TechPubs, LLC

TechPubs, LLC is a technical publications and training content company in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded by Mario N. Hallphone, who has more than 30 years in technical writing, multimedia, translation of technical documentation and integrated logistics support (ILS), with his daughter Ifat Halfon as CEO and Marketing Director. Its customers include government projects and high-tech companies.

Services

• Operator's manuals, user guides and flight manuals
• Maintenance manuals from level A to depot level
• Illustrated Parts Breakdown (IPB)
• Interactive electronic technical manuals
• HTML and SGML documentation, website design and programming
• Technical training material: instructor and trainee manuals, video presentations and interactive online training
• Translation of technical documentation

Aviation work

TechPubs says it has produced six interactive multimedia training courses and hundreds of thousands of pages for airline technicians, as well as an interactive special training program for pilots that includes flight simulation. Engineers on its team work as technical writers and instructional designers, combining text, graphics, animation, video and simulation.

Company facts

• More than 1,000,000 new pages produced for defense, commercial and industrial customers during the founder's career
• Quality assurance to ISO 9002
• Co-developed the American Sign Language Dictionary CD-ROM and book with HarperCollins, winner of a 1995 CODIE award
• Agricultural science courseware in English, Spanish and Portuguese used by the USDA