Marina Michaels
Education
University of Arizona
Master's degree, Anthropology -
San José State University
Master's degree, Library Science -
Santa Clara University
Bachelor of Science, Sociology with an emphasis in Anthropology; English -
Santa Rosa Junior College
No degree intended, taking various continuing education classes; most recent is Japanese 2005-01-01 - 2026-01-01Work Experience
Manning Publications Co.
Current
Manning Publications Co.
Athena Star Press
Current
Athena Star Press
Sonoma Technology | A Spheros Environmental Company
2010-12-01 - 2014-03-01
Sonoma Technology | A Spheros Environmental Company
Athena Star Press
1991-08-01 - 2009-11-01
Athena Star Press
Zuora
2008-01-01 - 2009-01-01
Zuora
KnowNow
2002-01-01 - 2008-01-01
KnowNow
Society for Technical Communication (STC)
2007-01-01 - 2007-01-01
Society for Technical Communication (STC)
Nanometrics
2002-01-01 - 2002-01-01
Nanometrics
CoSine Communications
2001-01-01 - 2002-01-01
CoSine Communications
BrightInfo/Annuncio
1999-01-01 - 2001-01-01
BrightInfo/Annuncio
Skills
Summary
I’ve worked in the writing, content, and program management industry for many years, including working on diverse and international teams. I’m effective, efficient, reasonable, kind, compassionate, and courteous. I've been called "intimidatingly organized," which I take as a compliment. I like people and I work well with just about everyone. I've had an interesting life (as in, "may you live in interesting times"), so my well of patience and understanding is deep and it's hard for anyone to draw it dry. I excel at * putting together and managing happy, productive teams * coming up with new ideas and creative solutions to knotty problems (the director of software engineering at Bell Technical Operations once told me that I gave him "million-dollar ideas" in my casual conversations with him) * communicating complex ideas clearly and concisely to multiple audiences Although I'm not a programmer, I've studied a number of programming languages, among them Java, C, C++, SQL, JavaScript, Pascal, and assembly. I know something about a number of other languages and systems (such as Go, Ruby, Hadoop, and Spark), plus a tiny bit about functional programming. I coded XHTML and CSS by hand for many years. I've written hundreds of clear, usable software manuals for audiences ranging from end users to developers. My favorite document design and layout programs are InDesign and FrameMaker.
