Lydia Husser
About Lydia Husser
Lydia Husser is a Senior Technical Writer with extensive experience in technical documentation and workflows. She has worked for notable companies such as Faithlife and L3Harris Technologies, and currently contributes to Galileo Financial Technologies, utilizing her background in engineering and computer science.
Work at Galileo Financial Technologies
Lydia Husser has been employed as a Senior Technical Writer at Galileo Financial Technologies since 2020. In this role, she provides cross-functional feedback on documentation functionality and technical writing workflows. She collaborates with program and product managers to ensure that client documentation needs are met. Additionally, she shadows senior software engineers to gain insights into complex processes, which allows her to independently enhance existing documentation functionality.
Previous Experience in Technical Writing
Before joining Galileo, Lydia worked as a Technical Writer at L3Harris Technologies from 2017 to 2020. Her career in technical writing began at Faithlife, where she served as a Documentation Specialist for ten years, from 2007 to 2017. She also gained freelance experience as a Technical Writer at Flow XO for five months in 2017. This diverse background has equipped her with a broad understanding of documentation practices across different sectors.
Education and Qualifications
Lydia Husser has a solid educational background in both technical and liberal arts disciplines. She studied Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology at Salt Lake Community College, earning a Certificate from 2018 to 2019. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Western Washington University, completed from 2003 to 2007, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Western Governors University, achieved from 2020 to 2022.
Technical Skills and Contributions
In her current role, Lydia contributes to the documentation codebase and testing environment, primarily utilizing Python and some PHP for coding tasks. She actively researches and evaluates documentation tools and methods to enhance documentation processes. Her ability to provide feedback from both a writer's and developer's perspective is a key aspect of her contributions to the team.