Colleen Mcginnis
Documentation Lead
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColleen Mcginnis is a documentation and developer experience leader with 11 years of experience shaping technical content and teams for mapping and developer platform products. She has led documentation strategies at Mapbox and Elastic and now heads documentation at Watershed, blending technical writing, front-end chops, and people management to make APIs and SDKs easier to use. Her contributions to the popular mapbox-gl-js open-source library show hands-on front-end work—building interactive examples like polygon area tools and game-like controls that improve real user workflows. Trained in sustainable design and front-end development, she brings a human-centered approach to complex technical problems, turning dense APIs and data into accessible guides and visual stories.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Sustainable Design, Master of Science (MS) Sustainable Design at The University of Texas at AustinFront end web development, Front end web development at General AssemblyBA Architecture Environmental Science, BA Architecture Environmental Science at Miami UniversityCertificate in Sustainable Urban Design, Certificate in Sustainable Urban Design at Archeworks
Github Skills (13)
webgl10
maps10
javascript10
maplibre-gl10
mapbox-gl10
typescript-types9
documentation9
3d9
typescript9
typescripts9
css8
html8
ui-design8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
mapbox/mapbox-gl-js
Aug 2016 - Mar 2019
Interactive, thoroughly customizable maps in the browser, powered by vector tiles and WebGL
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 16 commits, 46 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Colleen focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the `mapbox-gl-js` repository, a JavaScript library for interactive maps. They contributed by fixing existing UI components and creating new examples, such as a polygon area calculation tool and game-like map controls. The contributions included modifications to the documentation and examples, indicating a focus on user experience and improved map interaction.
vector-tilestilesmonorepobrowsermapbox
colleenmcginnis/apm-server
Feb 2022 - Apr 2025
APM Server
Contributions:58 pushes, 52 branches in 3 years 2 months
javaapm-serverapm
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