Lidl US

Senior Specialist -- Regulatory Affairs, Int'l Co-Ordination, and Translation

Part of a team of translators handling DE-EN translation of international product packaging, specifications, marketing material, international correspondence, and a constant stream of special products. Also assisting with international coordination to ensure products requested and processed on schedule via data tracking. I designed and implemented a SharePoint-based system to track our work when data corruption became an issue with shared Excel spreadsheets.

CACI International Inc

Applications Trainer / Business Group Operations Analyst (FDIC)

Provided training and support for CACI and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation users of Litigation Support applications, primarily Relativity and Service Now. Training occurred online, at CACI sites, at client sites in the DC area, and at regional field offices throughout the country. I also assisted the Technical Writing team with drafting and editing technical documentation.

CACI International Inc

Document Management Analyst (Department of Justice)

Provided Litigation Support to the US Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, specifically eDiscovery document review/translation with kCura Relativity. Reviewed at least 200 German documents daily, providing concise summaries for responsive documents.

James Madison University

Adjunct Instructor

Taught an online German translation course for graduate students needing "German for Reading Knowledge" for their degrees.

Mambu

Technical Writer

Sole Technical Writer responsible for all things documentation
- Create, edit, and maintain user and developer documentation
- Ensure consistent voice, adherence to style guide, and compliance with best practices for accessibility (a11y) throughout documentation
- Edit release notes and post-mortem reports
- Assist other teams with client-facing communication

Recent Projects
- Transitioned user guide between documentation platforms
- Created new cohesive API documentation (api.mambu.com)

Freelance

DE-EN, EN-DE Translator

Freelance translator specializing in older handwritten documents (letters, legal documents, genealogical records) written in Suetterlin, Kurrent, and Kanzleischrift, transcribing first into modern orthography, and then translating.

My most recent large project was translating interviews for a documentary film project about the German Pietist movement in conjunction with Pietisten.org and filmmaker Tim Frakes. (frakesproductions.com)

Little Local Murders? -- Investigating Regional Identities in German and Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Conference Paper -- Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies