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If you need a technical writer, you’ve come to the right place.
My name is Kate Stout and I have over twenty years of experience as a writer of technical documents. My background is as software engineer and UI designer. I deliver solid, clear and concise documents for users, technical staff and management, including:
- Standards, requirements and specifications
- Technical white papers
- User manuals, Help systems, and API documentation
- Process documents
Recent Projects
- Architecture documents that describe software and hardware elements of a 3-tier system that also integrates with many third-party systems
- Strategic technical white paper on enabling massively scalable distributed computing for a computer vendor
- Javadoc for a supply-chain vendor’s integration APIs
- Programming tutorial for a near real-time financial event monitoring system
- An information portal for Software Engineers that described the company’s process for software development, and all the supporting documentation
- Redesign User Interface for a Help Desk system
Technical Background
- Worked on J2EE specifications at Sun Microsystems
- Author of Java Message Service (JMS) 1.1 specification
- Contributed to Java Connector 1.5 design, leading to a patent (one of several people)
- Sun Labs Researcher in Distributed Computing topics
- Designed UI for multiple commercial applications, including Windows e-mail products, elements of Lotus Notes, and security products
Other Writing
In addition to my technical writing, I write freelance articles on history, travel, and business issues.
