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Mandy Grover

Mandy Grover

Technical Writer & Editor / People & Content Manager
Austin,TX

Summary

I write all things: complex technology docs, engaging blog posts, API docs, open source docs, learning curriculum, conference presentations, and the strategies that drive these deliverables. I help people succeed. I'm a manager, a listener, and leader. I bring order to chaos, solutions to problems, and momentum to any room. I'm a planner for long-term objectives and short-term wins along the way. I'm not afraid to embrace the red. I'm always reading, always taking classes, always growing my skills. We're in this topsy-turvy world of tech together, so let's do cool stuff.

Work History

Manager, Technical Editorial Content

Google Cloud
06.2023 - Current
  • Accountable for multi-quarter objectives that exceeded planned expectations.
  • Delivers on ambitious deadlines through planning, team and cross-team leadership, and finding flexible solutions to get essential content published and helping customers.
  • Prioritizes team strengths to help the editing function run with minimal friction.
  • Collaborates with strategic partners to get work implemented.
  • Brings positivity and pragmatism in equal measure.
  • Sets others up for success through clear guidance, priority setting, and reinforcing processes that work, while reworking processes that don't.
  • Asks for feedback / gives feedback (timely, factual, fair, and growth oriented).

Senior Manager / Technical Content Architect IV

Indeed
09.2019 - 03.2023
  • Managed team of 10 technical writers, managers, and information architects building critical documentation for complex technologies and company initiatives.
  • Developed and led OKRs for technical writers, setting the short-term and long-term vision for content outcomes.
  • Managed documentation outcomes company-to-client messaging, payments, and internal / external API integrations.
  • Contributed critical documentation to Delivery Engineering and DevOps, Site Reliability, Programming Language Ecosystems, and Open Source to support internal developers.
  • Partnered with InnerSource to facilitate adoption of industry standard documentation templates across R&D.
  • Published external blog content through WordPress and Medium, and managed the engineering Twitter account and posting schedule.
  • Built frameworks to measure customer success - for both reporting and to facilitate iterative improvements to documentation.
  • Worked with third-party vendors and platforms (Stack Overflow, Atlassian, Google Cloud Search, ServiceNow, Moveworks) to improve internal content ecosystem for R&D.
  • Led cross-org / company-wide initiatives to educate internal customers on new technical content initiatives and technologies.

Senior Group Manager

NI, National Instruments
09.2018 - 09.2019
  • Managed team of 4 content strategist working to build adoption of a unified content model for technical writing at the company.
  • Reported progress and status updates to leadership and facilitated adoption of standards, rules, and style with internal teams.

Technical Content Architect II

Indeed
12.2015 - 09.2018
  • Authored and reviewed the first iteration of external API documentation for Indeed.
  • Documented complex technologies, including Indeed's open source projects Imhotep (large-scale analytics platform) and Boxcar (in-house RPC framework).
  • Worked closely with SMEs / developers to document projects and systems - helping to reduce duplication of effort and grow adoption of existing internal platforms.
  • Advocated for technical documentation and presented team impact at company-wide business meetings.

Group Manager

NI, National Instruments
02.2015 - 12.2015
  • Managed a team of 6 technical writers creating guided help and reference documentation for LabVIEW, the flagship software at NI.
  • Updated documentation for more than 300 nodes (graphical program language APIs).

Staff Technical Writer - Project Lead

NI, National Instruments
01.2013 - 01.2015

Primary writer for modules and toolkits, including:

  • LabVIEW GPU Analysis Toolkit
  • LabVIEW MathScript RT Module
  • LabVIEW 2012, 2013, and 2014
  • LabVIEW for myDAQ

I wrote and maintained tutorials, graphical APIs, conceptual information, and open source attributions / legal language.



Security Technical Writer

Texas State Health Services
10.2010 - 02.2011
  • Created documentation for IT security protocols in preparation for a state-wide audit.

Education

Master of Arts - Technical Communication

Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
05.2008 - 05.2010

Bachelor of Arts - English

Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, OK
05.2004 - 05.2007

Skills

    Technical Writing for Complex Technologies

Accomplishments

    Confluence Fundamentals Badge

    Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD)

Timeline

Manager, Technical Editorial Content

Google Cloud
06.2023 - Current

Senior Manager / Technical Content Architect IV

Indeed
09.2019 - 03.2023

Senior Group Manager

NI, National Instruments
09.2018 - 09.2019

Technical Content Architect II

Indeed
12.2015 - 09.2018

Group Manager

NI, National Instruments
02.2015 - 12.2015

Staff Technical Writer - Project Lead

NI, National Instruments
01.2013 - 01.2015

Security Technical Writer

Texas State Health Services
10.2010 - 02.2011

Master of Arts - Technical Communication

Texas State University
05.2008 - 05.2010

Bachelor of Arts - English

Northeastern State University
05.2004 - 05.2007

Publications

Co-authored the book "Investing in Open Source: The FOSS Contributor Fund"

Link: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/investing-in-open/9781098111915/


Promoted technical writing on the Sustain OSS Podcast

Listen at podcast.sustainoss.org/104

Tools / Technology

  • Confluence (Admin), Jira (Project Owner and Triage)
  • Wordpress
  • Medium
  • HTML, XML
  • DITA
  • Markdown
  • Git, GitHub, GitLab



Mandy GroverTechnical Writer & Editor / People & Content Manager