Colby Powers
Technical Content Manager II at OpenStax, Rice University
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColby Powers is a Technical Content Manager II and entrepreneur based in Houston with eight years of IT experience bridging hands-on support and technical leadership. At OpenStax (Rice University) he focuses on creating clear, reliable technical documentation and workflows that help education technology scale. He also founded and leads a self-employed development effort, applying practical troubleshooting and hardware repair instincts to product-building and client solutions. Known for turning complex technical problems into accessible processes, he excels at coordinating teams and translating engineering needs into usable content. Colby’s BA from Texas Tech underpins a career that balances customer-facing support with behind-the-scenes system maintenance and developer-focused content. He often brings a practitioner’s eye to documentation, ensuring it reflects real-world repair and operational challenges rather than abstract theory.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Texas Tech University
Github Skills (18)
django10
python9
wagtail9
warehouse8
cms8
devrel6
errata6
management5
trading-bot5
crypto5
javascript4
css4
frontend4
send-file4
minecraft3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openstax/errata
Jan 2020 - Jul 2021
The OpenStax Errata tool
Contributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 6 months
openstaxerrata
openstax/osbooks-introductory-statistics-bundle
Jun 2022 - Jul 2026
Contributions:2 PRs, 70 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 1 month
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