Kimberly Garmoe

Kimberly Garmoe

Technical Writer

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Senior technical writer, librarian, and ex-academic. 10+ years of making sense.

Work

Manager, Technical Writing

Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

Managed a global team in a rapidly changing environment.

Sr. Technical Writer and Lead

Oct 2019 - Apr 2021

Led a product documentation consolidation, bringing the content from five microsites into one. Introduced API, CLI, and Resource automation, ensuring that our core reference material was generated from code and always up-to-date.

Technical Content Developer

Dec 2016 - Oct 2019

Designed and wrote technical content and tutorials.

Reference Librarian

May 2015 - Feb 2016

Responsible for identifying and interpreting user needs; provided reference, readers' advisory, database, and referral services.

Practicum in Rare Books and Digital Collections

May 2014 - Aug 2014

Wrote a guide for descriptive bibliography that is used in international libraries, digital projects and classrooms. Trained faculty and graduate students in descriptive bibliography and provided a metadata framework for use in the digital humanities.

Stay-at-Home Parent

Oct 2010 - Dec 2012

Collections Development

Dec 2008 - Oct 2010

Instructor

Dec 2008 - Apr 2008

Designed a traditional course in the humanities for community college students. Assessed objectives and outcomes on a continuing basis. Lectured and led discussion sections. Tailored approach to meet the needs of a diverse audience.

Instructor

Dec 2007 - Dec 2008

Developed courses for undergraduate students in history and the humanities, including launching the class : From Gutenberg to Google: Media Revolutions in Comparative Perspectives. - Hybrid instructional Design: including course blog, online assignments, and digital field trips. - Motivated students to apply concepts of the history of modern thought to contemporary digital issues.

Research and Instruction

Dec 1998 - Dec 2006

Conducted individual and group lessons to promote progress toward specific goals. Supported students in learning academic reading and writing skills. Research, Grant-writing and managing grant resources. Translated, revised, and edited and scholarly works. Managed copyright issues on complex projects. Read and summarized documents in English, German, and Dutch.

Volunteer

Cubscout pack 580, Sammamish Trails District, Chief Seattle Council, BSA

Assistant Den Leader

Jan 2015 - Sep 2017

UCLA History Journal

Editor

Sep 2001 - Jun 2003

Education

Coding Dojo

Full Stack Developer in Computer Science

Dec 2016 - Dec 2016

The University of British Columbia

Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) in Library and Information Science.

Sep 2012 - Jun 2014

University of California, Los Angeles

PhD (ABD) in European History

University of California, Los Angeles

MA in European History

Seattle University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History

Awards

Iron Chef

Chef Software

Jan 2020

The Iron Chef award recognizes accomplishments at Chef Software.

CRBS scholarship

California Rare Book School

Jan 2011

Teaching Fellowship, UCLA Undergraduate Education Initiatives

UCLA

Jan 2006

Forschungsstipendien - Jahresstipendien für Doktoranden/One-Year Grants for Doctoral Candidates

DAAD: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst/German Academic Exchange Service

Jan 2000

The DAAD full-year scholarships are the German Fulbright awards. Highly competitive, the award supports highly-qualified doctoral candidates pursue research projects in Germany universities and research institutes, which carried out in coordination with an academic adviser in Germany.

Skills

Technical Writing

Editing

Library Science

HTML

CSS/SCSS

Python

Ruby

SQL

Hugo

Sphinx

Vale

User Experience

Metadata

Taxonomy

Languages

English

Native Speaker

German

Reading

Interests

Information Organization

Taxonomy Information Retrieval

Machine Learning

Search and Browse Conversational AI Document Classification

Human Information Behavior

Research Methods Information in the Wild Foraging