Chris Metz
Tech Writer Cloud Native
Danville, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Metz is a tech writer and solutions architect with a decade of experience translating cloud-native networking, SDN, and VPP-based CNF projects into clear, production-ready documentation and developer experiences. He blends hands-on engineering—contributing front-end fixes to the high-profile Kubernetes website—with program-level architecture work at Cisco, where he led cloud native, SDN, IPv6 transition, V2X and blockchain proofs-of-concept. Comfortable embedded with engineering and product teams, he has built project websites, authored OpenAPI definitions, and published CNF performance research while managing international engineering interns. His unique hybrid background means he not only documents complex systems but shapes APIs, UI designs, and developer workflows to accelerate adoption. Based in Danville, CA, he brings a 360-degree view of customer, content and technical insight that consistently tightens delivery timelines and broadens reach.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics at Rollins College
Github Skills (2)
javascript10
mermaid10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes/website
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
Kubernetes website and documentation repo:
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:60 reviews, 28 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Chris fixed rendering issues specifically related to Mermaid diagrams on the ingress page of the Kubernetes website. This involved modifications to the `mermaid.min.js` file, indicating direct interaction with the code responsible for rendering diagrams. Additionally, there are multiple commits upgrading the mermaid version, improving functionality. The user also contributed with general website maintenance, merging branches and fixing issues.
kubernetes
CiscoDevNet/OpenDaylight-Openflow-App
Dec 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:35 commits, 15 pushes in 8 months
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