Ken Withee
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarKen Withee is a seasoned technical leader with nearly a decade of hands-on experience delivering cloud, AI, and security solutions, currently based in Seattle. At Microsoft he bridged engineering and business teams to ship AI-enhanced cloud infrastructures and identity-driven security products, while also contributing core backend updates to high-profile docs tooling like the office-docs-powershell repo. A certified Scrum Master and Product Owner with an MS in Computer Science from the University of Washington, he excels at translating stakeholder needs into actionable roadmaps and leading cross-functional teams to on-time delivery. Ken is also an author of practical technology books, demonstrating a knack for turning complex technical concepts into accessible guidance for both technical and non-technical audiences.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
powershell10
javascript10
markdown-it9
markdown9
nodejs9
build27
coreos7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MicrosoftDocs/office-docs-powershell
Jun 2017 - Jul 2020
PowerShell Reference for Office Products - Short URL: aka.ms/office-powershell
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:3279 commits, 2008 PRs, 2215 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ken's commits focus on updating the `MarkdownService` which is responsible for updating markdown files related to PowerShell cmdlets. This includes adding files to a processing queue, copying markdown files to a temporary folder, and interacting with a `PowerShellService` to update the markdown content. The user is modifying core functionality related to markdown processing within the office-docs-powershell project, which leverages PowerShell. This indicates involvement in the project's core functionality.
mvldocsshort-urlopenxmlpowershellofficedocs
nschonni/office-docs-powershell
Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
PowerShell Reference for Office Products - Short URL: aka.ms/office-powershell
Contributions:38 pushes in 3 months
short-urlpowershellshortms-officefor-office
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