Maui Smith
Bethesda
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Writer
Boomi
Conshohocken
05.2022 - Current
- Collaborated with engineering teams to produce product release notes and documentation
- Worked in a docs-as-code workflow using Github and Sourcetree
- Leveraged feedback from users to enhance documentation effectiveness.
Technical Writer Intern
Hypertherm
Hanover
05.2021 - 05.2022
- As an intern on Hypertherm's Technical Publications team, I worked to produce brandstandard compliant booklets detailing the proper recycling instructions for Hypertherm products in Adobe inDesign.
Technical Writer Co-Op
ANSYS
06.2019 - 08.2020
- My responsibilities as a Technical Writer Co-Op included writing new user-facing tutorials for software release, working with subject matter experts, 3D modeling parts in ANSYS Workbench & ANSYS Additive, and updating old documentation for accuracy.
Engineering Intern
Rockwell Automation
06.2016 - 08.2018
- Over three summers I increased efficiency in factory controller safety test script automation by creating a class of essential functions, designed a UI for a 3D Pong Box, and created look-up tables for drivers written in C to standardize communications between Ethernet PHYs & microcontrollers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh05.2022
Master of Arts - Poetry
Hood College
Frederick, MDSkills
- Structured authoring (Markdown, Oxygen)
- GitHub, GitExtensions, SourceTree
- Adobe inDesign
- Camtasia & Snagit
- Agile SCRUM
- Working with SMEs and engineers
- Technical Writing, proofreading, & editing
- Time management
- Digital content strategy
- API documentation / Postman
- Basic SQL
- Basic Docusaurus
Timeline
Technical Writer
Boomi
05.2022 - Current
Technical Writer Intern
Hypertherm
05.2021 - 05.2022
Technical Writer Co-Op
ANSYS
06.2019 - 08.2020
Engineering Intern
Rockwell Automation
06.2016 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Information Science
University of Pittsburgh
Master of Arts - Poetry
Hood College