- Analyzed engineering information to create information packages and LCI modules for vessel systems. Used MS Dynamix databases for information archival and control.
- Various contract roles, including 1.5 Years at Kongsberg Maritime and 1 year at Elekta AS.
- Successfully completed researching and writing the KChief 700 Product Information Manual.
- Successfully completed the User Information Manual for ERGO++ Treatment Planning Software, DMLC IV Multileaf Collimator and the Physics Preparation Guide.
- Designed and created the Application Guide for all liquid cooled generators for Cummins Power Generation.
Education
Master of Arts - Technical And Scientific Communication
Sheffield Hallam
UK10.2014
Postgraduate Certificate - Technical Communication - Technical And Scientific Communication
University of Portsmouth
UK03.2010
Certificate Course in Technical Writing - Technical Writing
Yeda School of Business
05.1993
Skills
- Editing and proofreading
- Effective writing
- Document Formatting
- Instruction writing
- Description writing
- API and SDK documentation
- Editing
- Collaborative Writing
- Technical editing
- Content Strategy Development
- Agile Methodology
- Process Documentation
- Visual Communication
- Documentation Management
- Graphics Creation
- Scrum Framework
- CMS management
- Template Design
- Usability Testing
- DITA and CCMS
- S1000D and CSDB
- XML and SGML
- Markdown
- Madcap Flare
- FrameMaker
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Articulate 360
- Jira and Confluence
Timeline
Senior Technical Writer
Vast Data
04.2022 - Current
Senior Technical Writer
Moodys Analytics
01.2022 - 03.2022
Senior Technical Writer
RamBase
04.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Technical Writer and Scrum Master
Volvo Cars
11.2019 - 02.2020
Operations and Delivery
Iterative Knowledge Solutions
01.2014 - 08.2019
Technical Communicator
North Atlantic Drilling
06.2013 - 09.2013
User Information Specialist
Laerdal Medical
02.2013 - 05.2013
Project Manager
Rolls-Royce Marine
06.2012 - 12.2012
Information Project Manager
Lionbridge Norway A/S
09.2011 - 06.2012
Technical Communicator
Various Roles
11.1990 - 04.2011
Master of Arts - Technical And Scientific Communication
Sheffield Hallam
Postgraduate Certificate - Technical Communication - Technical And Scientific Communication
University of Portsmouth
Certificate Course in Technical Writing - Technical Writing
Yeda School of Business
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