Overview

Neale Morison is a writer of words and code.

In August 2007 to June 2008 he spent a year in Cambridge, Massachusetts, writing and attending courses at MIT and Harvard. He has now returned to Sydney.

Neale Morison's recent roles have combined technical writing and development with analysis, design, project management and general management tasks. His experience includes over fifteen years in software development, IT writing, technical writing and journalism, and Internet development. Hardware experience includes electronics research and development environments and Web server, network and PC administration and support.

As a communicator, in the role of editor, journalist or web content developer, Neale is able to deliver in a large range of styles to meet the specific needs of his audience. His output includes technical books, manuals, news, features, reviews, and public relations. In 2000 he won an industry writing award for his The End humour column in the Australian Industry Standard. His Web sites have also won awards. In 2008 Nature Journal published two of his stories.

As a developer Neale has a command of many languages and systems. His experience includes design, debugging and documentation of hardware and software. He seeks challenging roles that draw on his communication, development and management skills.

Contact Details

Telephone: +61 417 661 427 (0417 661 427)
Email: neale@nealemorison.com

Web site (including latest CV in html and MS Word format) www.nealemorison.com/neale
Contracting through Wordface: www.nealemorison.com/wordface

Recent Roles

Senior Programmer - Analytical Models
Manager - VaST Systems Technology
Technical Writer, Solutions Developer - VaST Systems Technology, Cisco WNBU Sydney, Bullant
Technical Writer - Cisco APIDC
Internet Developer - Techne-ventures
Project manager, online development - Intermedia
Online content manager - Fujitsu Australia, IDG Communications
Web producer - Fujitsu Australia, IDG Communications
Online content developer - Fujitsu Australia, IDG Communications
Online software developer - Intermedia, Fujitsu Australia, IDG Communications
Editor - PC World, Computer Magazine Group
Journalist - PC World

Academic Qualifications and Training

Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics): University of New South Wales
Associate Diploma of Jazz Studies: NSW Conservatorium of Music
Java, Sydney University Continuing Education, 1997
C++, Microsoft Institute, 1993, C and Pascal, University of NSW 1986
Scriptwriting Certificate, Australian Film and Television School

Recent Employment

Freelance Writer, Musician, Student

August 2007 to June 2008

MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Senior Programmer, Analytical Models

March 2007 to August 2007

Developed optimisation engine for cellular phone provider CRM system in Perl.

Manager, Testing and Release Group, VaST Systems Technology

August 2005 to March 2007

Managed software testing and release group. 3-4 reports. Handled management, procedure documentation and automation of testing and release systems, some responsibility for IT.

Developed intranet, testing and utility applications in PHP, Perl, Python and MySQL.

Technical Writer, Solutions Developer, VaST Systems Technology

June 2004 to July 2005

VaST Systems Technology creates solutions for modeling and simulation in embedded systems design. Responsibilities included:

managing technical documentation
writing and editing of user guides, reference, application notes and design specs.
documentation automation solutions

Projects included:

Processing, graphical and tabular presentation of software simulation results
Document management and transformation using XML/XSLT, Visual Basic, Perl
Reports and help files using SQL in CHM, Doxygen and other formats.

Technical Writer, Applications Developer, Cisco WNBU Sydney

June 2002 to February 2004

12 month contract extended to 22 months to provide documentation and software solutions for documentation automation, with some laboratory testing and other responsibilities.

Languages, platforms, applications and technologies: Mysql, Oracle, Javascript, XML/XSL, Perl, Python, Ocean, HTML, CGI, Matlab, CVS, Unix (Linux and Solaris), Windows, MS Word, Adobe FrameMaker.

Report to applications manager. Reference: Mike Webb: mmjwebb@optusnet.com.au