Melissa Draper
Technical Writer at OFTC.net
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMelissa Draper is a technical writer and community manager with 15 years of experience building documentation, UX content, and moderation strategy for open source and nonprofit tech projects. She blends hands-on web development and graphic design skills with deep accessibility knowledge and a track record as a release manager for an EdTech open source application. Melissa has led communications and content overhauls for large chat networks and federated social communities, negotiating sensitive product sunsets and shaping policies to retain trust. Comfortable with minor front-end development and site maintenance, she translates complex technical processes into maintainable documentation and operating procedures. Based in California, she seeks remote or hybrid roles where community engagement, clear UX content, and open source stewardship intersect. An uncommon strength is her history of moving between technical, design, and governance roles—so she often bridges gaps between engineering teams and community stakeholders.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Information Technology (Website Development), Diploma, Information Technology (Website Development) at TAFE NSW
Github Skills (100)
perl10
chat10
extensible10
twitter10
avatar10
tcl10
scripting10
mahara10
scheme10
irc10
react10
freenode10
irc-bot9
javascript9
git-repository9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
meldra/atheme
Aug 2019 - Nov 2023
Atheme IRC Services
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 4 months
actweechatdubazerothcoremultiplexer
pear/Services_Libravatar
May 2011 - Sep 2013
API interfacing class for libravatar.org
Contributions:51 commits in 2 years 4 months
avatargravatar-librarylibravatarphp
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