Russell Bohl
Lead Technical Writer at Liferay
Elmer, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRussell Bohl is a lead technical writer with 13 years of experience blending scientific rigor and software documentation expertise, currently leading docs for multiple Liferay product teams including Search and Platform Experience. He transitioned from a NOAA fisheries biologist and holds an M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science, bringing a data-driven, analytical perspective to technical communication. At Liferay he authors and coordinates documentation across Forms, Workflow, Search, and User & System Management, and contributes code-level fixes and tooling improvements in open-source docs repositories. Comfortable working across backend code changes and content conflict resolution, he uniquely bridges developer workflows and end-user documentation to make complex systems accessible. Based in Elmer, New Jersey, he pairs practical field science experience with a long-standing commitment to clear, maintainable developer and product documentation.
13 years of coding experience
B.S. Biology, B.S. Biology at Gordon CollegeM.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Science, M.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Science at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Github Skills (6)
javas10
java10
documentation8
merge-conflicts7
markdown7
markdown-it7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
liferay/liferay-docs
Jan 2013 - Aug 2022
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2257 commits, 5 PRs, 15 comments in 9 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Russell primarily focused on modifying the `AddIndex.java` file to incorporate indexing functionalities, modifying file names, and integrating the `lib/liferay-doc-utils.jar` to a specific commit. Furthermore, they contributed to resolving merge conflicts in the markdown files related to documentation, demonstrating an involvement in content updates. Additionally, the user's changes to `Section.java` and `PropertiesParser.java` point to working with a properties converter for the project.
rbohl/liferay-docs
Jun 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:13 reviews, 169 commits, 150 PRs in 4 years 5 months
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