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Stephanie Reali
Work Experience

 

California Department of Health Services (CDHS) (July 2005 – June 2007)

Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) Part D ITSD Project – Technical Writer

  • Develop User and Developer Documentation for the Third Party Liability Branch Business Objects Reporting System
  • Incorporate changes into existing CDHS documentation for all system modifications required by the MMA project
  • Identify and create additional system and project documentation as required
  • Perform analysis of functional areas to determine requirements and design specifications
  • Act as liaison between county users, system engineers, and State agencies
  • Support and assist project management with project planning tasks on a daily basis
  • Support and assist project team with ongoing tasks on a daily basis, including requirements gathering, creation of design specifications, and implementation.
  • Assist with System Testing efforts

 

University of California, Davis Health System (UCDHS), Biomedical Informatics Research and Consulting Services (January 2004 – June 2005)

California Electronic Death Registration System – Analyst

  • Developed Project Planning Documents
  • Managed Unit, System, and User Acceptance Testing, including creation of the project test plan, test scripts, and test data; coordination of staff and system resources throughout the testing period; coordination of User Acceptance Testing between agencies; maintenance of test results; and reporting of test results to the project team, management, and stakeholders
  • Conducted System and User Acceptance Testing
  • Acted as liaison between users, system engineers, State agencies, and stakeholders
  • Coordinated project staffing and resource management
  • Planned and conducted outreach, task group, and training events
  • Managed the creation of project documentation
  • Assisted project directors with everyday planning tasks

 

CDHS (October – December 2003)

Healthy Families Vendor Transition – Testing Assistant

  • Coordinated testing efforts between CDHS and participating agencies
  • Created and submitted Healthy Families/Medi-Cal applications for vendor transition testing

 

CDHS (January 2002 – June 2003)

Health-e-App Core Team Member – Webmaster/ Writer/ Project Management Assistant

  • Wrote and edited promotional and instructional materials for users
  • Acted as liaison between users, system engineers, and State agencies
  • Conducted intensive, on-going testing of Health-e-App system
  • Created and maintained a project library for CDHS and a project website as the primary user resource for project information
  • Planned and conducted statewide Health-e-App training sessions

 

CDHS/ IBM Global Services (2001)

Technical Writer/ Project Management Assistant:  Healthy Families Parent Expansion Waiver (HF), Targeted Case Management Enhancement (TCM), & Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program (BCCTP) Projects

  • Created and maintained documentation for HF and BCCTP test scripts and results
  • Supported Project Manager (correspondence, quality assurance, project office, etc.)
  • Conducted HF and BCCTP testing and documented test results
  • Monitored progress of each HF and BCCTP specification package
  • Built and revised TCM Requirements Document through Joint Application/ Review Sessions

 

Institute for Excellence in Writing (2001-2002)

Writer/Editor

  • Edited the Teaching Writing: Structure & Style syllabus
  • Co-wrote and edited a book of writing lessons for children
  • Wrote and edited text for the IEW website

 

Cal Poly Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department (2000-2001)

Technical Writer

  • Designed, wrote, and edited the department newsletter
  • Designed, wrote, and edited department brochures
  • Wrote content for the department website
  • Edited and revised department letters, forms, and reports

 

Los Rios Community College District, PeopleSoft Project Office (1999)

Technical Writer

  • Documented PeopleSoft Purchasing process flows
  • Created training guides for Purchasing Department personnel

 

Kairos Communications, SLO Botanical Garden Website Project (1999)

Project Manager

  • Worked with client to establish and meet project goals, provided client with regular status reports
  • Scheduled project tasks and assigned tasks to team members
  • Wrote and edited content for SLO Botanical Garden Website (http://www.slobg.org)

 

Los Rios Community College District, Information Technology Dept. (1998)

Web Coordinator

  • Wrote and edited content for the LRCCD website
  • Maintained class schedules for LRCCD colleges and outreach centers

 

Los Rios Community College District, Information Technology Dept. (1995-1998)

Student Help/Clerk

 

Education

 

  • BachelorŐs Degree in English, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
  • Technical Communication Certificate, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo

 

Computer Skills

 

Microsoft Word; Microsoft Office including Project, Visio, and FrontPage; Microsoft SharePoint; Adobe PageMaker, FrameMaker; HTML; Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash; AppleWorks Suite; JIRA; vi Screen Editor; dBase IV; UNIX. Working knowledge of C; C++; Adobe Illustrator

 

 

Excellent references upon request.