Eric S. Disque

Content Strategy & Product Leader

Location
Washington, DC 20009
Phone
443.569.3068

Summary

Product and content leader, 15+ years across SaaS, news media, federal, and security software. Currently co-founder of an AI SaaS startup, where I own product scope and ship the work — design system, console UX, docs, and the serverless infrastructure under it. Emmy and Gramling awarded. Equally at home running a documentation program and in the repo.


Skills

  • Product strategy
  • Design systems
  • AI-native workflows
  • Content strategy
  • Brand identity
  • Information architecture
  • UX writing
  • Technical documentation
  • Docs-as-code
  • Developer experience
  • Content governance
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Python
  • AWS serverless
  • Terraform / OpenTofu
  • Playwright
  • Model Context Protocol
  • Claude Code
  • Figma
  • Git
  • Markdown
  • Accessibility
  • Localization
  • MadCap Flare

Experience

Mari (mari.guru)

Co-Founder, Product & Content

Period
May 2026 — Present
Location
Remote

Co-founded an AI SaaS platform that gives engineering teams monitoring, quality, compliance, and document-lineage visibility. Own product scope and prioritization, and build the thing: brand, design system, console UX, docs, and the infrastructure under it.

  • Grew the brutalist-blueprint design system from 10 to 48 production React/TypeScript components (Tailwind, Radix UI, Vite, Playwright), each independently typechecked and paired with a usage example and design rationale.
  • Shipped the AWS serverless infrastructure as infrastructure-as-code — Lambda, CloudFront edge functions, S3, DynamoDB, Stripe on OpenTofu/Terraform.
  • Built net-new components from patterns found in the product’s own source rather than speculative APIs, and reused nine Radix primitives already in the dependency tree instead of adding libraries.
  • Authored the documentation and knowledge layer: repo-native runbooks, indexed agent skills, telemetry contracts, and CODEOWNERS-based routing, surfaced as live compliance evidence in the console.
  • Stood the product up end to end with AI-native tooling — Model Context Protocol, Claude Code, and AI APIs — across design, content, and build.
  • Ran discovery interviews with product leaders and engineers to shape direction, positioning, and information architecture.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Senior UX Writer — Applied AI Solutions, IoT Auto (Design III)

Period
Jul 2024 — Apr 2026
Location
Arlington, VA · Hybrid

Led content strategy for a new 0-1 AWS automotive service. Built AI-native documentation workflows that cut turnaround 80% while partnering cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, UX Research, and Marketing.

  • Partnered cross-functionally with Engineering, Product Management, UX Research, and Marketing to define and execute content strategy for a new 0-1 AWS automotive service, managing contractor documentation support throughout.
  • Developed Asana board, intake, and AI-native process to scale limited documentation resources across multiple products, enabling service teams to cut documentation turnaround from 14 days to 3 days (~80%).
  • Reduced fit-and-finish meeting length by 83% through structured UX writing reviews.
  • Analyzed customer and stakeholder feedback to formulate UX mockups (Sketch, Figma) and information architecture for an internal documentation platform serving a developer audience.
  • Used command line, VS Code, and Git to establish templates and commit code changes directly into the docs-as-code pipeline.

Amazon

Sr. Tech Programmer Writer — Fire TV and Appstore (Tech III)

Period
Mar 2023 — Jul 2024
Location
Arlington, VA · Hybrid
  • Used VS Code and Git in a docs-as-code workflow to develop and release device technical specifications and developer documentation (domain of 150,000+ unique visitors/year).
  • Drove work-backs to ship Japanese and Chinese localization — a team first.
  • Lifted the 3rd most-visited page rating from 2.9 to 3.8 (+90%) by acting on direct customer feedback.
  • Partnered with UX research to baseline page ratings and build a ratings dashboard from usability tests and the feedback widget.

Amazon

Senior Technical Writer — Shopping Foundations (Tech III)

Period
Apr 2022 — Mar 2023
Location
Washington, DC
  • Owned the goal reporting and planning process for ~180 individuals, feeding directly into S-Team and VP reviews.
  • Redesigned a ~2,500-reader newsletter in Markdown: cut draft creation 60%, raised accessibility contrast 1.7:1 → 12.8:1 (+753%), and reduced ticket-submission comments 28% while unlocking readership metrics.
  • Analyzed customer and stakeholder feedback to develop UX mockups (Sketch, Figma) and IA for an internal developer documentation platform.
  • Built and maintained work-backs for documentation planning and completion.

The Associated Press

Documentation Manager

Period
Jul 2018 — Mar 2022
Location
Washington, DC
  • Implemented feature tracking and built WalkMe tutorials that lifted feature adoption 173–219%, partnering with Engineering and Product to prioritize content against release schedules; managed contractor documentation support.
  • Established foreign-language translation and QA processes, coordinating across product, engineering, and external vendors to ship localization inside the existing release window.
  • Designed responsive online user help in MadCap Flare (XML, CSS, HTML) for desktop and mobile users of Emmy-winning newsroom automation software (AP ENPS) and B2B planning software (AP Playbook).
  • Audited documentation library, eliminating outdated and redundant assets and cutting admin work by 33%.

FTI Consulting

Technical Support Engineer (Technical Writer)

Period
Jun 2010 — Dec 2016
Location
Annapolis, MD
  • Promoted from Media Specialist → Senior Media Specialist → Technical Support Engineer at a B2B SaaS company.
  • Owned security-audit documentation, two-factor guides, and digital forensics guides supporting a global team and the VP-led ISO 27001 certification effort.
  • Redesigned Incident Report and Root Cause Analysis templates, lifting quality and cutting editing turnaround from 12 to 5 hours (-41%).
  • Designed a SharePoint leveling structure and sites for accessibility, managing user access and site design.

Awards

  • Technology & Engineering Emmy AwardNewsroom Computer System category · 2021
  • Oliver S. Gramling Achievement AwardThe Associated Press · 2020
  • Lambda Iota TauNational Honors English Society

Education & Certifications

Salisbury University

Bachelor of Arts, English · Salisbury, Maryland

  • WalkMe Builder Certification
  • STC Technical Communication 201
  • STC Technical Communication 101
  • One Month Rails