TEJANSHU KHARDEKAR
Agile Technical Writer (AI/ML/PaaS/SaaS/Cloud computing/Devops) |-| - | Post Graduate (MCA – 2002)
Snapshot
10 years of total experience as technical writer
7 years of relevant experience as a technical writer, technical editor and an information developer for software product companies
Worked on direct or third-party contract with top tier companies such as Adobe and Oracle
Worked with numerous startups with semi-structured processes or growing organizational processes
Worked closely with members of engineering teams, QA teams, product management teams and customer support teams distibuted globally
Managed a team of 5-10 junior writers, mentoring them and overseeing the quality of the overall documentation
Habituated to Agile development environments, using SCRUM boards to align with user stories, participating in sprint meetings, backlog refinement and
sprint reviews in order to document product features for specific releases
Developed diverse documentation around topics that include, but are not limited to Enterprise DevOps, CI/CD, value stream management, Cloud
computing, SaaS, CRM,ERP-HCM, ML (recommendation engines), mobile banking applications, compilers and compiler optimizations
Good understanding of usability, user centric information development that augments UX
Worked as a system administrator and a customer support engineer from 2002 - 2009
Skillcloud
Topic based, structured authoring, minimalism, online product guides, online product reference guides, online product feature guides, product how-tos,
product concept articles, topic based reference guides
Conventional user manuals, API guides, online help, installation guides, administration guides, release notes,
Student guides, learner handbooks,instructor-activity guides, elevator pitches, investor’s decks, presentations
Markdown, DITA, OxygenXML, Swagger, Restructured text, MS Office Suite, Adobe Technical Communication Suite
Git, Github, JIRA, YAML, JSON, XML, Java, Python, Linux, RESTful APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, Graffana, Jenkins, Groovy, Gradle, HTML, CSS
Projects
October 2018 - Till date, Independent Consultant/Technical Writer (Freelance)
Working as a freelance writer on documentation projects for various clients such as XebiaLabs and small startups
January 2014 - September2018 Consultant Technical Writer (Third Party Contract)
Worked on numerous short term documentation projects for various clients of ChampsFinBiz Pvt. Ltd such as Fiserv Inc. Ityx solutions Gmbh,
Hugefly Technologies and Mphasis Pvt Ltd.
Worked closely with Agile development teams and product managers to develop online product documentation
February 2013 – December 2013, Senior Technical Writer, Oracle India Pvt Limited (Direct Contract)
Developed diverse documentation for Oracle’s HCM Fusion ERP application
Interacted with Product Managers, SMEs and Stakeholders for content source, content accuracy and other documentation initiatives
Conducted seminars, trainings, meetings, interactive sessions for product representation and product knowledge transfer
Designed training courses, course curriculums and training material
September 2009 – March 2010 , Sr. Technical Writer, Adobe Systems Inc. India(Third-Party Contract)
Responsibilities
Lead a team of 5 technical writers and oversee the quality, delivery and publication of end user documentation
Sourced, conceived, co-authored, reviewed and publish documentation for multiple product lines such as Adobe Content Server and Adobe
JamJar
Participated in product/program/project meetings and represent Information Development team to understand expectations and
requirements for content to be delivered
Ensure that Info Dev milestones, plans, resource requirements and scheduling are incorporated into overall program plan