About – The Technology Wordsmith

Who am I?

I am a native English speaker who has spent an entire career writing better technology documents.

I trained as a professional journalist, so learned the craft of storytelling in the simplest, most efficient way.

I also have a Master of Applied Science (Innovation and Service Management) and understand how technology is used in a modern business context.

I have applied this knowledge over the past 20 years working in a range of technology roles across the full software development lifecycle.

I am now bringing this experience and my unique skills to create better technology copy for Australian companies as a “technology wordsmith”.

My technology life

I was a senior IT manager with over 20 years of experience across a range of industries.

I have been a business analyst, project manager, enterprise architect, service delivery manager and management consultant.
My projects have spanned from strategy and requirements gathering to design and build, plus implementation and operational support.
I have worked in small and large organisations in the private and public sectors.

I’ve come across every type of technology document, from business cases, through solution designs and test plans, to 100-page vendor contracts.

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had to fix the English in these documents to make them more readable, let alone understandable.

But above and beyond, I ensure the document tells the story it set out to do as simply and efficiently as possible.

My writing pedigree

Before all this technology stuff, I worked as a professional journalist for 10 years. I did my journalism cadetship with The West Australian before cutting my teeth in the field on the Kalgoorlie Miner for two years.

This was followed by seven years in a variety of professional editing roles in south-east Asia (Vietnam Economic Review and Bangkok Post) and various newswires and trade publishers in London (National News, Press Association, United Business Media).

My writing style

Plain English is best. I use common words as simply as I can to explain an idea. No flowery language – Shakespeare is for the stage.

What I do

I re-write technology documents with a fresh set of eyes and an understanding of natural English writing honed over many years.

I make them as readable as possible by:

Who am I?

My technology life

My writing pedigree

My writing style

What I do

“If you can’t explain it simply,
you don’t understand it well enough.”

(Albert Einstein)

Ready to take the next step and work together?

l have worked with technology and publishing companies in a range of technology and writing roles.

l know how to create plain English documents that everyone from the CEO to the troops in the trenches can understand.

the technology wordsmith

Who am I?

My technology life

My writing pedigree

My writing style

What I do

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”

(Albert Einstein)

Ready to take the next step and work together?

l have worked with technology and publishing companies in a range of technology and writing roles.

l know how to create plain English documents that everyone from the CEO to the troops in the trenches can understand.

the technology wordsmith

“If you can’t explain it simply,
you don’t understand it well enough.”