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Mark Pepper, Principal Consultant

My story

A long time ago, and I mean teenage years, I decided that I needed a purpose in my life. It needed to be something that would satisfy my need for constant change, find value in my ability to pursue many things at the same time, and yet also allow me to keep food on the table and a roof over my head.


This purpose would see me wear many hats throughout my career. My first three careers were as a musician, soldier, and freelance journalist.


It was my 4th career, tech writing, that set me on the path that I have been following ever since. 


After that, I learned about structured authoring, information architecture, instructional design, elearning development, and project management.


These skills have let me work on office tech guides for Deloitte, telephony spec manuals for Nortel, bridge maintenance courses for a rail company training program, cancer staging manuals for use by doctors, and teaching taxonomy to companies around the world.


So what was the purpose I chose for my life? 

Learn as much as possible and pass that knowledge on to others.

Clients and Employers

Sun Life Financial

Research In Motion (Blackberry)

Sun Life Financial

Sun Life Financial is one of the largest finance and insurance companies in Canada.


As a Senior Knowledge Consultant I planned, designed, implemented, and led a complete overhaul of their internal content management system.


This resulted in information that was easy to find, understand, and use.

Deloitte

Research In Motion (Blackberry)

Sun Life Financial

Deloitte is one of the largest consulting companies in the world.


As a Technical Communications Consultant I developed the tech writing standards for their Canadian office, while leading the creation of documentation about their internal finance and human resources systems.

Research In Motion (Blackberry)

Research In Motion (Blackberry)

Research In Motion (Blackberry)

Research In Motion, now known as Blackberry, created the original smartphone.


As an Information Architect with them, I led the design and development of a DITA-based intelligent content system that would detect user profiles and show them the information matching their profile needs.


This was long before the concept of AI was a norm in the content management industry.

Paligo

Precision Content Authoring Solutions

Research In Motion (Blackberry)

Paligo is an industry leader in Component Content Management Systems.


As an Information Architect I developed and implemented best practices for content management.


These best practices were key to retaining high value customers and helping secure new customers who wanted to make a move to structured authoring.

Precision Content Authoring Solutions

Precision Content Authoring Solutions

Precision Content Authoring Solutions

Precision Content is one of the elite structured authoring consulting firms in North America.


As Director of Programs and Professional Services I led the flagship projects during their early years. This helped establish their standards for project management using Agile methodologies.


Prior to that, they were a client of mine where I worked as a structured authoring writers on insurance, finance, and medical content.

GP Strategies

Precision Content Authoring Solutions

Precision Content Authoring Solutions

GP Strategies is a global leader in consulting and learning programs.


As a client of mine, I worked with them as Instructional Designer to develop diverse learning programs for financial, technology, and transportation companies across North America.

Innovatia

Innovatia

Innovatia

Innovatia is a leading technical communications and instructional design consulting firm in Canada.


As a client of mine, I developed structured authoring solutions for a leader in Canadian telecommunications. I also developed elearning solutions for energy and educational sector companies.

Skills

  • Technical writing
  • Business writing
  • Structured authoring
  • Instructional design
  • Instructor-led training
  • Storyboard development
  • Taxonomy development 
  • Public speaking

  • Content management solutions
  • Online help development
  • eLearning development
  • Single sourcing solutions
  • DITA/DocBook XML authoring
  • JIRA Projects
  • AI content management

  • Project team management
  • Thought leadership
  • Coaching

  • Planning and executing Agile projects  
  • Scrum master
  • Planning and executing Waterfall projects
  • Program management  

  • Content strategy
  • Business planning
  • MEDDPIC sales methodology 
  • ROI analysis

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