Steven Higgs
Senior Technical Writer at Syncro Soft
Dolj, Romania
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Higgs is a Senior Technical Writer with 11+ years of experience crafting and managing comprehensive documentation for software and enterprise projects, currently owning documentation for the Oxygen XML Editor at Syncro Soft. He combines advanced English and structured-authoring expertise (XML/DITA, CSS, Schematron) with hands-on project management and presentation skills, producing user manuals, UI text, videos, webinars, whitepapers, and marketing content. Steven’s background in computer science and business—plus prior roles managing large IT deployments, ERP conversions, and a $250k-saving EDI automation—gives him rare fluency at the intersection of technical systems and clear communication. Known for meticulous proofreading, multi-tasking under pressure, and remote-work readiness, he collaborates effectively with developers and executives alike. Having relocated from the U.S. to Romania, he brings cultural adaptability and a lifelong curiosity that fuels continual learning and creative problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate Studies, Business Administration and English Writing, Post Graduate Studies, Business Administration and English Writing at University of Utah - David Eccles School of BusinessThe University of Utah
English, Spanish
Github Skills (53)
xhtml10
xml-editor10
xml10
oxygenxml10
git-client9
dita8
batch8
prolog8
conversions8
maven-project8
translation8
markdown7
git7
json7
xspec7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
oxygenxml/oxygen-dita-prolog-updater-addon
Jan 2018 - Mar 2021
Updates the author information, created and modified dates in the DITA prolog section for topics and maps.
Contributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 2 months
ditaupdatesmodifieddatesprolog
oxygenxml/userguide
Dec 2014 - Jan 2023
The oXygen XML userguide
Contributions:2 reviews, 11029 commits, 103 PRs in 8 years 2 months
xmloxygen-xmluserguideoxygen
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