John Tobin
Senior Technical Writer Editor at Eventide Communications
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Tobin is a Senior Technical Writer and Editor based in Seattle with over a decade of experience turning complex telecom, emergency‑services, and enterprise security technologies into clear, reusable documentation. He combines a University of Washington technical writing certificate with hands‑on IT and Cisco networking experience, enabling him to interview SMEs, design information architecture, and produce data‑integration specs, API/UI text, and regulatory submissions. Known for minimalist, grammarian writing and a focus on content reuse and automation, he has led end‑to‑end documentation projects under strict SLAs for Microsoft, Comtech, and Eventide. He also brings practical development skills (Python, Git) and web design sensibilities that help bridge engineering and product teams. An interesting nuance: his background spans frontline technical support to Microsoft security publishing, giving him rare empathy for both users and engineers when resolving documentation edge cases.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Certificate Certificate in Technical Writing and Editing, Certificate Certificate in Technical Writing and Editing at University of WashingtonB.A. English Philosophy, B.A. English Philosophy at University College Cork
English, Spanish
Github Skills (7)
windows10
windows-service10
mdt10
content-repository10
windows-server10
microsoft10
documentation10
Github contributions (5)
jotob-msft/windows-powershell-docs
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 day
windows-server-2016windows-serverwindowspowershellpowershell-module
jotob-msft/Hello-world3
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 5 branches in 1 day
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