Gillian Saltz
Technical Writer - Contractor at Onto Innovation
Bend, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGillian Saltz is a technical writer with a background in law who transforms complex software and hardware concepts into clear, usable documentation for engineers and operators. With three years in technical writing and contractor experience at Onto Innovation and Stoplight, she has produced 800+ pages across five product lines and supported API design and governance for developer-focused audiences. Her prior role as Senior Staff Attorney at a SaaS company honed her negotiation, contract drafting, and stakeholder collaboration skills, which she now leverages to build trust with engineers and SMEs. A philosophy-trained critical thinker, she quickly learns new technical domains—like semiconductors—to turn dense engineering drawings and safety requirements into practical manuals. Outside work she brings unexpected discipline and curiosity as a certified private pilot and amateur violinist, traits that show in her meticulous, user-centered documentation.
2 years of coding experience
B.A., Liberal Arts, B.A., Liberal Arts at St. John's College (NM)Carlsbad High SchoolPrivate Pilot, ASEL, Aircraft Pilot (Private), Private Pilot, ASEL, Aircraft Pilot (Private) at Flex AirDunn SchoolJuris Doctor (J.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.) at Tulane Law School
Github Skills (25)
xapi10
postman-collection10
validations10
api-blueprint10
swagger10
prism10
http-proxy10
mock-server10
oas10
api10
mocking10
postman10
openapi10
api-testing10
cli10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
stoplightio/prism
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Turn any OpenAPI2/3 and Postman Collection file into an API server with mocking, transformations and validations.
Contributions:3 reviews, 6 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 month
oasxapiapi-testingpostman-collectionmocking
stoplightio/spectral
Jun 2023 - Jul 2023
A flexible JSON/YAML linter for creating automated style guides, with baked in support for OpenAPI (v3.1, v3.0, and v2.0), Arazzo v1.0, as well as AsyncAPI v2.x.
Contributions:2 comments, 1 issue in 1 month
linteropenapi-specificationoasoasv3openapi
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