Linda Cannon-mcfail
Washington, United States
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Top SchoolLinda Cannon-mcfail is a Senior Content Program Manager at Microsoft with 30+ years of experience in web content publishing, app platform content, and technical writing, currently shaping M365 Copilot and Office extensibility. She combines deep content engineering and site planning expertise with proven SEO/SEM leadership on one of the world's largest sites and is the accessibility driver for the entire Office platform, ensuring apps work smoothly with assistive technologies. Her background spans hands-on technical roles at Microsoft since 1989, technical writing across enterprise teams, and creative leadership running a gallery and coaching competitive ski racing, reflecting a rare mix of technical rigor and creative instincts. Linda’s work is informed by formal studies in data analytics and a long track record of turning complex product requirements into clear, usable content that scales across global platforms.
9 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Art History, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Art History at University of WashingtonJohns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Data Processing, Bachelor of Science - BS Data Processing at Seattle University
Spanish
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Github Skills (153)
exchange-web-services10
pnp10
microsoft-azure10
dialog10
office36510
visual-studio10
excel10
javascript-api10
monitoring10
spfx10
lync10
dotnet10
office-addin10
exchange10
appsource10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
MicrosoftDocs/office-developer-sharepoint-excel-ref-dotnet
Feb 2019 - Jul 2022
This public repo is maintained by community. For PRs, tag @lindalu-MSFT in comments or add me as a reviewer.
Contributions:4 commits, 8 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 years 5 months
MicrosoftDocs/VBA-Docs
Aug 2018 - Jan 2023
This repo is no longer accepting new issues. To request changes, create a branch, make changes, create a PR and tag @OfficeDev/opcontent. For more resources, see README.MD
Contributions:198 reviews, 967 commits, 1013 PRs in 4 years 5 months
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