Ray Gallon
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Ray Gallon
- Name: Ray Gallon
- Member Status: Senior Member
- Current Community: France Chapter
- Current Professional Title: Global Software Technical Information Systems Designer
- Company: Carestream Dental, division of Carestream Health Inc.
- Company Location (City, State, or Country): Marne La Vallée (Paris region), France (HQ in Atlanta, GA).
- Member since: 1998
STC Service
- I currently serve on the Community Affairs Committee (CAC) where we are working on how to better serve STC communities
- I am CAC representative for non North American communities on the Global Audit Task Force working to ensure that our communication is truly international
- I have presented at Atlanta (officially) and Dallas (unofficially) Summits
Community Activities
- Current France Chapter president
- Chapter Education Outreach Manager, 2009, started mentoring program
- Frequent speaker at chapter conferences, including keynote
Awards
- Pacesetter Award for chapter (on admin. Council) 2010
- Award of excellence & best in show, STC trans-Europe competition 2006
- Award of merit, STC France competition, 2001
Education
- Course in human-machine interface design, Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Métiers (Paris)
- BA stage design, University of Alberta
- 3 years in Sociology of Communication, Case Western Reserve University
Professional Affiliations
- CS Paris (new Content Strategy group)
- Electronic Networking Association (program co-chair)
- American Music Center (director)
- ACTRA writers’ guild (vice president)
Honors and Awards
- Numerous grants from the Canada Council, NEA
- 3 Armstrong Awards (radio – U.S.)
- 2 ACTRA award nominations (radio – Canada)
Professional Experience
As technical communicator I’ve worked with companies such as G.E. Healthcare, Alcatel, ILOG-IBM, in roles as lead writer and project manager. Very often I’ve been called on to take a role bridging our profession with another, e.g. usability, marketing, business analysis, and what is now called content strategy. My present job puts me at the center of all of these, and more.
Before getting into technical communication, I worked with some early networking companies such as The Source and CompuServe, and was active in the Electronic Networking Association where I served as program co-chair. I got into the profession via the media, especially radio. I have worked as a journalist for CBC and NPR radio networks, and served as program manager of WNYC-FM, New York City’s public radio station. I have also produced for European radios in France, Germany and Holland.
I’ve always taught communications in parallel, including at NYU, Université de Paris VII and Université de Montpellier III.
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