Brenda Huettner is an independent technical communication consultant specializing in increasing her client’s awareness of the benefits of quality documentation. An active member of the professional community in the Tucson area, Brenda has worked as a technical writer, technical editor, trainer, usability consultant, documentation department manager, Help author, content developer, graphic artist, and webmaster. She’s written a wide variety of content for audiences of end-users, programmers, and engineers. In addition to contract work through her own consulting company, P-N Designs, Inc, she maintains three Web sites and has several commercially published books in print.

She’s a principal of Microwaves101.com, an online encyclopedia of microwave engineering knowledge. Brenda is a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, and a Senior Member of IEEE, active in the Professional Communication Society, the Engineering Management Society, and the Tucson section. She’s also a member of the Usability Professionals Association. Brenda has published several books and articles, and presented half-day, full-day, and multi-day courses on writing, project management, usability, and career management. She also gives emergency preparedness and disaster recovery classes through the Red Cross, and has served as webmaster for a variety of organizations.

Her most recent publication is as a contributor to “The Language of Content Strategy” (XML Press, 2014). She’s currently working on “The Language of Business Storytelling” (XML Press), scheduled for a 2016 release.