Charles Roburn – Vice-President

Charles has worked as a technical writer in Montréal for the past 16 years, and been an active member of STC Montréal for several years. Most recently he served as Vice-President this past year. During that time he helped to organize the successful Mediaville meeting of October, and coordinated the chapter’s participation in the Concordia Humanities & Social Sciences and Education Career Fairs in February in addition to his regular duties.

Rolf Hecken – Treasurer

Rolf is an Independent Consultant with a focus on linguistic technologies, project management and QA, internationalization, localization, globalization process improvements, production process reviews, technology implementation, training and optimization, resource development strategies, marketing, e-Marketing, and strategic business development. He has nearly 20 years in the translation and localization industry with a vast experience in translation-related technologies. Rolf served as STC-Montreal Treasurer for 2009-2010.

Lydia Shuster – Secretary

Lydia turned to technical writing after working in the banking sector for almost a decade. Now employed by a retail software developer, she creates user guides, online help and quick start installation documents. She has also authored audit procedures, administrative guides and reference manuals.

Lydia received a B.A. Honours in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at McGill University. She has a certificate in technical communication from Concordia University. Lydia practices yoga regularly and intends to go for a teaching certificate once she retires from tech writing.

An active member of STC Montreal since 2001, Lydia has served in the positions of Programs coordinator and Treasurer for the chapter.