Aparna K. Mendes

Associate Consultant

India11 yrs 11 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Over 12 years of experience in technical writing.
  • Expert in creating user-friendly documentation.
  • Strong background in computer engineering and AI.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Technical Writer with expertise in AI documentation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical Writing

Other Skills

GitHubAPI DocumentationArtificial Intelligence (AI)Prompt EngineeringMarkdown

About

With over 12 years of experience in technical writing, I am passionate about creating clear, engaging, and user-friendly documentation for various technologies and domains. I currently lead the documentation of Snowflake Connectivity. I have experience with prompt engineering and training LLMs, along with writing documentation for AI products. I also have a strong background in computer engineering and a keen interest in learning new technologies and trends. I have completed two courses on Disruptive Strategy and Strategy Execution from Harvard Business School Online, which have helped me to develop a strategic mindset and a customer-centric approach to my work.

Experience

11 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 8 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Snowflake

Senior Technical Writer

Sep 2024Aug 2025 · 11 mos · Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

  • Leading Snowflake connectivity documentation
  • Using GitHub to author and maintain documentation
GitHubAPI DocumentationTechnical Writing

Google

Technical Writer

Nov 2021Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

  • Led and managed the Cloud SQL insights and Cloud SQL for SQL server documentation
  • Wrote documentation for Google Gemini
  • Created UI guided walkthroughs
  • Created API documentation
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Prompt EngineeringAPI DocumentationMarkdownTechnical Writing

Acquia

Senior Technical Writer

Jul 2020Nov 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Produced documentation as code using VS Code and Github
  • Authored and maintained content in reStructuredText (RST) format
API DocumentationTechnical Writing

Druva

Staff Information Developer

Dec 2017Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Led a project on adoption of conversational style of writing and brought it to fruition by training my team on the need for conversational style, its basics, and how to rephrase sentences.
  • Was awarded Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Led the documentation of Druva CloudRanger and restructured and redesigned the documentation for this product.
  • Produced customer-facing information in the form of video tutorials,
  • in-product walkthroughs, API documentation, release notes, user manuals, installation manuals, blogs, and so on
  • Used Pendo to add in-app help and guided walkthroughs of the UI for better user experience
  • Created templates for different article types to ensure uniformity and quality of the content
  • Wrote API documentation and published via Swagger
  • Performed editorial reviews for my colleagues
API DocumentationTechnical Writing

Qualcomm

Technical Writer - Intermediate

Mar 2016Dec 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Led a project on using augmented reality for presenting information for OEMs; created a prototype using LAYAR and demonstrated a use case for engineers
  • Produced high-quality and easy-to-understand documentation in the form of text and videos
  • Used DITA standards for content reuse and information mapping
  • Performed editorial reviews for the team

Broadridge financial solutions

Technical Writer

Jan 2014Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Led a project called Getting it "write" that helped associates correct common grammatical errors in their day-to-day business writing
  • Created and maintained the client-facing documentation using Dreamweaver and RoboHelp in the form of user guides, admin guides, fix reports, and release notes
  • Analyzed existing and potential content, focusing on reuse and single-sourcing opportunities
  • Was the Editor of Broadridge's internal magazine, LOUPE

Packt publishing

Technical Editor

Jun 2013Dec 2013 · 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Received the Star Editor award
  • Led the production of a book from the manuscript stage till its publishing.
  • Performed editorial reviews on the book by verifying technical accuracy of the content, rephrasing content for better readability, and proofreading
  • Performed code testing for the code snippets given in the book.

Education

Harvard Business School Online

Disruptive Strategy

Harvard Business School Online

Strategy Execution

Army Institute of Technology (AIT), Pune

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Computer engineering

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