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President
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Helen Cheung |
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Born and raised in the Bay Area, Helen graduated from California
State University, Hayward with a B.A. in Psychology. She fell into
technical writing by accident. Before she became a Technical Writer,
she was a Programmer Analyst for a few years. During her career
as a Programmer Analyst, she found that she enjoyed writing more
than working with data and code. She decided to take a leap into
the technical communication profession and made a career change.
She completed a Certificate in Technical Communication through U.C.
Berkeley Extension. She joined STC in 2005 and immediately became
active in the East Bay STC Chapter.
She is currently a Technical Writer/Senior Consultant for a global
strategy and technology consulting firm. Her current client is the
Department of Defense, specifically the Navy.
As President and a fellow East Bay Chapter member, she looks forward
to meeting new people, learning new things, working with the Leadership
Team, and having fun. |
Past
President
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Joseph
Humbert |
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Joe has a
Masters Degree in Physics. In the mid-1980's, he started a homegrown
educational software company, Kidbit Software. He wrote the programs,
the user guides, a marketing brochure, and ads -- our slogan, "Software
with your child's mind in mind." Later, he joined his wife, Bernice,
in her child care business, doing the accounting, and all other documentation,
like a monthy newsletter, a brochure, print ads, employee contracts,
parent guidelines, and a website.
He has earned a Technical Communication Certificate with Distinction
with U.C. Berkeley Extension. Now a Senior member of STC, he has been
the Web Weaver for the chapter for the last four years and the Treasurer
for the last three of four years. He is staying on as the Web Weaver
and Treasurer for this year.
He is the Web Weaver for Preserve
Area Ridgelands Committee and Friends
of Springtown Preserve. Joe and Bernice have two grown sons. He
also loves the movies and have been writing screenplays. One day,
he hopes to sell one. |
V.P.
Programs
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Ann Adams |
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Ann has been an active volunteer with the chapter from the first
meeting she attended last June, where she volunteered to become
Hospitality Manager.
Before coming to the Bay Area, Ann was active in the Los Angeles
chapter, serving as Membership Manager. Ann plans to include more
technical topics at our meetings, along with the tried-and-true
soft skills and trends topics. The technical programs she attends
in the Silicon Valley have given her fresh ideas for future programs
for our chapter.
Ann is a Senior Technical Communication Specialist with Kyocera
Technology Development in Concord. The group supplies software for
Kyocera's global printer business. She is working on improving translation
processes and implementing topic-based authoring within a content
management system. Ann found her current position through a posting
at the Career Center on stc.org. Her employer is very supportive
of her STC activities and underwrites her annual dues.
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V.P.
Arrangements
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Jeanie Egbert |
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Jeanie has been playing around with the Internet since 1982, long
before the Web was a maniacal gleam in anyone's eye. She has been
a computer programmer, analyst, teacher, and writer.
She contributes well-researched and finely-worded features to
her local newspaper, along with the occasional erudite commentary
(OK, sarcastic diatribes). Every member of her family believes she
is a wonderful writer."
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Nominating
Committee
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Elaine
Pendergrast |
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Elaine has
been a technical communicator for over 25 years, specializing in writing
end-user software documentation for companies such as Adobe, Hewlett-Packard,
Xerox, Frame Technology, and Apple. A Senior member of STC, she has
been a judge in the Northern California Technical Publications competitions
and has won a number of awards, including Best of Show for an interactive
FrameMaker tutorial.
A native of New York City, she graduated from the City University
of New York (Queens College) with a B.A. in Art and Education, and
then completed another major in psychology at NYU. She finds her
art background enormously helpful as a technical writer, in designing
the overall look of documents and incorporating graphical elements.
She moved to the Bay Area in 1979. When she is not working, Elaine
is a fanatical gardener and loves to cook. She also enjoys dancing,
listening to music (especially jazz, classical, and world genres),
and takes time to exercise and do Breema bodywork.
Elaine recently supported four local STC chapters to welcome the
national Board of Directors to the Bay Area for their August meeting
by creating an online brochure
about area events and resources. She looks forward to serving the
East Bay Chapter by being on the Nominating Committee and working
on the newsletter.
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Newsletter
Editor
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Alliene
Turner |
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Alliene Turner
has a BA degree in English and an MLIS in Library Science. She is
a long-time resident of the East Bay, but until recently commuted
to her job in Silicon Valley and participated in the Silicon Valley
STC. She is a new member of the East Bay STC and is the Managing Editor
of the Devil Mountain News.
After working as a technical writer for 28 years, mostly about data
communications technologies, Alliene is currently semi-retired and
enjoys giving back by volunteering as Managing Editor and writing
grants for a local nonprofit.
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Resume
Counselor
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Joy Montgomery |
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Joy is a
senior member of the Society for Technical Communication. She participates
as a judge in the Northern California Technical Communication Competition,
is a member of the Gordon Scholarship Committee as well as the College
Connection Committee. She earned a bachelor's degree in history from
San Francisco State University.
Joy does process improvement and dynamic professional presentations.
Her book, "Hand
It to 'em on a Platter," was developed to complement a resume
workshop. She is a presenter for APICS and the Toastmasters District
57 Speakers Bureau.
In October 2006, Joy presented "Reality Check! Process Improvement
with Effective Communication" at the 2006 APICS International
Conference and Exposition in Orlando, Florida. |
Hospitality
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Gwaltney Mountford |
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Gwaltney has worked for
over 25 years in technical communication as writer, trainer, interface
designer, manager, and consultant. She and her husband own Mountford
Group Inc., a software development consulting company specializing
in developing custom business applications and data warehouse applications.
Gwaltney's experience covers a range of industries and technical communication
projects, from end-user documentation to product development support
to project management.
An STC Associate Fellow, she is active at all levels of the Society.
She was chapter president, former manager of Touchstone and the Region
8 Conference, and served on the Society Nominating Committee. She
is a frequent presenter at local chapters and at regional and international
conferences. |
College
Connection
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May McKoon |
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After pursuing
a MA in Biology with a minor in Physics, May started her professional
career in biomedical research, with an emphasis in electron microscopy.
She entered the technical-communication field when she was called
upon to write training manuals for biomedical instrumentation companies
to facilitate their customer training. She subsequently pursued a
MBA and went on to start her own company to provide services, such
as liaison between Marketing and R&D, product analysis and methodology
development, and technical support. She later expanded her cliental
to include those in the semiconductor industry, nuclear and hazardous-waste
remediation, and telecommunication.
She has enjoyed being a part of EBSTC for over twenty years and has
participated on the chapter level as an officer, directed a Touchstone
event, and currently is Chairman for the College Connection Committee.
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College
Connection
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Gwaltney
Mountford (see Hospitality above) |
Kenneth
M. Gordon
Scholarship Committee
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Richard
Mateosian |
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Richard's
career path moved from mathematician to programmer to development
manager to technical book author to technical marketer to technical
writer, all in the short span of 40 years. He is a member of ACM and
IEEE. For the last 20 years he has been review editor for IEEE Micro.
Richard's STC activities include chapter president and competition
director. He is currently president of the Berkeley Chapter, treasurer
of the Gordon Scholarship, and treasurer of the Management SIG.
He serves on a society-level task force to determine the appropriate
funding model for STC communities.
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Kenneth
M. Gordon
Scholarship Committee
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Joy Montgomery
(see Resume Counselor above) |
East
Bay STC Network Moderator
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Joseph
Humbert (see Past President above) |
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