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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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Catherine Holliday

MiTek
Littleton,CO
14
years of professional experience

Technical communications leader with 18+ years of experience developing documentation strategies, technical content ecosystems, standards programs, and customer education resources for software, engineering, construction technology, cybersecurity, financial services, and medical technology organizations. Recognized for transforming complex technical concepts into clear, accurate, and user-focused documentation that improves product adoption, customer satisfaction, compliance, and operational efficiency. Proven ability to partner with engineering, product management, cybersecurity, customer success, marketing, and executive stakeholders to drive documentation initiatives from planning through publication. Experienced leading documentation modernization efforts, establishing governance frameworks, implementing structured authoring methodologies, mentoring writers, and developing scalable processes that improve quality, consistency, and team productivity. Early adopter and champion of responsible AI practices within technical communication workflows, balancing innovation with rigorous human review and quality standards.

Work History

Technical Writer

1 Year 9 Months
MiTek | 11.2024 - Current
  • Lead development and maintenance of technical documentation supporting construction software solutions, including user guides, installation documentation, software security documentation, onboarding resources, quick-reference materials, and customer-facing content.
  • Partner with engineering, product management, cybersecurity, customer success, architecture, and marketing teams to gather requirements and translate complex technical information into user-focused deliverables.
  • Direct end-to-end documentation initiatives, managing requirements gathering, stakeholder reviews, approvals, publishing schedules, and cross-functional coordination across multiple concurrent projects.
  • Standardize documentation planning, authoring, review, and publishing processes to improve quality, consistency, and efficiency.
  • Develop documentation optimized for localization while continuously improving usability through customer and stakeholder feedback.
  • Produce product demonstrations, instructional videos, presentations, and marketing content supporting customer adoption and engagement.
  • MiTek is a global provider of software, services, engineered products, and automated solutions supporting the building industry.

Key Accomplishments

  • Led a cross-functional initiative establishing best practices for AI-assisted technical writing, creating governance standards, validation processes, and human-review frameworks that improved productivity while maintaining documentation quality.
  • Partnered with engineering and cybersecurity teams to create a comprehensive software security documentation suite supporting MiTek software products and services.
  • Produced customized product demonstration and marketing videos supporting strategic sales opportunities and new customer acquisition.
  • Produced a continuous-loop demonstration video showcased at major industry trade shows.
  • Led documentation supporting implementation of a new licensing process through workflows, FAQs, customer communications, and training resources.
  • Co-hosted a three-day customer training and beta testing event with MiTek's largest customer, gathering feedback that supported successful software adoption and product improvements.

District IT Communications Manager

2 Years 2 Months
Maricopa Community College District Office | 09.2022 - 11.2024
  • Directed enterprise technology communications supporting major initiatives across ten colleges.
  • Supervised and mentored communications specialists while establishing standards, review processes, and communication best practices.
  • Managed communications supporting enterprise software deployments, technology initiatives, service disruptions, and organizational change efforts.
  • Produced executive communications, presentations, newsletters, intranet content, training materials, and user documentation.
  • Partnered closely with IT leadership and subject matter experts to ensure accuracy and consistency across all communications.

Key Accomplishments

  • Managed communications supporting district-wide return-to-office initiatives.
  • Mentored teams in planning methodologies and organizational effectiveness practices.
  • Designed and launched District IT web resources supporting faculty, staff, and students.

Technical Writer

7 Months
Facilisgroup | 03.2022 - 10.2022
  • Developed standardized documentation supporting three SaaS software products.
  • Partnered with engineering and business stakeholders to document workflows, processes, and product functionality.
  • Maintained customer-facing knowledge bases and internal documentation resources.
  • Developed documentation standards and best practices adopted across the organization.

Key Accomplishments

  • Produced documentation for two major software product launches.
  • Led migration from Doc360 to Zendesk.
  • Designed and implemented a standardized documentation process adopted company-wide.

Lending Manual Manager

2 Years 10 Months
CoBank | 06.2018 - 04.2021
  • Managed enterprise policy, procedure, and operational documentation supporting lending operations.
  • Coordinated cross-functional reviews, executive approvals, and governance processes.
  • Directed documentation projects from planning through publication and maintenance.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders across multiple departments to maintain documentation accuracy, audit readiness, and compliance.
  • Established documentation standards, templates, and style guides.

Key Accomplishment

  • Led migration of the Lending Manual to RoboHelp while implementing structured authoring practices that improved audit readiness, document consistency, and long-term maintainability.

Content Developer (Contract)

6 Months
Terumo BCT | 02.2017 - 08.2017
  • Produced technical documentation supporting regulated medical technologies.
  • Managed localization and translation initiatives.
  • Developed compliance training materials and supporting documentation.

GRC Program Technical Writer

4 Months
Webroot | 10.2016 - 02.2017
  • Developed governance, risk, and compliance documentation.
  • Produced policies, procedures, process documentation, and training materials.
  • Collaborated on implementation of the company's GRC platform.

Key Accomplishment

  • Contributed to achieving GRC certification ahead of the European compliance deadline.

Product Analyst

1 Year
Visa | 08.2015 - 08.2016
  • Produced technical documentation supporting Visa debit processing products.
  • Collaborated with Product Management, Development, and Client Services teams.
  • Managed documentation projects through planning, review, and publication.

Senior Technical Writer / Team Lead

3 Years 6 Months
Maptek | 02.2012 - 08.2015
  • Led technical documentation efforts supporting complex engineering software products.
  • Mentored junior technical writers while establishing documentation standards, authoring guidelines, and quality review processes.
  • Managed Help systems, release documentation, technical manuals, and customer-facing documentation.
  • Collaborated with international engineering, development, and technical services teams to produce accurate documentation.
  • Created reusable templates, documentation standards, and style guides supporting global consistency.
  • Developed documentation strategies that improved usability, maintainability, and release efficiency.

Key Accomplishments

  • Authored a comprehensive documentation process manual including workflows, templates, style guides, quality standards, and authoring procedures that remains in use today.
  • Led migration from Dreamweaver to RoboHelp in less than three months while implementing structured, topic-based authoring that significantly improved efficiency and consistency.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Technical Communication, Technical Writing Major, Management Minor

Metropolitan State University of Denver | Denver | 05.2015

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Technical communications leader with 18+ years of experience supporting software, engineering, cybersecurity, financial services, healthcare technology, higher education, and construction technology organizations.
  • Built and standardized documentation programs, authoring processes, review workflows, templates, and content governance practices that improved documentation quality, consistency, compliance, and maintainability.
  • Led documentation modernization initiatives including structured authoring implementations, knowledge management improvements, content migrations, and AI-assisted documentation workflows.
  • Trusted partner to engineering, product management, cybersecurity, customer success, marketing, and executive leadership teams in the delivery of complex documentation and communications projects.
  • Developed comprehensive software security documentation programs supporting multiple software products and enterprise compliance initiatives.
  • Managed end-to-end documentation projects involving requirements gathering, stakeholder reviews, approvals, publication planning, and ongoing content maintenance.
  • Created customer-facing documentation, onboarding resources, training programs, multimedia content, and technical presentations that improved adoption, customer experience, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Championed responsible AI adoption within technical communication workflows by establishing governance practices, validation standards, and human review processes that improved productivity while maintaining content quality and accuracy.
  • Recognized for rapidly mastering complex technical subject matter and translating it into clear, concise, and actionable content for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experienced mentor and team leader who has established documentation standards, coached communications professionals, and fostered cross-functional collaboration.

Timeline

Technical Writer

MiTek
11.2024 - CurrentRead More

District IT Communications Manager

Maricopa Community College District Office
09.2022 - 11.2024Read More

Technical Writer

Facilisgroup
03.2022 - 10.2022Read More

Lending Manual Manager

CoBank
06.2018 - 04.2021Read More

Content Developer (Contract)

Terumo BCT
02.2017 - 08.2017Read More

GRC Program Technical Writer

Webroot
10.2016 - 02.2017Read More

Product Analyst

Visa
08.2015 - 08.2016Read More

Senior Technical Writer / Team Lead

Maptek
02.2012 - 08.2015Read More

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Bachelor of Science from Technical Communication, Technical Writing Major, Management Minor
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Catherine Holliday