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Jon O'Donnell

@jonodonnell

Senior User Assistance Developer translating complex tech into clear user workflows.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can lead documentation strategy end-to-end, partner closely with engineering and product, and use Docs-as-Code and AI-assisted workflows to improve usability, reduce support load, and ship on release timelines.

I’m a Senior User Assistance Developer and technical writer with 20+ years delivering high-quality documentation for SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise software platforms. I interview subject matter experts and translate complex technical behavior into clear, accurate, usable user workflows, especially for feature planning through release.

At Oracle (Remote), I led documentation for complex platform capabilities including AI assistant and agent capabilities, and I documented Oracle Analytics Cloud and Fusion Data Intelligence with tutorials, conceptual guides, and reference content. I also led an internal AI task force to evaluate and implement AI-assisted documentation workflows, improving content creation efficiency and consistency across 6 annual release cycles.

Previously at CodeSecure (formerly GrammaTech), I restructured installation procedures and improved customer satisfaction by 30%. I streamlined documentation workflows to resolve 50 Jira tickets/bugs per release, boosted testing effectiveness by 200%, and reduced technical support inquiries by 25% through clearer technical content and improved accuracy, usability, and collaboration with engineering, product, sales, marketing, and customer success.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Contract Technical Writer

Various Organizations

Nov 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 1 month)

Served as a contract technical writer for MetroNorth Railroad, MPI, Inc., and Mastercard, delivering content on tight deadlines with 100% on-time delivery and improved readability. Authored thousands of DITA XML topics in Oxygen XML Editor to support a toolchain transition and introduced modern technical writing methods to a client project.

Education

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Manhattan College

Bachelor of Arts, English

Earned a B.A. in English from Manhattan College, completed in May 2005.

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