Mike Bottemiller Email & Phone Number

Issaquah, WA

Greater Seattle Area

• at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
• Web producer for Microsoft Online Store (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/home)
• Collaborate with PMs, UX teams, and QA teams across the globe to create optimal customer e-commerce experiences
• Build web pages (product pages, interstitials, category pages) using proprietary CMS
• Manage site-related incidents and issues
• Work on tented and global projects

Microsoft (Redmond, WA)

• Key project: Created fresh designer and developer documentationfor Windows 10 apps.Key takeaways: Achieved greater understanding of the designand development process for apps. Improved knowledge of thedeveloper story.
• Worked with teams of designers, program managers, anddevelopers to craft a series of how-to articles on designingand developing apps for the Windows 10 ecosystem. Thesearticles, which cover topics ranging from UI and.
• Was part of an iterative content review and publishing cycle.Met with teams and individuals to develop content, then wrotecontent, reviewed it, published it, and repeated this cycle asupdates were made to the design.
• Created and edited MSDN articles using XMetaL Author, anXML- and XSLT-based content authoring system.
• Created and edited images for MSDN articles using AdobePhotoshop and Illustrator.
• Managed team documents and files using SharePoint.

Microsoft (Redmond, WA)

• Key project: Created Design Guide for Xbox One apps.Key takeaways: Document design process and project planning.
• Wrote, edited, and published Xbox One design guides anddocumentation for both internal and partner consumption usingAdobe InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Worked with internal design, development, and projectmanagement teams to shape design-related guidance.
• Assisted partner developers with design- and publishing-relatedissues for their Xbox One apps.
• Wrote and edited UI text for Xbox One developer tools and fortest apps.

Microsoft (Redmond, WA)

• Key project: Wrote Visual Studio UX guidelines and published itboth internally and on Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN).
• Created, edited and published web content using HTML, XML,JS/VB Script, and SharePoint.
• Wrote, edited, published, and supported UX content for internaland external audiences.
• Redesigned Visual Studio UX guidelines web site (using HTML,CSS, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript).
• Collaborated with designers and researchers to produce up-todateUX standards for Visual Studio.
• Edited three design language books and icon style guidelines.

Microsoft (Redmond, WA)

• Created, edited and published web content using HTML, XML,JS/VB Script, and SharePoint.
• Wrote, edited, published, and supported UX content for internaland external audiences.
• Redesigned Visual Studio UX guidelines web site (using HTML,CSS, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript).
• Collaborated with designers and researchers to produce up-todateUX standards for Visual Studio.
• Edited three design language books and icon style guidelines.

Microsoft (Issaquah, WA)

• Collaborated with subject matter experts (SMEs), technical writers and editors, graphic designers, and web production teams to create online troubleshooting resources for Xbox customers across the globe
• Acted as liaison with international project teams (of 3-8 persons each) in UK, Ireland, and Japan to localize web content for more than a dozen countries and languages in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia
• Worked with internal customers/stakeholders to ensure project goals kept up with mutable criteria
• Built web pages for online troubleshooting wizards using WYSIWYG editor, HTML, XHTML, and XML
• Led user acceptance testing (UAT) for all new troubleshooting wizards and wizard updates
• Managed more than fifty SharePoint libraries consisting of thousands of images, web pages, and docs

Microsoft (Redmond, WA)

• Self-directed and team-oriented testing (network, Xbox LIVE, multi-player and single-player) of top in-development Xbox 360 titles, including Gears of War 2, Fable II, and Halo Wars
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams of testers and developers to ensure bug-free, on-time release of products
• Ran thousands of test cases and submitted over 300 quality bug reports

• Testing and feature analysis for Google search engine; helped refine new and improved features, including Google Checkout, Google Maps, and Google News
• On a daily basis, submitted tens to hundreds of brief reports spanning everything from search results to analyses of malicious web sites
• Monthly performance evaluations consistently rated the quality of my work as 5/5 (best)

• Worked with engineering teams across the country to gather and compile data that ensured successful, on-time builds of cellular phone towers and procurement of real estate
• Wrote and updated Visual Basic macros to improve efficiency of Microsoft Excel project spreadsheets
• Created PowerPoint presentations and reports to illustrate progress of cellular tower build sites