All About Mathew Kundinger, Ph.D.
In the last few years my focus has shifted more and more to legal-technical consulting. My purpose is to provide services to my customers and clients that always meet or exceed the customers' needs and expectations. I provide very unique services, especially in the area of Legal-Technical Consulting I do not hesitate to say that am very good at what I am doing. You get what you pay for ... or, expressed differently, if you want great service, you can get it, but you have to pay for it. In the end, however, my services are incredibly cheap if you really understand what they do for you. They are an extremely critically important risk management function for your activities in the United States.
My Work Style When I take on a project, like the evaluation of a manual, I deliver the finished project on time, complete and for the agreed upon price. – Always. When I take on a project, there is one person doing the project: Me. One person who holds graduate level degrees in Law, Engineering and in Writing. You won’t hear excuses like “this was the fault of the engineer”, “the attorney misunderstood this function” or “.... but the writer used the English textbook translation for ....”. -- It is all in my hands and I am responsible for the whole project. I am proud of the work I do. My reputation is my guarantee for a good income next year and the year thereafter. I know how to build my reputation and how to preserve it. My reputation shines or crumbles based on the quality of the work I do today. If you want references, I will gladly furnish them upon request. My Education, Work Experience and Plans for the Future
I was born and raised in Germany. While going to school I started my first job as a dish
washer at the age of 15. At 16 I began to work as a waiter for several years, bought a brand new BMW motorcycle for my 18th birthday paid 100% from my own money and after
graduation from high school, the mandatory 15-month military service, and an almost
one year stint with Michelin Tire Corporation, where I was a traveling salesman, I
entered engineering school.
During my time at the Technical Institute of Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt, where I studied
Mechanical Engineering and graduated in 1982 with a Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) degree, which is equivalent to a Master’s Degree, I completed a four-month internship
with Mercedes-Benz, and supported myself by working many jobs from waiter, worker in
a foundry to truck driver and driver for handicapped children. So to speak I have done it all!
After graduation I returned to Mercedes-Benz, then moved to a manufacturer of
packaging machinery before I decided to follow my life long dream and emigrated to
California in 1984. After three years in the fields of office and bank automation I
changed careers and went to law school. I graduated second in my class with a
Juris Doctor degree from the University of West Los Angeles, a small but
fine law school, in 1991. In between I also devoted a lot of time and energy to my
passion: Writing. I obtained a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and my book
California - Here I come has sold out all three
printings.
I have been
practicing law I have thoroughly studied the new ANSI standard Z535.6, which I expect to become the "bible" for all people who write manuals for the U.S. market, and I have written a 85-page German language brochure on the subject entitled "US-Produkthaftung, Risikominderung durch Anleitungen" (US product liability, risk reduction through manuals), which can be ordered directly from my publisher GFT Verlag on-line. I also teach 2-day-seminars in Germany in which technical writers learn how manuals for the U.S. market have to be written to be usable, comprehensible and in compliance with the requirements of ANSI Z535.6. The emphasis is on the right structure of the manuals, proper terminology and, of course, the new ANSI standard Z535.6. Details about my seminars can be found on my German web site www.kundinger.de.
Don't hestitate to contact me!
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