Scot Marvin Email & Phone Number

United States

Greater Seattle Area

I help people create and deliver information to customers. I create standards, guidelines, best practices, and processes for professional writers as well as for folks who just want to contribute content occasionally.

Greater Seattle Area

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Responsible for installation and configuration content for HDFS, Oozie, Hive, and Cloudera Director. Serve on the Tools team, setting methods for documentation generation, QA, and workflow. Serve on the Content Strategy team, setting goals and strategies for SEO, style, and format.

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Acquired by HP in October, 2014. Responsible for driving strategy for migrating to XML and Git, and setting editorial workflow and content strategy.

Responsible for architect structure, writing content, and creating XSL transformations for PDF, HTML, and mobile media, as well as JavaScript for HTML and mobile output. The source content was in Git and included installation, administration, command line, and user documentation for private cloud software. Created style guide, editorial workflow, and technical review process.

Developed API reference and programming guides for Amazon Web Services. Structured source information for content re-use and re-purposing in other guides. Mentored incoming writers to the team to help them learn workflow, source content, and tools.

• Created XML-based single-sourcing framework for documentation • Built wiki site in PHP to reduce time for content review cycles by 80%• Wrote procedures for developing 508 compliance• Developed RSS feeds for on-demand information updates• Developed installation processes and executable programs for complex server-based products• Created CSS standards for use across product lines• Created API documentation for middle-ware product• Co-developed user interface for corporate portal• Edited documents written by programmers• Mentored senior writers on the team

• Transformed HTML into XHTML, in preparation for planned migration to XML• Developed Microsoft compiled HTML Help files for Windows products• Developed team intranets, used for establishing department-level procedures and protocols• Created first task-based help system for both internal and external audiences• Developed WebHelp files for web-based products• Documented and developed procedures for installing, configuring and customizing web services• Edited documents written by programmers• Mentored junior writers on the team

• Directed planning and design team to migrate from 80,000 page paper documentation to HTML• Designed structure of HTML framework for reference library• Wrote conceptual overviews, release notes, user guides and procedures• Developed WinHelp files for Windows products• Edited documents written by programmers