Troy Hopwood
Content Creator
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTroy Hopwood is an experienced product and marketing professional turned content creator who blends eight years of senior product leadership at Microsoft with decades of hands-on startup and consulting experience. He built and sold DirtWorld.com, led product efforts across enterprise clients and Azure incident management, and now channels that deep cycling passion into TroyOnTrails, a YouTube channel focused on bikepacking, gravel, gear reviews and tips. His background in communications and graphic design informs a strong, user-focused storytelling approach that balances practical advice with inspiring adventure. Troy is adept at turning technical or operational complexity into accessible content and community-building initiatives. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he uniquely combines enterprise-grade product instincts with grassroots marketing tactics learned from founding and scaling niche communities.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BA Communications/Advertising, BA Communications/Advertising at Washington State University
Github Skills (21)
microsoft10
microsoft-azure10
azure10
iot-device9
simulations9
iot6
simulation6
instagram4
adapter4
vms3
json3
azure-cosmos-db3
mqtt3
storage2
javascript2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
troyhopwood/pipelines-dotnet-core
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
A simple ASP.NET Core MVC app for Azure Pipelines docs
Contributions:152 pushes in 2 months
azure-pipelinesmvc-coreaspasp-net-core-mvcasp-net
troyhopwood/IoT-Device-Simulation-Model-Tester
Mar 2018 - Sep 2018
A tool to test the JSON device models and JavaScript state behavior files used in the Azure IoT Device Simulation tool.
Contributions:1 PR, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
iot-devicesimulation-tooljavascriptazure-iotsimulation
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