DITA Summit Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 1 — 2:00pm-2:45pm
Amber Swope
DITA Specialist
DITA Strategies, Inc.
Selecting the best tools to support your team can be a daunting task. This panel, moderated by Amber Swope of DITA Strategies, Inc., includes representatives from teams who have recently selected DITA authoring, storage, or delivery tools, as well as a representative from a leading Content Management Systems (CMS) vendor. Come participate in the discussion and learn from their experience.
Join Amber and these panelists for a lively, informative discussion:
- Laura Bellamy, Director of Information Experience, VMware
- Rob Kimm, Sr. IT Business Analyst, Medtronic, Inc.
- Madhu Mathew, Director of Technology, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
- Keith Schengili-Roberts, DITA Information Architect/ DITA Specialist, Ixiasoft
About
Amber Swope is an internationally-recognized expert on the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) who specializes in helping companies design and deliver compelling customer experiences.
Amber leverages her extensive information development experience to discover each company’s opportunities to leverage structured XML content to provide the right information at the right time to the right user. With her guidance, her clients create a clear vision for success and optimize their content to increase customer satisfaction, improve information quality, and reduce costs. As a mentor, Amber collaborates with the team to develop integrated support for authoring, storing, publishing, localizing, and delivering content.
In addition to co-authoring the “DITA Maturity Model,” Amber has authored numerous papers and articles on information design, development, and architecture, delivered webinars, and presented at leading industry conferences. Amber holds a Masters in Technical and Professional Writing and a Certificate in Computer Technical Writing from Northeastern University.
