Samantha Fortner
Technical Lead, Staff Technical Writer- Google Identity And Engagement
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolSamantha Fortner is a Technical Lead and Staff Technical Writer at Google with six years in developer-focused documentation and a decade-plus background translating complex systems into clear, usable content. She has progressed through roles across Identity platforms and DevRel at Google, blending technical leadership with hands-on writing to support authentication and engagement products. Her academic grounding in technical and scientific communication and creative writing, plus minors in biology, chemistry, and physics, give her a rare mix of narrative skill and scientific literacy. Samantha’s prior senior writer roles at Red Hat, Replicated, SAS, NetApp, and IBM reflect deep experience in enterprise and open-source ecosystems, and she’s known for making developer journeys smoother rather than just writing specs. Based in Greensboro, NC, she brings a pragmatic, product-minded approach to docs that anticipates developer needs and reduces friction in adoption.
5 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Creative Writing; Minors-Biology Chemistry and Physics, Bachelor of Arts - BA Creative Writing; Minors-Biology Chemistry and Physics at Florida State UniversityMaster of Science - MS Technical and Scientific Communication, Master of Science - MS Technical and Scientific Communication at North Carolina State University
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Github Skills (7)
kubernetes10
commons10
openshift10
documentation10
azure4
microsoft3
microsoft-azure2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sfortner-RH/openshift-docs
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
OpenShift 3 and 4 product and community documentation
Contributions:17 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
commonskubernetesopenshift
sfortner-RH/managed-openshift-docs
Dec 2020 - Mar 2021
This repo will host OpenShift docs for managed services, including OSD, ROSA and Azure.
Contributions:7 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
hostmanaged-servicesrosaopenshiftkubernetes
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