Summary
Robert Barrows is a Senior Technical Writer with over nine years of experience crafting SDK, API, and end-user documentation for complex communications and media products. He specializes in modular online help, Framemaker/WebWorks-generated manuals, and multimedia tutorials—often enhancing user guides with animated tutorials and video. At Motorola Solutions he single-handedly maintained a consistent voice across a large documentation suite for an integrated telephony/LMR/Lync product, while also administering wikis, templates, and support tools. He brings hands-on tool-building experience from SharePoint to documentation pipelines and a background in Flash and 3D modeling that informs richer, interactive help. Now at Instant Connect in Bothell, WA, he continues to blend technical accuracy with user-focused design and localization management. His early experience documenting device SDKs and working inside platform builder environments gives him a pragmatic edge when translating low-level APIs into usable guidance.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BS Technical Communication, BS Technical Communication at University of Washington
Associates Transfer Degree, Associates Transfer Degree at Edmunds Community College
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