My Journey

Work Experience

A timeline of my professional journey and skills.

Skillset

Experience

Senior Technical Writer 04/2023 - Present

Cloudflare

  • Engineered a 21% increase in positive user sentiment for the Fundamentals documentation, achieving a 92% satisfaction rating and driving direct product adoption, by overhauling the How Cloudflare Works section and launching a strategic "Get Started" onboarding entry point.
  • Exponentially increased video content visibility by 3,378%, driving massive engagement within the Cloudflare One documentation space, by strategically migrating the SASE video series from isolated Learning Paths to contextual in-product documentation.
  • Elevated the performance and efficiency of junior team members, improving project turnaround times and stakeholder relations, by providing structured mentorship on ticket management, workflow organization, and conflict resolution.
  • Optimized the Durable Objects product experience, securing buy-in and alignment across PM, Engineering, and Dev teams, by spearheading a targeted in-product workflow workshop to resolve critical technical pain points.
  • Boosted developer documentation engagement by over 61%, driving record page views for the Cloudflare One space, by developing and executing a strategic video-embedding framework for technical content.
  • Accelerated the video production lifecycle by 50%, reducing the stakeholder review and approval window from one month to two weeks, by developing a custom Gemini-powered "Gem" for automated video script generation.
  • Architected the design strategy for a new learning platform, delivering a high-fidelity prototype and actionable development roadmap, by conducting an AI-driven competitive analysis with OpenCode and building a functional mockup using Windsurf.

Technical Writer 11/2020 - 03/2023

Cloudflare

  • Strengthened the Product Content Experience (PCX) team strategy, establishing a unified technical taxonomy and conceptual framework, by architecting the comprehensive Domain Model for the team's content ecosystem.
  • Standardized the developer experience across the API ecosystem, ensuring consistency for endpoints and parameters, by authoring and implementing API content strategy guidelines.
  • Formalized Cloudflare's automated emails, ensuring consistency across dashboard notifications, by creating email template guidelines for all auto-generated user emails.
  • Spearheaded the 2023 PCX internship recruitment cycle, successfully hiring a top candidate after screening over 200+ applicants, by managing the end-to-end process from initial outreach to final selection.
  • Increased monthly traffic to the R2 documentation by 18,000+ views, representing a significant SEO boost, by leading an R2 in-product workflow workshop to overhaul existing content.

Principal Technical Writer 04/2019 - 11/2020

Blackbaud

  • Created help content for Blackbaud's Stache, a documentation as code tool.
  • Supported software engineers by creating documentation for Blackbaud's SKY UX open source user experience framework.
  • Empowered larger tech writing team by providing training and best practices for using Git.
  • Promoted product adoption by creating high visibility teaser videos, with the most notable including a video used by Blackbaud's CEO at Blackbaud's 2019 bbcon.
  • Accelerated user adoption of Raiser's Edge NXT, increasing product engagement through the delivery of multi-persona self-guided tours, by designing interactive preview workflows tailored to specific user roles.

Senior Technical Writer 04/2016 - 03/2019

Blackbaud

  • Supported the launch of Luminate Beta by creating a PDF Get Started guide using Adobe InDesign and created a teaser video using Camtasia Studio.
  • Created and owned the Lists content for Luminate Beta and tracked usage with Google Analytics.
  • Assisted in updating legacy PDF content for different sections of Blackbaud CRM.
  • Modernized the documentation infrastructure for 50+ projects, achieving 100% migration from legacy Team Foundation Server to Git, by executing a full-scale transition into Visual Studio.
  • Presented at MadCap's MadWorld conference on choosing the best source control option for your needs and how to use MadCap's Analyzer tool.
  • Created training videos for the new incident management process rolled out to the entire engineering team.

Technical Writer II 04/2014 - 03/2016

Blackbaud

  • Moved into lead writer role for Luminate Online's TeamRaiser.
  • Facilitated a regional technical transition for the Austin documentation team, achieving 100% migration of Luminate Beta content from legacy TFS to GitHub, by leading an end-to-end source control strategy and team training.
  • Assisted in updating legacy PDF content for different sections of Blackbaud CRM.
  • Maintained team operational continuity during a major source control transition, reducing potential downtime via a centralized WordPress troubleshooting hub, by authoring targeted technical guides for the writing team.

Technical Writer I 04/2013 - 03/2014

Blackbaud

  • Created online help content with MadCap Flare to support administrators of Blackbaud's Luminate Online TeamRaiser product. Additional deliverables included new feature graphics, release notes, and videos.
  • Recorded audio and created videos in Camtasia Studio to showcase new features for Luminate Online and Luminate CRM product releases.
  • Assisted in updating legacy PDF content for different sections of Blackbaud CRM.
  • Enhanced help-content accessibility and successfully migrated hundreds of legacy Luminate Online files by executing a full-scale transition into MadCap Flare to generate responsive HTML content.