AMANDA PARRISH, CAPM, DTM

Biography
 MS. PARRISH’S STRONGEST
INDUSTRY IS IN THE GOVERNMENT

Satisfied Government Clients

 SATISFIED CLIENTS

Satisfied Clients:
• Architect of the Capitol (AOC)
• AT&T
• Charter Spectrum
• Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
• Department of Commerce’s (DOC’s) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Emergency Communications
• Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) Office of Information and Technology’s (OI&T’s) National IT
Training Academy (NTA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• General Services Administration (GSA) Public Building Services (PBS)
• Department of Navy’s (DON’s) Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA’s) Program Executive Office
(PEO) Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)
• Regional Transportation District (RTD)
• United States Air Force (USAF)
• United State Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• United States Space Force (USSF)
MS. PARRISH IS ALSO STRONG THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY

Satisfied Government Clients

 MS. PARRISH HAS 5 YEARS OF
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Instructional Designer – DatamanUSA, Denver, CO (12/2021-Present)

Training Specialist – Assisting Mindful Artist for Necessary Daily
Autonomy, Inc. (AMANDA), Denver, CO (04/2021-05/2021)
Instructional Designer Assistant – eGlobalTech, Arlington, VA (10/2016-
03/2017)
Data Transformation Specialist – Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA
(01/2011-08/2011)
Instructional Designer – Data Base Connection, Inc. (DBC), Washington,
DC (06/2008-10/2008)
Instructional Designer – Power Monitors, Inc., Mt. Crawford, VA (05/2007–
11/2007)
 MS. PARRISH HAS 9 YEARS OF USER
INTERFACE EXPERIENCE

SharePoint Administrator – Charter Spectrum, Englewood, CO (03/2018-

01/2019)
SharePoint Administrator – Missions2i, Aurora, CO (02/2018)
SharePoint Content Manager – eGlobalTech, Arlington, VA (10/2016-
05/2017)
SharePoint Administrator - LIST Innovative Solutions (a subsidiary of
SalientCRGT, Inc.), Alexandria, VA (08/2015-10/2016)
SharePoint Control Officer – Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA (12/2009-
07/2010)
 MS. PARRISH HAS 15 YEARS OF TECHNICAL
WRITING AND EDITING EXPERIENCE

Proposal Writer – IT-Strat, LLC, Dulles, VA (05/2021-10/2021)

Proposal Writer/Coordinator – Syneren Technologies Corporation, Arlington, VA (11/2020-
03/2021)
Senior Technical Writer – Crystal Management, Aurora, CO (01/2019–10/2020)
Senior Technical Writer – Charter Spectrum, Englewood, CO (03/2018-01/2019)
Senior Technical Writer – ITEC, Aurora, CO (05/2017–01/2018)
Technical Lead – eGlobalTech, Arlington, VA (10/2016–03/2017)
Senior Technical Writer – SalientCRGT, Alexandria, VA (08/2015–10/2016)
Lead Technical Writer-Editor – Alion Science and Technology, Washington, DC
(08/2011–8/2015)
Technical Writer – Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA (10/2008–08/2011)
Technical Writer – Data Base Connection, Phoenix, MD (6/2008–10/2008)
Technical Writer – Stinar Corporation, St. Paul, MN (1/2008–4/2008)
Technical Writer – Power Monitors, Inc., Harrisonburg, VA (5/2007–11/2007)
 MS. PARRISH HAS A MASTER’S DEGREE IN
PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND EDITING

MA, Professional Writing and Editing, George Mason University (2007)

BA, English, James Madison University (2005)
 MS. PARRISH’S 3RD STRENGTH LIES
IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

Instructional Design Skills (in alphabetical order)

ADDIE Model Leadership
Adobe Captivate and Illustrator Lesson Plan Writing
Adult Education Narration
Closed Captioning Problem Solving
Compliance with Accessibility Laws Public Speaking
(Section 508)
Distance Learning Stenography
E-Learning Storylines
Information Design Technical Training Program
Development/Execution
Innovation Training Materials Design
Instructional Design Transcription
Instructor-led Training (ILT) Web Training Development
 MS. PARRISH’S 2ND STRENGTH LIES IN
USER INTERFACE/USER EXPERIENCE

UI/UX Skills (in order of proficiency)

Consulting Usability Testing
Business Requirements Information Architecture
Leadership and Training Change Management
Metrics Problem Solving
Security HTML
Interfaces Balsamiq
SharePoint Content Agile
Creation/Management/Strategy

UI/UX Design Americans with Disabilities Act of 2009

(ADA)
User Research Personal Creation
 MS. PARRISH’S STRENGTH LIES IN
TECHNICAL EDITING

Primary Skills (in order of proficiency) Secondary Skills (in order of

Technical Editing and Program Management preference)
Proofreading Learning Proposal
Management Coordination
Technical Writing Public Speaking Systems

Web-based Content
Leadership SharePoint Training and E- Management
Learning
Software and Technical Policy and Procedure
Documentation Writing Instructional Web Content
Design

Training Communications Quality Assurance Social Media/Web

and Quality 2.0
Control
Copy Editing Newsletters
Operations and Section 508
Technical Research Blogging Maintenance
 MS. PARRISH HAS 15 YEARS OF
WORD PROCESSING EXPERIENCE

Other Software Application Skills

Advanced Software Application Skills
Microsoft Visio FileMaker Pro
Microsoft Word 97- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
365 97-365
Adobe Captivate Adobe Illustrator
Microsoft Office 97- IBM 2019
365 Component One’s Constant Contact
Microsoft Excel 97- Dell Doc-to-Help (similar
365 to RoboHelp)
Adobe FrameMaker Microsoft Project
Microsoft Outlook 97- SharePoint 2007-365
2000
365
SnagIt 9 Front Page
Windows 98-7 Adobe Acrobat 7 & 8 Microsoft Access Quark Express
2000
Macintosh OS 8- Acrobat X Pro & Pro Adobe InDesign SmartDraw
10.12.3 DC (CS6)
Microsoft WordPerfect Adobe Reader 7-11 Adobe Pagemaker WebEx
5.1
 MS. PARRISH’S STRONGEST CORE
VALUE IS PROFESSIONALISM

C o re Va l u e s Examples

Professionalism (Strongest Value) Distinguished Toastmaster

Takes the initiative Initiated a Mentoring Circle
Longtime member of Toastmasters
Expert in field and committed to
and former member of the Society of
lifelong learning
Technical Communication
Intellectual Master’s degree in Writing and Editing
Was billable to multiple contracts
Multi-tasker
Employee of the Month
Pride in work
Workshop Secretary of Asian-
Ethical and open to diversity American Government Executives
Network