Robert Courtney
Self Employed
California, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Courtney is a Senior Technical Writer based in California with over a decade of hands-on experience translating complex software and system processes into clear, user-focused documentation. He has a strong technical background—comfortable with Java, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, RoboHelp, FrameMaker, InDesign, and CI tools like TFS and SVN—which lets him bridge engineering and nontechnical stakeholders effectively. His work spans regulated industries (medical device documentation and FDA-aligned procedures) to enterprise IT (disaster recovery, ALM, and release management), where his templates and style guides have reduced support costs and streamlined deployments. Robert also contributes to open-source C++ tooling, having helped build an OBJ model loader that demonstrates practical back-end parsing and file-structure design skills not typical for writers. Now semi-retired and consulting, he offers senior-level documentation strategy, process design, and content delivery for teams moving toward continuous integration and better supportability.
10 years of coding experience
AA, Information Technology, AA, Information Technology at Orange Coast CollegeBA, Theatre Arts, BA, Theatre Arts at Cal. State. University at Long Beach
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fileio9
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Bly7/OBJ-Loader
Sep 2016 - Mar 2021
A C++ OBJ Model Loader that will parse .obj & .mtl Files into Indices, Vertices, Materials, and Mesh Structures.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 27 PRs, 31 pushes in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to the development of an OBJ model loader in C++. The commits demonstrate the creation of a header file, `OBJ_Loader.h`, including data structures for vectors, vertices, and meshes, and also implementing the `Loader` class. The contributions include loading OBJ files, material parsing from MTL files, and file structure organization. The user also added examples, improved the overall structure, and fixed minor bugs.
meshcppindicesmodel-loaderobj-c
Bly7/Seas-of-Gold
Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:13 pushes in 1 month
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