Proprietor

Graham Dowden is the director of Skybrook Technical Writing.

As a technical writer he has had the privilege of reading 100,000 lines of C++ without writing one, and writing 100,000 lines of HTML using vi. He remembers the days when 2M was a large hard disk and a VT-100 was a real terminal, but is not pining for the past.

Prior to working as a technical writer in various permanent positions at Jtec, Clear Technology, ICI (now Orica) and Telectronics, he was a biochemist working in the field of cell-surface proteins and cancer research at:

• The Bill Walsh Cancer Research Laboratories at Royal North Shore Hospital
• The University of Sydney Department of Medicine at Westmead Hospital
• The Leukemia Research Fund (London)

In these roles he co-authored several scientific papers.

His formal qualifications are a BSc from Macquarie University, an MAppSc from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a Diploma in Biblical Studies with First Class Honours from Moore Theological College.

He is a current member of the Australian Society for Technical Communication and a long lapsed member of MENSA. He held an Australian Federal Police security clearance in 1999-2000.

Graham's interests include:

• Bushwalking and birdwatching in the National Parks around Sydney, the Kimberley, and elsewhere
• The botany of the Kimberley and the Sydney basin, where his pursuits have led to discoveries of numerous populations of rare plants, with contributions to the Hornsby Shire Council Herbarium, Atlas of NSW Wildlife, and Western Australian Herbarium.
• Cycling, in particular the Audax Alpine Classic, which he has completed 11 times
• Intermittent episodes of photography, art and poetry

Please ask him for a quote, his CV, or anything else you would like to know.