Laurie Kroes
Technical Editor at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLaurie Kroes is a meticulous technical editor with over a decade of experience shaping Microsoft product documentation, release plans, and large downloadable publications for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. She combines newsroom-honed copyediting instincts with enterprise content and release management, routinely publishing and maintaining documentation in GitHub and CMS workflows while ensuring localization and legal compliance for global audiences. Laurie has led content projects that scaled from a handful to hundreds of case studies, and she pairs hands-on editing with program and logistics management to keep complex initiatives on schedule. Known for clear, consistent voice and strict style adherence (AP, Chicago, Microsoft), she also brings rare newsroom experience to technical communications, making her a strong advocate for both users and cross-cultural writers.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Journalism | Spanish, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Journalism | Spanish at Western Washington University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (2)
github-pages10
devops6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/techcasestudies
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
A GitHub Pages repo used to document Microsoft solution evidences. TEs: Do not create pull requests here; see https://github.com/Microsoft/techcasestudies#hello.
Contributions:682 commits, 1 PR, 436 pushes in 11 months
ldunh/hello-world
Apr 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:8 PRs, 9 pushes, 9 branches in 5 months
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