Joanne Hendrickson
Technical Writer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoanne Hendrickson is a Senior Technical Writer with eight years of focused experience crafting documentation for Microsoft products, specializing in migration tools, SharePoint, and Teams. Based in Seattle, she combines an English BA and an MBA to translate complex technical workflows into clear, user-centered content. At Microsoft she contributed to the high-profile OfficeDocs-SharePoint repository, improving migration guidance, release notes, and Acrolinx-driven content quality. Her work reflects a strong attention to detail—fixing styling issues, adding practical user log examples, and enforcing editorial standards that reduce customer friction during migrations. Comfortable working with engineering teams and product managers, she turns technical nuance into actionable documentation that helps enterprise customers succeed. Colleagues rely on her blend of editorial rigor and domain knowledge to make dense platform features approachable.
8 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English at University of WashingtonMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Seattle University
Github Skills (8)
content-model10
web-content10
documentation10
migration10
technical-writing10
markdown-it9
markdown9
doc8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MicrosoftDocs/OfficeDocs-SharePoint
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
SharePoint Server, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:2 reviews, 5330 commits, 209 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Joanne's primary contributions revolve around documentation updates within the repository, specifically focusing on the "migration" directory. Their commits include fixing styling issues in Mover release notes and adding a user log example file. Additionally, they are involved with updates and changes related to the Acrolinx configuration, which suggests a focus on content quality and adherence to specific guidelines.
mvldocspower-platformofficedocssharepointonedrive-for-business
JoanneHendrickson/sp-dev-docs
Jun 2019 - Oct 2023
SharePoint Developer Documentation
Contributions:14 PRs, 165 pushes, 25 branches in 4 years 4 months
sharepointdeveloper-documentationdeveloper-tools
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