Charles Stevenson Proposal Editor and Writer

Charles Stevenson
Tel 571-594-0560
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Proposal Editor and Writer: Available at This Time
Over 20 Years’ Experience in Business Development, Marketing, and Technical Publications
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Objective and Availability
Available at This Time for temp-to-perm and temporary work.
Objective: Stable, Permanent Employment in proposal, business, marketing, technical, or educational
publications development, editing, and writing in metro Washington, DC or Baltimore, Maryland.
My Recent Experience Includes a year of proposal coordination experience, with over six months as federal
sector proposal coordinator with Iron Mountain Government Services (IMGS), and five months of private sector
proposal coordination, domestic and international, with Verisign Inc.
Since 1990: I support proposal customers of all sizes and stages of development, including major companies
during periods of transition due to acquisition, rapid growth, complex partnerships, or standards-driven
corporate change. Experienced and comfortable in diversity and multicultural environments, and with
international customers.
Tools: Experienced with FTP, SharePoint, Documentum, DropBox, Acronis ActivEcho, Privia, and The BCI
Group's The Manager™ document movement and management tools. Microsoft Office. Use the Chicago 15th
Edition, GPO 2000, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and RFP-specific style guides. Complete home
office with current Windows and Mac tools.
List of work samples available on request.
US citizen; no clearance.
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Accomplishments as Proposal Developer, Private and Public Sectors
Coordinated proposal and process development and improvement for Iron Mountain Government Services
(IMGS), November 2009 into June 2010, and for Verisign Inc. from August through December 2012.
• Coordinated, edited, wrote for, and produced proposals during periods of companies’ marketing growth,
increased proposal output, process improvement, and departmental change.
• Wrote and edited for international customers in Northern Europe, the Middle East, and Australia.
• Coordinated winning recompete and original bids for Iron Mountain. Verisign results are still pending as
of spring 2013.
• Researched, edited, updated, and wrote non-proposal marketing materials for both companies.
Coordinated Iron Mountain’s successful bid for MOBIS certification.
• Updated, organized, and maintained proposal repositories in SharePoint for IMGS and Verisign.
• Established, improved, and maintained review and quality processes and procedures, including roles and
responsibilities, milestones, requirements, actions, desired outcomes, and follow-ups.
III. Four Major Recent Nonproposal Projects
• Reorganized and rewrote a major BPR report for HUD's Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO).
• Edited and QC/QA'ed complex 4G LTE broadband contract documents, including technical, performance,
governance, management and legal issues, for Lightsquared partnered with Nokia Siemens Networks.
• Edited and QA’ed a 100-plus-page Stage 2 Risk Assessment summary report for USAID and the Rwandan
Ministry of Health.
• Edited a 100-page data, video, and voice communications Technical Master Plan for the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) at St. Elizabeth's.
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IV. Experience Summary
• Proposal, Task Order, and Major RFP Work: Bids, ID/IQ and task order (TO) work for DDoS
mitigation, Internet infrastructure and security, records management and digitization, secure WANs, IT
systems development, declassification, law enforcement and security, intelligence, DoD, and commercial
wireless communications. Write for domestic and international business audiences.
• Tasks: Coordinate, research, write, edit, review, and format documents. Interview technical, marketing
and management SMEs; review resulting drafts with them. Integrate input from multiple authors. Manage
and improve volume review cycle, QA, and version control. Analyze RFPs, RFIs, and SOWs for technical
and business requirements, instructions to offerors and evaluation factors. Coordinate the collection,
completeness and currency of original and "boilerplate" documents; write, edit, organize and categorize
boilerplate for repositories, and for specific bids. Verify RFP compliance. Perform document life cycle
process implementation and process improvement.
• Contents: Past performance, corporate capability, and key personnel resumes. Transition, small business,
technical and management plans. Executive and theme summary narratives. Compliance matrices. RFP
roadmap for enterprise-wide wireless upgrades, project guidelines, and scoring factors and weighting.
• Clients: Growing 8(a)s to large, global corporations that include L-3 Stratis, Verisign, Iron Mountain
Government Services, SAIC, STG, Verizon, Lockheed Martin, pre-Sprint Nextel, and PRC.
• Document Processes and Quality: Standardize and implement document procedures, formats,
vocabulary, acronyms and other conventions, including successful CMM levels 2 and 3 accreditation
audits. Implement and improve document version control, development life cycles and procedures.
Experienced with large, multi-file documents.
• Standards and Procedures for QA and Development: Developed and implemented document and work
product quality, standards, procedures, and maintenance, including successful preparation for customermandated CMM Levels 2 and 3 certifications.
V. Proposal Customers, from Growing 8(a) to Global Corporations
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Atlantic Research (ARC), Springfield, Virginia
CACI, Chantilly and Arlington, Virginia. and Elkridge, Maryland
CSC, Fort Worth, Texas and DoD Schools, Germany
Digital Systems Research, Arlington, Virginia
IBM Federal Systems, Manassas, Virginia
Innolog, McLean, Virginia
Iron Mountain Government Services, Ashburn, Virginia
ISN, Bethesda, Maryland
L-3 Stratis, Reston, Virginia
KPMG LLP, McLean, Virginia
Lockheed Martin, Reston, Virginia
Nextel, Reston, Virginia
Northrop Grumman IT, McLean, Virginia
PESystems, Herndon, Virginia
Planning Research (PRC), Reston, Virginia
PSC, Fairfax, Virginia
RSIS, McLean, Virginia
SAIC, McLean, Virginia
STG, Reston, Virginia
Temeku Technologies, Herndon, Virginia
Vangent, Inc., Arlington, Virginia
Verisign Inc., Reston, Virginia
Verizon Federal Network Systems, Ashburn, Virginia.
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BA in English, Franklin & Marshall College
Freshman year at Tokyo's International Christian University; majors in English and Asian Studies
International schools in Tokyo and Yokohama, throughout adolescence.
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VII. Proposal and Major Business Document Projects
(Other Publications Experience is Described in the Appendix, Available by Request)
July 2014
to Present
Technical and Proposal Writer and Editor, Audio Video Systems, Inc. (AVS), Chantilly, Virginia
Work closely with engineering and management SMEs; write and edit bid, sales, and marketing
documents for standard and for custom systems. Maintain and update document templates and
marketing materials. Suggest marketing directions and activities based on AVS’ strengths, the
current federal market for AV services, and the competitive broader AV industry environment.
June 2014
Proposal Editor and Writer, Columbia, Maryland
A part-time, temporary position writing compliance matrices and volume outlines for a civilian
federal proposal that went “no bid.”
June through Aug.
2013
Proposal/Technical Writer, L-3 Stratis, Reston, Virginia
Edited, formatted, and uploaded a large volume of federal IC bid resumes into the customer’s
repository within a large, mature environment of well-organized procedures and tools.
Six weeks,
Spring 2013
Proposal Editor and Writer, KPMG LLP, McLean, Virginia
Edited and formatted corporate resumes to match RFP requirements. Updated past performance
repository material.
Aug. 2012 to
Jan. 2013
Proposal Coordinator/Manager, Verisign Inc., Reston, Virginia
A five-month assignment coordinating, researching, editing, and otherwise preparing proposals for
this global Internet infrastructure firm as it multiplied its annual proposal output, bidding to
business customers in the US and internationally. Edited additional corporate customer-facing
business documents as needed. Upgraded and maintained proposal repository in SharePoint.
Conducted process development and improvement.
May, June 2012
Proposal Resume Analyst/Editor, SOS Inc., Reston, Virginia
Analyzed, edited, and formatted linguist resumes for a large DEA bid; evaluated and scored
candidates' experience and credentials. Performed copy edits and QA for narrative sections.
March 2012
Editor, Risk Assessment Report, Remotely for Deloitte in Behalf of USAID and the Rwandan
Ministry of Health
Edited a 100-plus-page Stage 2 Risk Assessment summary report for the Ministry, focused on the
Kabgayi School of Nursing and Midwifery (KSNM). Public Financial Management, or PFM, areas
included Budgetary Systems, Budget Execution, Procurement, Human Resources and Payroll,
Ordering and Payment of Invoices, Information Technology, and Control Environment.
Jan. 2012
Proposal Editor, Remotely for Jim Bos LLC - Sustainable Elevator Consulting, Plano, Texas
Performed edits and QA for a proposal to the Transportation Research Board of the National
Academies regarding airport elevators and escalators.
Since Nov. 2011 Proposal Editor on Call, Remotely for CSC, Fort Worth, Texas and DoD Schools, Germany
Edited proposal materials for legacy aircraft maintenance at NASA, and for the National Data Buoy
Center (NDBC); edited an IT white paper for DoD Dependent Schools, Europe.
Sept., Oct. 2011 Proposal Editor/Writer, Vangent, Inc./General Dynamics IT, Arlington, Virginia
Edited and rewrote executive summary, technical section, key personnel resumes and past
performance for bids to the University of California and OPM; other material as required.
July 25, 2011
Proposal Editor, Indus Corp., McLean, Virginia
Edited key personnel resumes and other materials as required.
June 29 to July 8,
2011
Writer-Editor, Business Process Reengineering, Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC, Rosslyn,
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Virginia, for HUD
Reorganized and rewrote the 150-page Business Process Reengineering report, The Future State of
Acquisition at HUD, for HUD's Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, or OCPO. The report
focused on research, findings, the business case for change, recommendations, and a high level
implementation plan.
Jan. 10 to 12,
2011
Proposal Editor, CACI, Elkridge, Md. and Arlington, Virginia
Edited key personnel resumes, small business and transition plans for DoD proposals.
Sept. 2010 to
Jan. 2011
Contract Documents Editor, QC and QA, LightSquared, Reston, Virginia
Sole editor on a team creating 1,000-plus pages of contract documents for a very large 4G LTE
satellite and terrestrial wireless broadband deployment teamed with Nokia Siemens Networks, with
emphasis on complex and detailed performance, technical, governance, management and legal
issues. Coordinated the documents' review cycle on SharePoint.
Nov. 2009 to
June 2010
Proposal Coordinator, Editor, Writer, Iron Mountain Government Services (IMGS), Ashburn,
Virginia
Performed a number of roles in this six-months-plus assignment, working in close cooperation with
marketing and management colleagues locally, and at IM corporate headquarters.
• Coordinated the activities and deliverables for the overall team, including management, service
area marketing, SME, writing, and production and delivery personnel.
• Analyzed incoming RFPs and RFQs for the requirements for planning, preparing and
scheduling the bid. Prepared, maintained and distributed detailed bid compliance and
component milestone checklists, identifying and. Identified and collected standard
components, such as subcontracting plans and ORCA certification. Monitored project status
and the team's compliance with these requirements, following up on schedule slippage as
needed, as the bid evolved.
• Determined and prepared for production and delivery, electronic, hardcopy, or both. Focused
on the document's visual quality and elegance, as well as accuracy and completeness of
contents. Coordinated printing and delivery with the vendor Mimeo.Com.
• Maintained the SharePoint proposal repository.
• Coordinated and performed process improvement, document QC and QA, editing, formatting,
review and version control of original and "boilerplate" documents. Specialties: Key personnel
resumes, past performance materials, and corporate capabilities by NAICS code.
• RESULTS: Prepared bids to organizations including FDIC, SSA, NSA, VA, the US Navy;
coordinated IMGS' bid for MOBIS certification. Won repeat and original business. Performed
process development and improvement.
Aug.13, 2009
Proposal Editor, STG, Reston, Virginia
July 2009
Proposal Resume Writer, General Dynamics IT (GDIT), Chantilly, Virginia
Researched, wrote and edited intelligence community key personnel resumes for intelligence
educator and logistics personnel. Interviewed candidates in detail by phone; wrote and edited
resumes; included candidate and management comments.
May 11 to 19,
2009
Proposal Editor, Temeku Technologies, Herndon, Virginia
Edited and formatted the technical and cost volumes, including BOEs, for a bid to the US Coast
Guard. Managed document review, CM, version control and QA.
Feb. 23, 24, 2009 Proposal Editor, Northrop Grumman IT, McLean, Virginia
Edited and organized key personnel resumes and past performance narrative for a bid to the US
Army Corps of Engineers.
Sept. 1, 2, 2008
Proposal Editor, STG, Reston, Virginia
Joined a last-minute, two-day surge team for editing proposal narrative and key personnel candidate
resumes for a global payroll management IT system bid to the Department of State.
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May to July 2008 Proposal Researcher and Writer, SAIC, Vienna, Virginia
Researched and wrote past performance technical response theme narrative and checked RFP
compliance for management, technical and transition responses of a document declassification bid
to the intelligence community. Wrote appendix summaries for an enterprise IT development bid to
the FDA. Researched, organized, and wrote key personnel resumes.
Nov. 2007 into
Jan. 2008
Proposal Researcher and Writer, TKC Technical, Fairfax, Virginia
Researched, wrote, edited and organized corporate past performance contract and task order
information to enhance speed, accuracy and completeness of repository search and retrieval.
Oct. 2006
Proposal Writer and Editor, Verizon FNS, Ashburn and Reston, Virginia
Researched and wrote past performance and key personnel resume material for large classified US
government communications and networks.
Oct. to Dec.
2005
Writer/Proposal Writer, MVM Inc., Vienna, Virginia
Wrote and edited past performance, key personnel, and capability proposal copy for federal
government physical security and law enforcement bids, domestic and international.
Sept. 2005
Proposal Writer and Editor, Calnet Inc., Reston, Virginia
Wrote and edited proposal copy for overseas Homeland Security activities.
June 2005
Proposal Writer and Editor, RS Information Systems, Inc. (RSIS), McLean, Virginia
Researched, wrote and edited prospective partners' past performance and key personnel materials.
Sept. to Dec.
2004
RFP Writer, Pre-merger Nextel Communications, Reston, Virginia
A contract position in a complex team organization that developed a large wireless RFP in a
dynamic environment. Performed research, formatting, editing, version control, and QA for the
vendor roadmap development module. Weighted and prioritized individual questions and
requirements. Edited and maintained the Scoring Guidelines and Procedures guide. In other
activities, managed iterations of comments and changes for business negotiation documents, and
wrote management process presentation materials.
Aug. 2003
Proposal Writer and Editor, INNOLOG, McLean, Virginia
Winter 1995-96
Proposal Writer, PESystems, Herndon, Virginia
Summer 1995
Proposal Editor, Lockheed Martin, Reston, Virginia
Summer 1994
Proposal Writer / Editor, Digital Systems Research, Arlington, Virginia;
Proposal Writer / Editor / Production, Proposal Factory and PSC, Fairfax, Virginia
Summer 1993
Proposal Writer, Federal Data Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland
Sept. 1992
Proposal Editing and Production, PRC, McLean, Virginia
Aug. 1992
Proposal Writer, Proposal Factory and Atlantic Research (ARC), Springfield, Virginia
July 1992
Proposal Writer, Centel Federal Systems, Reston, Virginia
June, July 1991
Proposal Editor, IBM Federal Systems, Manassas, Virginia
Winter 1988-89
Proposal Writer and Graphics Author, The Proposal Factory, for ISN, Bethesda, Maryland
Aug.1987
Proposal Copy Editor, Honeywell FSO, Herndon, Virginia
Non-Proposal Technical Publications Work History
Available on Request in the Appendix
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Appendix:
Contract Proposal and Technical Document Coordinator, Writer and Editor
Technical Publications Work History
March 2012
Technical Editor, Remotely for Deloitte in Behalf of USAID and the Rwandan Ministry of Health
Edited and QC’ed a 100-plus-page Stage 2 Risk Assessment summary report for the Ministry, focused
on the Kabgayi School of Nursing and Midwifery, or KSNM. Public Financial Management, or PFM,
areas included Budgetary Systems, Budget Execution, Procurement, Human Resources and Payroll,
Ordering and Payment of Invoices, Information Technology, and Control Environment.
June 29 to
July 8, 2011
BPR Writer, Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC, Rosslyn, Va., for HUD
Reorganized and rewrote the 150-page Business Process Reengineering report, The Future State of
Acquisition at HUD, for HUD's Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, or OCPO. The report
focuses on research, findings, the business case for change, recommendations, and a high level
implementation plan in the five key areas of Organization and Management Structure, Workforce and
Training, Policy, Processes, and Information Technology.
Mar. 21 to
Apr. 15, 2011
Technical Writer and Editor, Windward ITS, Herndon, Va.
Documented a series of workflow procedures for automated cloud computing virtual and physical
machine provisioning and management. Supported developers from Windward and CA
Technologies.
Sept. 2010 to
Jan. 2011
Editor, QC and QA, LightSquared, Reston, Va.
Served as the sole editor on a team creating 1,000-plus pages of contract documents for a very large
4G LTE satellite and terrestrial wireless broadband deployment with Nokia Siemens Networks, with
emphasis on complex and detailed performance, technical, governance, management and legal issues.
Coordinated the documents' review cycle on SharePoint. Created, edited and maintained
presentations in PowerPoint.
Sept.14 to 29,
2009
Technical Editor, iGov, McLean, Va.
Edited the complex, 100 page data, voice, and video communications Technical Master Plan for the
DHS HQ campus at St. Elizabeth's, detailing security and virtualization issues, advantages,
requirements and technologies.
Oct. and Nov.
2008
Technical Writer and Editor, Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.
Edited and organized Performing Loans keystroke procedures for Freddie Mac; updated them on The
BCI Group's "The Manager"™ repository tool suite.
Jan. into
Mar. 2007
Technical Writer, WRSystems Ltd., Fairfax, Va.
Wrote Deltek Costpoint payroll procedures for both fulltime and occasional users, enabling
WRSystems to satisfy DCAA audit requirements while qualifying for additional federal contracts.
June to Sept.
2006
Technical Writer, Northrop Grumman Health Solutions, Chantilly, Va.
Created and maintained documents for developers, installers and users of US military medical care IT
systems worldwide, in a department undergoing post-acquisition organizational change. Member of a
four-person team working to standardize formats and procedures for document development.
Feb. 2006
Technical Writer, EyakTek, with Windward CG and AC Technologies, Dulles, Va.
Documented the pre-installation setup of WAN server enclaves for the US Navy's SPAWAR.
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June, July
2004
Technical Writer, CSSI, Bethesda, Md.
Developed document standards and procedures and introduced Reader Focused Writing (RFW) and
the federal government's Plain Language Initiative in this small ISO 9001 shop. Wrote and edited
contract deliverables.
Feb. 2004
Technical Writer and Editor, NTT Verio, N. Springfield, Va.
Call center procedures for a post-acquisition international enterprise customer support center.
Dec. 2001 to
Mar. 2002
Writer and CMM Level 2 Librarian, Bart & Associates, Inc., Bethesda, Md.
Created and began populating an online library for this small 8(a) firm's successful CMM Level 2
bid.
1998 to 2001
QA Analyst and Writer, Lockheed Martin Technical Services, Woodlawn, Md.
Document QA and QC for a group of 25 managers reporting to SSA counterparts during this shop’s
successful preparation for CMM Level 3 certification. Advised experienced developers and project
managers on new documentation standards, procedures and shortcuts. Reviewed and edited
additional Lockheed Martin work products, documents and presentations as the need arose.
1997 to ‘98
Technical and HTML Writer, Sylvan Learning Systems, Baltimore, Md.
Designed, wrote, and maintained successive versions of the Help Desk Procedures Guide for tech
support phone center personnel, on and off line. On own initiative, launched Sylvan's "Brown Bag"
seminars.
Writer / Editor, Ernst & Young, Bethesda, Md.
Documented a financial management software package; reviewed and validated user procedures and
online help files.
1996
ECP Writer, GTSI, Chantilly, Va.
Reports documenting IC4I Ethernet LAN components’ compliance with specs for the USAF.
Series of Very Short Assignments, Including:
1. Technical Writer, Red Cross, Rosslyn, Va.
Edited and maintained procedures for tracking and reporting on contaminated blood supplies.
2. Technical Writer, NPRI, Fairfax, Va.
Edited and maintained training procedures for the Mellon Bank's phone center.
Technical Writer, Moffett, Larson & Johnson (MLJ), Arlington, Va.
HW and SW manuals for cellular and wireless engineering.
Technical Publisher, TRW, Greenbelt, Md.
For a high-pressure, mixed transitional team contract startup with Goddard Space Flight Center, set
up and maintained the tech library and its online catalog. Drafted and implemented formatting
guidelines and templates for QA and production of TRW deliverables, and procedures for document
traffic with the customer.
Technical Writer / Editor, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Columbia, Md.
Re-wrote “raw” technical translations from Japanese into useable English.
Technical Writer, Trident Document Systems, Landover, Md.
User documentation for tracking FDA status of pharmaceutical products.
1993
Technical Writer, Baltimore Gas & Electric, Baltimore, Md.
Reference manuals and online help for custom business and marketing applications in Gupta and
PowerBuilder.
1992
Technical Writer, LaDorn Systems, Landover, Md.
Production QA and security procedures and auditable forms for handling confidential GSA material.
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Technical Writer, Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
LAN and WAN installation survey documents.
Technical Writer, Bell Atlantic Telephone, Greenbelt, Md.
User manual for a CLIPPER-based production scheduling system.
Technical Writer, Power Computing, Fairfax Va.
Documents for a Novell LAN at Headquarters, Army Corps of Engineers.
1991
Presentation Graphics Author, Battelle Crystal City, Va.
Designed, created, and edited management briefings and presentations supporting Navy CALS.
Technical Writer, Intelsat, Washington, DC.
Assembled and edited a computer systems spec for satellite traffic planning and management.
Technical Editor, IBM Federal Systems, Bethesda, Md.
Edited user and system documentation for BookManager READ/MVS, an online document system.
1989-90
Standards Analyst/Technical Writer, RoadNet/UPS, Timonium, Md.
Researched, developed, and published employee orientation and user procedures for email, telephone,
hypertext and other systems for UPS’ dedicated client-server startup in Timonium, Md. Documented
the SW development life cycle and QA standards, guidelines and forms, hardcopy and on line.
1987-88
Presentations and Graphics, Grumman Space Station PSC, Reston, Va.
Created engineering and management briefing packages, reports, functional schematics, tables, and
statistical graphics for engineering, management, government, and congressional audiences.
1987
Technical Writer, Institute for Modern Procedures, Alexandria, Va.
Researched and created user manuals for an inventory management system conversion.
1986-87
Technical Writer / Editor, USPS, Lanham, Md.
Researched, wrote, and maintained new and existing user documentation for USPS nationwide.
1986
Technical Writer, Engineering Research Associates, Vienna, Va.
Researched and produced manuals for five levels of user for USAF's Sentinel Bright I, a CBI system
for cryptologic linguists.
1984-85
Technical Writer / Editor, Calculon Corp., Germantown, Md.
Wrote system user, training, and maintenance manuals for DOE.
1983-84
Technical Writer / Trainer, Kinton, Inc., Bailey's Crossroads, Va.
• Created and validated ground combat subcourses for the US Army Corps of Engineers.
• Designed, researched, wrote, and produced a modular users desk guide for a secure global
database system for managing Army materiel. Wrote prescript for training video.
• Trained ADP-naive clerical users on line at National Institutes of Health (NIH) for DELPRO, a
large procurement management system; manned a user hotline for trainees. Shortened average
training period from five days to three days.
1982-83
Business Researcher / Writer, Design and Funding, Inc., Baltimore, Md.
Researched and wrote business feasibility studies and recommendations for proposed new products
and services.
1981-82
Resume Writer, American Resume Service, Springfield, Va.
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