Toby Drake

Product Engineer

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States20 yrs 10 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in technical writing for cloud software.
  • Proficient in multiple cloud platforms including AWS and Azure.
  • Strong background in instructional design and blended learning.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Technical Writer with expertise in cloud documentation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical WritingCloud

Other Skills

Red Hat LinuxAWSAzureGoogle CloudTechnical CommunicationTechnical DocumentationSoftware DocumentationFrameMakerMadCap FlareRoboHelpManualsVisioOnline HelpContent ManagementAdobe Acrobat

About

I develop and deliver content to help users configure, run, and troubleshoot cloud software. Work I’ve done: technical writing, content strategy, technical graphics/illustrations, blended learning instructional design, project management, and business analytics. Things I know about: Confluent Partner Integrations, Confluent Custom Connectors, Apache Kafka, fully-managed Kafka connectors (for Confluent Cloud), self-managed Kafka connectors (for Confluent Platform), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora, Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform, Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud (GCP), Alibaba Cloud, AWS Management Console and AWS CLI, Azure Portal and Azure CLI, Google Cloud SDK, Aliyun CLI, Azure Stack, high availability (HA) clusters, Ansible, Helm, Python, JavaScript, JSON, Docker, SQL Server, git, GitHub, GitLab, Atom, reStructuredText, AsciiDoc, Markdown, MadCap Flare, Agile, XML, Cisco IOS, Pro/Engineer (3D Graphics) SolidWorks (Graphics), Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Captivate, AutoCAD, HP Server Management tools, Tandem (Compaq/HP) NonStop systems, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Subversion, Visio, UNIX, Fiber installation, and IP Telephony.

Experience

20 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Confluent

2 roles

Staff Technical Writer

Promoted

Jul 2021Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Mountain View, California, United States · Remote

Senior Technical Writer

Jan 2019Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mountain View, California, United States · Remote

Red hat

Senior Technical Writer / Cloud Platform SME

Jun 2016Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

  • Wrote subscription-based articles for Red Hat customers installing and running Red Hat Linux and other RH products in the cloud.
  • The following Experience entries list career highlights only.
Red Hat LinuxCloudTechnical Writing

Alert logic

Senior Information Developer

Nov 2013Jul 2014 · 8 mos · Houston, Texas Area

  • Wrote Alert Logic application security help information and installation/configuration guides for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
AWSAzureGoogle CloudTechnical WritingCloud

Md anderson cancer center

Medical Writer

Apr 2007Jan 2008 · 9 mos · Houston, Texas Area

  • Developed text and graphics for clinical study materials submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This documentation was used to gain NIH funding approval for a clinical trial that investigated using genetically modified T cells to target malignancies. This was a short-term writing contract funded directly by Cooper Labs at MD Anderson.

Schlumberger

Technical Writer

Jan 2005Jan 2007 · 2 yrs · Houston, Texas Area

  • Developed Help content for reservoir characterization software.

Acxiom

Business Analyst

Jan 2003Jan 2005 · 2 yrs · Greater Chicago Area

  • Wrote functional requirements for a data-mining and data-warehousing application. Facilitated user acceptance testing to validate software functions against user requirements.

Hewlett-packard

Information Engineer

Jan 2001Jan 2003 · 2 yrs · Fort Collins, Colorado Area

  • Member of a small team that developed a new Help system for HP's software update depot.

Cisco

Lead Technical Writer

Sep 1998Sep 2000 · 2 yrs · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

  • Developed solutions guides for large Cisco customers.

Dell

New Product Training Advocate, Dell Global Learning

Jun 1993Aug 1998 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

  • Started out as a technical writer (InfoDev) and ended up leading a cross-functional global learning organization that delivered new product sales and technical training across Dell regions. Reported to the Director of Dell Global Learning when I left the company.

Education

Texas Tech University

BA

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