Colin Walters
Retired at See cgwalters
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Walters is a seasoned technical communications professional with over a decade of experience designing and implementing single-source, structured content systems for complex enterprise hardware and software products. He has led information architecture, CMS and MadCap Flare deployments, localization workflows, and knowledge-base programs for companies including HP, Dell/EqualLogic, SimpliVity, Infinio, Analogic, and Omron Robotics. Known for bridging engineering, support, and product teams, he produces highly technical end-user and field documentation—installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and release notes—often accompanied by detailed technical illustrations. Colin’s background in psychology informs a user-centered approach to information design that reduces support costs and improves customer self-service. Based in Greater Boston, he now lists himself as retired but brings deep institutional knowledge in content reuse, XML authoring, and cross-functional documentation processes. An early adopter of structured writing and localization best practices, he has repeatedly turned legacy content into scalable, multilingual documentation ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
None - Xferred, Economics, None - Xferred, Economics at University of Wales, CardiffCaerphilly Grammar-Technical SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology at University of Reading
Welsh
Github Skills (48)
fedora10
seccomp10
jail10
solver10
centos10
opensuse10
chroot10
ostree10
atomic10
linux-containers10
package-manager10
operating-system10
gpg-signature9
sandbox9
deb9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
projectatomic/commissaire-mvp
Mar 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:53 PRs, 140 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
bootstrappinghostscluster-managementdockerkubernetes
projectatomic/commctl
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:11 PRs, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
command-linecommand-line-interfacecli
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