John Smart
Lafayette, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Smart is a results-oriented documentation and accessibility specialist with eight years of hands-on experience turning complex database and telecom systems into clear, usable content. As Principal Technical Writer at DataStax, he authored API and UI documentation for advanced topics like Generative AI, Vector Search, and zero-downtime migrations while managing source content in GitHub and producing developer samples in Java, TypeScript, and Python. Previously he led information architecture efforts at Oracle to convert static docs into interactive HTML5 experiences and co-built Spectrum’s accessibility program to serve millions of users with assistive technologies. Based in Lafayette, Colorado, he combines technical depth in database integrations with a practical focus on inclusive, developer-friendly documentation. An interesting thread through his work is translating research-grade features into pragmatic guides that enable engineering teams and end users to adopt cutting-edge capabilities.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science Management, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science Management at Franklin Pierce University
Github Skills (71)
grafana10
k8ssandra10
operator10
nosql10
helm10
json-document10
kubernetes10
cassandra10
datastax10
prometheus10
stargate10
medusa10
reaper10
snapshots10
hashicorp-vault9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
datastax-archive/vault-plugin-secrets-datastax-astra
May 2022 - Dec 2022
HashiCorp Vault Plugin for Datstax Astra
Contributions:14 reviews, 25 commits, 21 PRs in 6 months
hashicorp-vault
johnsmartco/hello-world
Oct 2017 - Jan 2021
Contributions:16 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 3 months
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