Michael D. Main:
Senior Technical Writer

  
Michael works full time for Summit Information Systems in Corvallis, Oregon- near Newport.
Michael works full time for Summit Information Systems
(in Corvallis, Oregon- near Newport).
  
  
Recent Awards 2005 Cash Performance Award, Summit Information Systems
  • Cash Bonus for Superior Job Performance at Summit Information Systems, November 2005.
1999 Cash Performance Award, CDI Professional Services
  • Cash Bonus for Superior Job Performance at IBM-Rochester, May 1998 - March 1999.
Past Awards 1992-93 Individual Artist Fellow IAC, State Of Indiana Indiana Arts Commission / NEA
  • Individual Artist/Writer Fellowship, 1992/93, in the amount of $2,000 from the Indiana Arts Commission / National Endowment For The Arts.
  • Competitive award granted in recognition of previously published journalism and literary work.
Performance
Evaluations

 

CURRENT CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS
  • "Michael has produced detailed and accurate content and has been responsible for the high-quality, easy-to-use organization and presentation of the iSpectrum help system. This has resulted in a highly usable, high-quality stunning and state-of-the-art product for users."
             - Jim Gore, Project Development Manager, Summit Information Systems,
               March, 2006
  • "Michael was recently promoted to the rank of Senior Technical Writer. His work merits an Excellent / Exceeds Requirements performance review rating in meeting our business and developmental objectives for the year 2004-2005. Michael consistently demonstrates strong organizational and project management skills. He looks for ways to improve the documentation process and continues to provide the client with quality material. He always has the end-user in mind. A pleasure to work with and well respected among his peers."
             - Jim Gore, Project Development Manager, Summit Information Systems,
               April 22, 2005
  • "Michael merits a Superior / Exceeds Requirements performance review rating in meeting our business and developmental objectives for the year 2003-2004. He did an excellent job delivering help documentation. The quality of the documentation is high. The presentation of information is excellent. He has worked with various technologies and methodologies and he posesses superior technical skills. Michael has very sound judgment. He has excellent verbal communication skills and has worked well with developers."
             - Raghava Bharadwaj, Development Lead, Summit Information Systems,
               May 7, 2004
  • "Michael has done an excellent job of advancing our capabilities."
             - Walt Domka, Project Manager, Summit Information Systems,
               February 26, 2003
  • "If this is the kind of technical writing you do, IBM is one lucky company."
             - Mitchell Waite, Publisher / Waite Group Press &
               Mitchell Waite Signature Series, March 21, 2002
  • "I appreciate the time you take to document possible problems and proposed solutions. It is very helpful in determining avenues for improvement, as well as for spearheading possible pitfalls. Keep up the good work!"
             - Melanie Williams, IBM Business Executive, January 29, 2002
  • "You dropped what you were doing and went right to work on my emergency. And you did this all in one afternoon. You saved me a lot of grief and work, as well as keeping a critical project on schedule by your actions. Your effort was above and beyond the call of duty."
             - Chris Calloway, IBM Global Services Programmer, January 23, 2002
  • " ... professionalism, caliber and, most of all, a fine person ... "
             - John Speacht, IBM Global Product Support Executive, May 31, 2001.
  • "I just saw the new User Help. BRAVO! Take a bow. It looks great!"
             - Linda J. Allen, IBM IGS ITS Lead Program Manager, February 19, 2001.
  • "As a new tester on the IBM Electronic Services project, I have found your help text to be very beneficial to me. When using a product for the first time, especially one that is not intuitively obvious, there are always a lot of questions. I found your information to be very helpful by explaining the new concepts and also by clearly instructing the user about what do and how to do it. It has been very helpful in getting me onboard as a new member of the team."
             - Pat Espeset, IBM Electronic Services Test Team, November 9, 2000.
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