About us

Synchronous Publications, LLC is a woman-owned small business (WOSB) with state, federal, and commercial experience in aviation engineering services, product support, training, technical proposals, and aviation technical writing.

Owner and CIO Melanie Schleeter McCalmont earned a M.Sci. In Life Science Communication and an M.Sci. in Communication Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Agile certifications and tools

  • Certified Agile Development Product Owner, 2013
  • Certified Agile UX Developer, 2015
  • UXC International Nielsen-Norman Group Usability Experience Certified (#1005412), 2014
  • Agile/scrum tools in use (selected list):
    • Team Foundation Server
    • VersionOne
    • Jira
    • Monday
    • SharePoint
    • AWS
    • Azure

Project Highlights

Our experience runs from commercial/general aviation to military contracting. Some our highlights and past performance include:

  • Airborne Internet for Major Air Carriers (technical manuals)
  • Japanese Air Force One Boeing 747SP
  • Sultan of Brunei Royal Fleet Airbus A340, A320, and A310
  • HH-60L Blackhawk helicopters
  • United States of America Open Skies OC-135B Treaty Observation Aircraft
  • United States of America C-20B (presidential staff and Department of Defense officials)
  • U.S. Air Force and NATO Joint Mission E-3B/C AWACS
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Border and Transportation Security Directorate (BTS) C-12C (border air interdiction)
  • U. S. Navy TACAMO E-6B Mercury (the survivable communications link between President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense)
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve Command C-141C Glass Cockpit