SimplyTechnical provides technical documentation for end-users and internal users. Debbi Leipold is SimplyTechnical. She has more than 25 years of experience writing technical documentation. She has worked as both an employee and consultant as well as worker and manager. She has provided Tech Pubs Management and technical writing for telecom and software development companies focused on wireless, networking, and network security. She has also written technical documentation for contractors to support government contracts at USDA, FEMA, NSA and DIA.
Experience
Government and commercial environments (large and small companies as well as start-ups)- Technical Publications Management
- Extensive technical knowledge to include software programming and development, wired and wireless communications, security (IDS/IPS), and networking as well as electronics and digital board design
- Experience in a variety of industries including high-tech and healthcare
- Commercial printing of manuals and marketing literature from pre-press through binding
- Graphic design as related to technical illustration, document design, and layout
- Training materials as well as presentation for employees and customers
- Online documentation including web-based help systems and PDF
- Expertise writing User’s Documentation, Training Manuals, Developer Documentation, Engineering process documentation, and other complex technical documents
- Standards such as 508, FDA, ISO, FCC, CE Mark, IEC, Common Criteria, Blue Angel, ENERGY STAR, and Military
- Software and Hardware development documentation and methodologies. SDLC, CMMI, AGILE, WaterFall, Rapid Prototype, SAFe, SCRUM, Kanban, Jira, Git, Jazz
Tools
- Oxygen
- MadCap Flare
- FrameMaker
- Word
- InDesign
- RoboHelp
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- PowerPoint
- Captivate
- ePubisher/Webworks
Clients
SimplyTechnical supports the Technical Writing needs of a variety clients, both government and commercial. We supply Manuals, Tutorials, online help, and whitepapers as well as many other pieces of technical documentation that meet individual client needs. We support software and hardware clients in high-tech arenas such as healthcare, telecom, networking, wireless, and network security.
Below is a partial list of clients:
- Mastercard
- GE Healthcare
- EPRI
- Federal Government(USD, FEMA)
- McMurdo
- Techno-Sciences
- TallyGenicom
- WellDoc
- MCS
- MediaTraks
- Westinghouse (Northrup Grumman)
- TRW
- BDM
- DoD
- Diehl Graphsoft
- Zeus Wireless
- Megisto Systems
- Enterasys
- CounterStorm Inc.
- Mercury Computers
- Pleasant Valley Business Solutions
- BGE
Customer Testimonials
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Debbi is a highly professional technical writer that is a joy to work with. Her amazing communication and coordination skills have been invaluable in collaborating with a varied team of cross-functional members to develop accurate and effective documentation for the varying audiences of our user groups.
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Debbi is a top-notch technical writer who is clearly a master of her craft. She brings a level of "been there, done that" that would be of comfort to anyone releasing technical documents for a new product or service in the tech industry. Debbi is able to put together accurate timelines for delivery, communicates and collaborates well with all stakeholders and contributors throughout the project. Most importantly, Debbi is skilled at combining an understanding of the underlying technology of the product she is documenting with a good business-level understanding of her clients' needs to deliver quality publications that meet expectations. I would happily recommend Debbi's services and would certainly hire her for future documentation projects.
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Ms. Leipold’s Technical documentation expertise proved extremely valuable to these projects. Ms. Leipold should be commended for her highly professional work and extensive time and effort expended towards providing critical documentation. Her conscientious attitude and thorough and efficient manner in which she accomplished documentation contributed significantly to the projects. We are especially appreciative of her dedicated support.
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As a technical writer assigned to project X, Debbi produced several highly technical documents while working in a challenging environment. Debbi successfully coordinated with a wide range of developers, operators, system administrators, maintainers, and managers to create informative and comprehensive documentation for operational systems.
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Debbi’s expertise as content developer and technical writer has been invaluable to the company. Faced with a multi-manual per platform, CD based QT movies, and limited tutorial solution, she quickly brought together, consolidated and simplified our support materials into a single, direct, user friendly support product. She was energetic, engaging, and the ever devoted mom. She was a persistent and wonderful flag-waving, get your attention to see a possible problem hands-on manager.
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Debbi is extremely technical. She spend a significant amount of time researching and interviewing SMEs an clearly understands the products. She got up-to-speed quickly and with little, if any, assistance. Debbi produces accurate, high quality documentation while meeting tight deadlines in an ever evolving development environment.
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Debbi is a highly professional technical writer that is a joy to work with. Her amazing communication and coordination skills have been invaluable in collaborating with a varied team of cross-functional members to develop accurate and effective documentation for the varying audiences of our user groups.
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Debbi is a top-notch technical writer who is clearly a master of her craft. She brings a level of "been there, done that" that would be of comfort to anyone releasing technical documents for a new product or service in the tech industry. Debbi is able to put together accurate timelines for delivery, communicates and collaborates well with all stakeholders and contributors throughout the project. Most importantly, Debbi is skilled at combining an understanding of the underlying technology of the product she is documenting with a good business-level understanding of her clients' needs to deliver quality publications that meet expectations. I would happily recommend Debbi's services and would certainly hire her for future documentation projects.
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Ms. Leipold’s Technical documentation expertise proved extremely valuable to these projects. Ms. Leipold should be commended for her highly professional work and extensive time and effort expended towards providing critical documentation. Her conscientious attitude and thorough and efficient manner in which she accomplished documentation contributed significantly to the projects. We are especially appreciative of her dedicated support.
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While working for network communication startup provided exceptional company-wide support from documentation tasks to GUI usability reviews. Debbi worked intensely to produce documentation quickly and to be an integral part of the team startup culture.
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As a technical writer assigned to project X, Debbi produced several highly technical documents while working in a challenging environment. Debbi successfully coordinated with a wide range of developers, operators, system administrators, maintainers, and managers to create informative and comprehensive documentation for operational systems.
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Debbi’s expertise as content developer and technical writer has been invaluable to the company. Faced with a multi-manual per platform, CD based QT movies, and limited tutorial solution, she quickly brought together, consolidated and simplified our support materials into a single, direct, user friendly support product. She was energetic, engaging, and the ever devoted mom. She was a persistent and wonderful flag-waving, get your attention to see a possible problem hands-on manager.
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Debbi is extremely technical. She spend a significant amount of time researching and interviewing SMEs an clearly understands the products. She got up-to-speed quickly and with little, if any, assistance. Debbi produces accurate, high quality documentation while meeting tight deadlines in an ever evolving development environment.