I have accepted a full-time position with the Washington State University Energy Program and am not accepting new projects at this time.

I will, however, continue to maintain this website as a portfolio of my work.

Thank you for your interest!

- Melinda

Good times at the U.S. Air Force Bake-Off
Microsoft Corporation, consultant
As a contractor at Microsoft's Redmond headquarters from 1996 until 2001, I worked in several capacities:

Technical Education group, instructional designer
Followed user-centered design methods to develop online content, navigation, and terminology for several of Microsoft's internal software programs including version control technology, a debugging program, and a localization program.

Windows 98 Web team, web content developer
Wrote about features of the Windows 98 operating system for the Microsoft Web site and responded to press inquiries.

Encarta group, software content developer
Wrote and edited content for the Encarta software product.

Microsoft Press, software tester and technical writer
Worked with beta versions of software applications and tested all features.
Lead author of "Excel 2000 Step by Step."
Editor of "Word 2000 Step by Step."

SMB Nation Press, consultant
  • Senior editor, "Making It Big In Small Business 2006: Top 15 SMB Consultants Share Strategies and Lessons Learned"
  • Senior editor, "Microsoft Small Business Specialist Primer"
AT&T Wireless, consultant
Instructional designer responsible for designing and coding Web-based instructional materials to support the telecommunications industry.
Olympia Computing Company, documentation specialist
Wrote 15 users manuals for the Schoolmaster software application and helped develop the context-sensitive and online help systems.
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