Sandra T.

About Sandra T.

Founded in 2020, Sweet Pea Gemstones creates handcrafted jewelry designed pieces.

Experience

1. Technical Writer Ii

   Beckman Coulter Diagnostics

   Apr 2010 — Present · Miami, FL, US

   Write and update Customer Software User Manuals for In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) and Research Use Only (RUO) in structured Adobe FrameMaker resulting from interviews with Subject Matter Experts, adhering to to Internal Review Processes and the Regulatory Guidelines. QC and edit Customer Reagent Labeling in MS Word. Work with Translation vendors to update manual based on the English manual. Convert translated customer manuals from XML to Framemaker. QC and update translated manuals in all required languages when minor updates were required. Create a spreadsheet analysis to compare changes made between multiple versions for each of nine different instrument manuals in response to Beckman Coulter’s most recent FDA Audit.Create Change Notices for documentation to be released company wide in accordance with the new Design Control process; this process also includes taking the next revision numbers in CPDM, structuring manuals to the top number by using the Bill of Materials modifying process, and uploading the Customer Software User Manuals into CPDM, creating Approval Sheets, and forwarding to the Documentation Control and Design department. Once the manuals are marked with the Released state, upload manuals to the BCI website; and comply with the required documentation for closing the project, on the Tech Comm side.Responsible for training and mentoring new writers on the Database Process, Labeling Update Requests, and the Release Process in CPDM.

Education

• AWAI

  Copywriting and Graphic Design

  2010 — 2014

• Northern Virginia Community College

  Science

  1983 — 1984

• International Webmasters Association

  Web Graphics and Multimedia Certificate, Web Design, Graphic Design

  2010 — 2012