Jane Bratun has been an information developer since 1980. She has worked at many of San Jose's high-tech companies, including 3Com and Nortel Networks. She is now Manager of Technical Publications at Xilinx.

Jane has a BA in Liberal Studies and an MA in English, with technical writing emphasis, from San Jose State University. She enjoys teaching part time for SJSU's Professional Development Department. Her relationship with the department and its students spans the last eleven years, and Jane delights in hearing student success stories.

Jane has a long association with the Society for Technical Communication, where she is a Senior Member. She has delivered presentations at regional and international conferences and judged and managed the northern California technical publications competition, managed the International Technical Art competition, and helped manage the Region 8 conference. In 1999, Jane received the Silicon Valley Distinguished Chapter Service Award for outstanding contributions to STC competitions and conferences.