Kristy Walker
Senior Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolKristy Walker is a senior leader in technical documentation and content strategy with a 30+ year career focused on clarifying complex technical products for diverse audiences. Based in Portland, Oregon, she currently leads documentation programs at Amazon Web Services, bringing deep experience managing documentation teams and cross-functional programs since the late 1990s. Her background spans hands-on technical writing, project management, and senior editorial roles across AWS Elemental, The Intelligence Group, and early software companies, giving her a rare blend of tactical writing skill and strategic content leadership. Kristy is known for scaling documentation practices in large cloud and media-tech environments and for turning product complexity into usable, developer- and customer-facing content. Colleagues rely on her to institutionalize standards, mentor writers, and bridge product, engineering, and UX priorities. Her long tenure and technical-science communication degree reflect a sustained commitment to making technical information accessible and actionable.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Technical and Scientific Communication, Bachelor of Science (BS), Technical and Scientific Communication at University of Washington
Github Skills (17)
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elemental10
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aws10
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endpoint10
amazon10
aws-cloudformation8
user-guide8
aws-waf7
mws7
shield7
amazon-web-services6
get-started6
waf4
Github contributions (5)
awsdocs/aws-elemental-mediastore-user-guide
Jan 2018 - Feb 2021
Contributions:33 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
awsdocs/aws-elemental-mediaconnect-user-guide
Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
The open source version of the AWS Elemental MediaConnect docs. You can submit feedback and requests for changes by submitting issues in this repo or by making proposed changes and submitting a pull request.
Contributions:39 commits, 3 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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