The Team
This is a short summary of some of the team members. Click a name for more information.
Janet Basdell
Founder and Director. Janet is a highly experienced technical author. Before starting Plain Words she was involved in all aspects of documentation production as an author, editor, translator and documentation manager.
Peter Meherne
Director. Peter has a wealth of experience in IT as a systems analyst, project manager, trainer and course developer.
Giulia De Cesare
Senior Trainer. Giulia’s love of writing led her to become a writing skills trainer.
Alison Reeves
Senior Consultant and Trainer. Alison has developed and presented training courses for over 25 years. Alison's expertise includes developing on-line help systems, writing user guides and producing training course material.
Catherine O'Neill
Catherine has been working as a technical writer and trainer for 20 years: over ten of those with Plain Words.
Alison Peck
Alison has been a technical author since 1994 and training others has been a part of her life for nearly 25 years.
Jakki Bendell
Jakki is a writer and trainer.
Iain Harrison
Web Manager. Iain is an experienced technical author, web designer and developer. He looks after our web sites as well as developing useable and effective sites for clients.