Charles Roburn, 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.

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.

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.