Course Leader – Profile
Philip Tory
Philip was fortunate
enough to study Applied Physics, Electronics and
Control Engineering at four universities. He also holds a Management Diploma from the Open
University.
In a career spanning more than 35 years, he began
his working life as an electronics development engineer,
specialising in a variety of electronic and electromechanical
equipment. In different companies, he has taken
products through from concept to production, and
designed automatic test equipment for final QA.
He has worked on projects such as the Concorde flight
computers, medical electronics, car park control
systems, and fly-by-wire systems for fighter aircraft.
For two years, he was a technical drawing office manager.
He then moved on to sales, and broadened his experience
to include marketing, franchise management, installation,
technical support and training.
All included documentation of the company's
products.
Before starting his own Technical Authoring business
in 2000, he was a Software QA and Product Manager
for three years, which included responsibility for
all product documentation.
In these various situations, Philip has written
technical documentation covering:
- User Manuals
- Installation Guides
- Software Upgrade Notes
- Technical Specifications
- Online Help Guides
- Sales Proposals
- Test Procedures.
Over the past 15 years, Philip has written technical
and business material for, or conducted training
in, over 100 companies. These include industries
as diverse as financial services and banking; shipping
management; software development; telephone billing;
pharmaceutical and medical; higher education and
forensic science; housing management and will writing,
lawn care franchise management, buildings
maintenance systems and so on.
He therefore brings a wealth of experience from
which all course delegates will benefit.
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