Jessica McKellar

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Jessica McKellar
Born1987 (age 36–37)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Founder and CTO of Pilot.com, Inc., author
SpouseAdam Fletcher[1]
Websiteweb.mit.edu/jesstess/www/

Jessica Tess McKellar is an

software developer
, engineering manager, and author.

Education

McKellar attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[2] and studied computer science[3] and chemistry.[4]

Work

McKellar was an early employee and engineering manager at

Dropbox.[6] She has spoken at several conferences about outreach efforts to increase the diversity of open-source communities.[7][8]

From 2012 to 2014, she was a director of the

Dropbox.[14]

McKellar was a senior technical advisor for 16 episodes of the HBO show Silicon Valley.[15]

Author

McKellar is the co-author of the book Twisted Network Programming Essentials, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly Media - 2013).[13]

References

  1. ^ Jessica McKellar. ".@adamfblahblah and I got married! Our universal logic gate rings (NAND = me, NOR = him)". Twitter.
  2. ^ Root, Lynn (October 15, 2013). "When open source invests in diversity, everyone wins". opensource.com.
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  5. ^ "This Is What Impactful Engineering Leadership Looks Like". First Round Review. First Round Capital. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  6. ^ Perez, Sarah (March 17, 2014). "Dropbox Acquires Zulip, A Stealthy Workplace Chat Solution Still In Private Beta". TechCrunch.
  7. ^ Daley, Noelle (August 11, 2014). "Q&A with Upcoming FutureTalk Speaker Jessica McKellar".
  8. ^ Daley, Noelle (August 28, 2014). "Python, The Next Generation: A FutureTalk with Jessica McKellar [Video]".
  9. ^ "History of PSF Officers & Directors". Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  10. ^ "O'Reilly Open Source Awards (2013)". July 26, 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  11. ^ Curtin, Brian (August 5, 2013). "Congratulations to Jessica McKellar, O'Reilly Open Source Award Recipient". Python Software Foundation News.
  12. ^ "Women in Open Source Awards". Retrieved Feb 3, 2018.
  13. ^ a b McKellar, Jessica; Fettig, Abe. Twisted Network Programming Essentials (2nd ed.). O'Reilly Media.
  14. ^ "Jessica McKellar". Techies Project. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  15. ^ "Jessica McKellar". IMDb. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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