Charles H Small

1527 Green St
Harrisburg, PA 17102
Phone (717) 315-6688
E-mail: chuck_petit@yahoo.com
Experienced engineer, editor, writer, system administrator, clerical, photograph
er, public relations, marketing, security
Education BSEE (minor in math) Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Southborough Campus)
Competed intensive seven module course working toward Certification in Windows 2
000. Network and Operating Systems Basics, Windows 2000: Installation and Admini
stration. Network Infrastructure Implementation, Administrating the Active Direc
tory, Designing the Active Directory, and Designing a Secure Network, Designing
Network Services.
Professional experience
2001 - present
Freelance
Write technical articles, white papers, press releases, etc. for various clients
.
1999 - 2001 TechOnLine, San Jose, CA
Analog and Internet Appliance site director
Wrote news feed, editorials, and feature articles. Developed new venues for site
s such as "hot topics" section. Solicited and edited feature articles and interv
iews. Supervised reader forum. Performed hands-on reviews of Internet-enabled de
vices.
1999 Freelance, San Jose, CA
Participated in major product introduction at National Semiconductor. Wrote pres
s releases, technical articles, and white papers for various clients.
1997 - 1999 Electronic Systems Magazine, San Jose, CA
Senior technical editor
Wrote and edited technical articles for electronic engineers. Worked with prospe
ctive authors to develop writing skills. Gave writing seminars.
1995 - 1997 Z-World, Davis, CA
Technical editor and webmaster
Created documentation for embedded computer systems.
Created company web site. Wrote white papers and technical articles.
1982 - 1995 EDN Magazine, Newton, MA
Senior technical editor
Researched, wrote, and edited technical articles for engineers. Set up and maint
ained the magazine's BBS. Edited Design Ideas section for six years.
1980 - 1982 Periphonics Corp, Bohemia, NY
Design engineer
Designed hardware and programmed software for "bank from home" computers.
1978 - 1980 EE Times, Manhasset, NY
Editor
Wrote stories for electronics industry's leading newspaper.
1975 - 1978 Power Systems & Controls, Richmond, VA
design engineer
Designed, built, tested, and installed large battery packed UPS.
Traveled around the world extensively.
Publications
I have written hundreds of technical articles on a wide variety of electronics s
ubjects. I edited EDN's Design Ideas section for six years. I wrote a writing ma
nual that is distributed by two magazines to prospective authors. I delivered a
paper on finite state machine theory at a Forth conference. I have chaired panel
s at electronics industry meetings.
Community activities
Viet Nam veteran. US Army. Trained as a photographer and public information spec
ialist and morning-report clerk by Army. Worked as portrait photographer after d
ischarge. Served as a volunteer policeman for 12 years. Graduated from Massachus
etts Reserve Police Academy. Worked at a food bank and kitchen for the homeless.
Manned a rape-crisis hotline.
References
Jon Titus, 5526 West 13400 South, Suite 105, Herriman, UT 84096, (801) 446-8882,
jontitus@comcast.net
John Miklosz, TechPro Communications, PO Box 1801, Merrimack, NH 03054. (603) 42
9-3162, john_miklosz@soccentral.com