Ashley Tam
Associate Technical Writer
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAshley Tam is an Associate Technical Writer with 11 years of cross-functional experience blending technology, business, and marketing to translate complex technical concepts into clear, user-focused content. Based in New York, she currently writes developer-facing documentation at Cockroach Labs after roles spanning fintech at Wealthsimple, content and social strategy at MedStack, and project coordination at large tech firms like Akamai and BlackBerry. Her background in web development and commerce, coupled with early experience in M&A and marketing, gives her a rare mix of product intuition and operational rigor. Passionate about entrepreneurship and social impact, she brings a systems-level perspective that helps teams align documentation, product strategy, and customer outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Pre-IB, Pre-IB at St. Francis Xavier Secondary SchoolOntario Secondary School Diploma (Ontario Scholar), Ontario Secondary School Diploma (Ontario Scholar) at The Woodlands Secondary SchoolRoyal Conservatory of MusicToronto Metropolitan UniversityWeb Development, Web Development at Bitmaker
Chinese, Chinese, English
Github Skills (22)
cockroachdb10
arangodb10
documentation10
database10
sql7
sql-database6
distributed-database5
go5
mining5
spotify-api5
mysql5
postgresql5
kubernetes4
distributed-systems4
api4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ashleykwtam/cockroachdbdocs
Sep 2022 - Oct 2023
CockroachDB user documentation
Contributions:253 pushes, 119 branches in 1 year
databasecockroachdbuser-documentation
ashleykwtam/theodinproject
May 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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