Contact Us
The people behind www.HAT-Matrix.com are:
- Char James-Tanny
- Jim Freeman
- Lisa Gielczyk
Char James-Tanny
Char is president of JTF Associates, Inc., and has more than 25 years of experience as a technical writer. She is well known in the Help community for her knowledge of online Help tools and concepts. She speaks frequently at conferences around the world on Help topics, cross-browser issues, and tool-specific functionality. Char has written two books on RoboHelp and numerous articles. Along with Brenda Huettner and Kit Brown, she co-authored Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools, due to be published in late 2006 by Wordware Publishing.
Char created the original Help Authoring Tool (HAT) Comparison Matrix, which was available from 2001 until November, 2006.
Char is an AuthorIT Certified Consultant, a senior member of STC’s Boston Chapter, and a 2007 Microsoft Help MVP. She is also the secretary of the Society for Technical Communication. Visit her web site at www.helpstuff.com. Her email is .
Jim Freeman
Jim Freeman runs JTF Hosting, a website design and hosting company that prides itself on providing personal service. He is also responsible for maintaining www.HAT-Matrix.com. Jim creates the initial pages for vendors, and adds the database records for trainers and consultants.
Contact Jim with questions and comments about the site at .
Lisa Gielczyk
Many Help authors will recognize Lisa G. as the former administrator of
TECHWR-L and FrameUsers.com. In the two years she held that position,
she communicated directly with many people in the Help industry (and even met a number of them), and looks forward to working with them in this new venue.
Contact Lisa if you want to purchase advertising, or if you are a vendor, trainer, or consultant who wants to add information to the database. Her email is .