Andrew Burns
Senior Technical Writer Manager Of Technical Writing at U.S. General Services Administration
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Burns is a Senior Technical Writer and manager with over a decade of experience delivering user-focused documentation and multimedia eLearning for federal, corporate, and medical environments. At the U.S. General Services Administration he led technical writing teams, served as Editor-in-Chief for federally submitted content, and acted as a key liaison across agencies and contractors. He combines a rare mix of hands-on front-end contributions (including fixes to the well-known 18F GSA site) with deep instructional design skills using Adobe Captivate, RoboHelp, Camtasia and other tools. Holding both a Ph.D. in English and an MBA in Project Management, he pairs scholarly rigor with operational leadership to produce concise, compliant documentation at scale. His background as a Marine Corps NCO and field service technician informs a disciplined approach to quality assurance, safety, and technical troubleshooting.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), English, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), English at University of CanterburyBachelor of Science, Technical Management, Bachelor of Science, Technical Management at DeVry UniversityGraduate Studies, Graduate Studies at Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityGeneral Management Studies, Management Studies, Military Customs and Traditions, General Management Studies, Management Studies, Military Customs and Traditions at Marine Corps Institute
Github Skills (6)
html10
jekyll10
f9
federation9
css9
javascript8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
18F/18f.gsa.gov
Jun 2019 - Jul 2021
The 18F website
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 136 commits, 73 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Andrew's commits primarily focused on front-end development tasks, specifically addressing blog pagination issues by modifying the HTML structure and implementing correct pathing. Further contributions involved updating and merging different branches and updating dependencies. The user also made changes to various layouts and includes, demonstrating a hands-on approach to website development and maintenance. These changes point to work related to the overall structure and appearance of the 18F website.
federalistcssjavascript18f
apburnes/allpointsburnes
Aug 2017 - Sep 2021
My personal site
Contributions:39 commits, 33 PRs, 73 pushes in 4 years 1 month
reactnextjsgatsbyjs
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