Hi, I’m
VINAY S PATIL KULKARNI
BANGALORE
Summary
Technical Writer with over 12 years of experience and a passion for turning complex technical concepts into concise, user-friendly end-user documentation in a software development environment. Have broad writing experience in creating online help, user guides, best practices, installation guides, release notes, user interface text, and product presentations.
Overview
12
years of professional experience
1
Associate Certificate Program in Technical Writing, The Writer
1
Advanced Technical Writing Certification from Winprotech, Bang
Work History
ATONARP Microsystems India Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru
Technical Writer /Lead Writer
2022.05 - Current (2 years & 4 months)
Job overview
- Standardized the documentation templates and maintained appropriate guidelines.
- Creating extensive technical documents for ATONARP Semiconductor products and medical components. Deliverables are Release Notes, Maintenance and Repair Guide, User Manual, Quick Start Guide, Installation Manual, Mass Access Calibration, Troubleshooting Guide, and Operation Manual.
- Testing the documentation against the product and the applications to ensure completion.
- Collaborating with the product managers to research the usability of core products.
- Initializing and developing product documentation through different formats (web, pdf, mp4, and gif).
- Manages, updates, and revisions to technical documentation.
- Reviewing/editing technical material in an extensive peer-review process.
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited - OFSS, Bengaluru
Senior Technical Writer
2020.11 - 2022.05 (1 year & 6 months)
Job overview
- Created extensive technical documents for Oracle Financial Applications (For on-prem and Cloud support). Primary deliverables include Readme, Release Notes, User Guide, Installation Guide, Administration Guide, and Configuration Guide.
- Coordinated with Senior Application Developers, QA Engineers, Technical Project managers, Lead software architect, and Business analysts to create Cloud-based product documentation.
- Attended technical and business meetings to document technical requirements and business processes.
- Maintained appropriate style guidelines, developed project plans, facilitated meetings, and performed other consulting roles to develop effective documentation for an assigned business unit.
- Created documentation outlines to assist with accurate work effort estimations for projects.
- Created and managed single source documentation across product lines to significantly reduce writer and end-user workload, duplication, and errors.
- Updated guides on a regular basis (based on Version Controls) to reflect changes in the Application.
- Testing documentation against applications to ensure completion and accuracy.
- Reviewed and edited our own work and performed peer reviews for other team members.
- Conducting technical reviews with the appropriate Dev teams, QAs, and Product Managers.
- Proven track record of delivering quality documentation under tight deadlines with changing product requirements.
- Worked independently and collaboratively to learn new technology quickly and balance multiple projects with minimal supervision to meet high-quality standards and project deadlines.
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc, Bengaluru
Technical Writer IV
2017.09 - 2020.11 (3 years & 2 months)
Job overview
- Developed User guides and Instruction Manuals for FIS EZBusiness Applications.
- Edited and updated help files on Service view and Client link Platforms.
- Uploaded Client/User related documents to Client Portal/Share Point
- Published documents related to FIS Internal Applications using an online help tool.
- Interacted with Business Analysts and Developers to establish technical specifications.
- Worked collaboratively with the platform and application development teams to develop a broad understanding of the platform.
- · Gathered technical information by reading BRD'S, technical specifications, and other documents to gain an understanding of product operations.
- · Worked with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, and Test Engineers to gather key information to create documentation related to FIS business applications.
- · Contributed to a designated project or initiative to meet the business objective.
Quintype Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
Technical Writer
2017.03 - 2017.07 (4 months)
Job overview
- Upgraded Design Description, User Guides, Installation Guides and Configuration Guides for the Quint Web Platform and the internal business applications.
- Reviewed and edited the Knowledge Based Article contents.
- Interacted with the Design Engineers, Developers and Test Engineers to gain in-depth knowledge on the product and working on various publishers application across their organization.
- Published the user documents using itsman tool to render the content in The Quint website.
- Often Travelled to different client locations to collect the information from the publishers.
OSI Energy Automation India Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
Senior Technical Writer
2016.07 - 2017.03 (8 months)
Job overview
- Created OSI Workbooks, Administrator Guides, User Guides and Configuration Guides for the SCADA applications and for the OSI Monarch Web Platform.
- Worked on Release Notes to track and update the software and JIRA tool to update documents based on the software changes.
- Developed executive dashboards, customized views of standard Monarch application using Dynamic Tabular Display.
- Worked on OSI’s advanced tabular builder to design and improve the system flexibility and user navigation through the use of various modern interface features.
- Worked on features such as Dynamic data filtering/sorting/drag and drop functions, support for copying and pasting from third party application, hiding and un-hiding column/attributes, Rule based color coding of key system conditions and attributes.
Datamatics India Pvt Ltd / Robert Bosch / Sony India Software Centre, Bengaluru
Technical Writer
2014.08 - 2016.07 (1 year & 11 months)
Job overview
- Created Standard Operation Procedures, Scenario based documents, Task Guides, User Guides, and Configuration Guides for Sony business Applications and Network Security.
- Reviewed and Rewritten the existing documents.
- Generated Codes for Standard Operation Procedures to publish in SEEK.
- Worked on Service Catalogs to generate identical codes to the end-user documents.
- Created Document Styles, templates for the internal teams.
Capgemini Business Service India Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
Consultant/Technical Writer
2010.12 - 2014.01 (3 years & 1 month)
Job overview
- Maintained and Updated technical contents in the product Manuals.
- Amending printed hard copy manuals with updated revision.
- Updated the manuals in web (burn the updated manuals in CD’s/DVD’s).
- Migrating tasks from old technologies to the new platform as transformation of quicksilver documents to ETPS and Adobe Frame maker.
Education
Sikkim Manipal , Manipal
Master of Science from Computer Applications
07.2013
Brindavan College, Bangalore University , Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bachelor of Science from Computer Applications
06.2010
Govt. PU College , Bengaluru
High School Diploma
05.2007
Skills
- Template development
- Styles Creation
- MSTP standards usage
- Agile process
- DDLC/SDLC
- Adobe FrameMaker 2022
- Oxygen XML editor
- MS Office
- GIT
- SVN
- Microsoft Sharepoint
- Bug DB
- JIRA Confluence
- DX4
- HTML5 Editor
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe RoboHelp
- TechSmith Snagit
Timeline
Technical Writer /Lead Writer
ATONARP Microsystems India Pvt Ltd
2022.05 - Current (2 years & 4 months)
Senior Technical Writer
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited - OFSS
2020.11 - 2022.05 (1 year & 6 months)
Technical Writer IV
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc
2017.09 - 2020.11 (3 years & 2 months)
Technical Writer
Quintype Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
2017.03 - 2017.07 (4 months)
Senior Technical Writer
OSI Energy Automation India Pvt. Ltd
2016.07 - 2017.03 (8 months)
Technical Writer
Datamatics India Pvt Ltd / Robert Bosch / Sony India Software Centre
2014.08 - 2016.07 (1 year & 11 months)
Consultant/Technical Writer
Capgemini Business Service India Pvt. Ltd
2010.12 - 2014.01 (3 years & 1 month)
Sikkim Manipal
Master of Science from Computer Applications
Brindavan College, Bangalore University
Bachelor of Science from Computer Applications
Govt. PU College
High School Diploma
- Associate Certificate Program in Technical Writing, The Writers Block, Bangalore (May 2014 to July 2014)
- Advanced Technical Writing Certification from Winprotech, Bangalore 2017(August 2017 to September 2017)
Certification
- Associate Certificate Program in Technical Writing, The Writers Block, Bangalore (May 2014 to July 2014).
- Advanced Technical Writing Certification from Winprotech, Bangalore 2017(August 2017 to September 2017).
Technical Skills
- Authoring Tools - Oxygen XML Editor, DX4, XMetal Author, Adobe FrameMaker 2022, Microsoft Office 2016
Quick Silver 2.0. - Online Help Tools - Adobe RoboHelp 2022, Doc Arc 8.0 SEEK, Itsman
- Capturing Tools - Snagit, Greenshot, Snipping
- Graphic Tools - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Captivate 2022,
Camtasia Studio V8 - CMS Used - JIRA Confluence
- Doc Repository - MOS, ORA Docs, Microsoft SharePoint
- Methodologies - Agile, Waterfall
- Operating Environments - Windows (7, 10, XP, 98)
- Mark-up Languages - HTML5, XML
Achievements
- Received Spot Award for publishing more than 700 Task guides of SONY Business Applications on SEEK before the given deadline.
- Received Best Team member of the Quarter Award for outstanding contribution in Sony India Software Centre Pvt. Ltd.
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