Jessica McKellar
American software developer, engineering manager, and author
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Jessica Tess McKellar (born 1987) is an American software developer, entrepreneur, and author.
Jessica McKellar | |
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McKellar in 2015 | |
| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupations | Founder and CEO of Pilot.com, Inc., author |
| Spouse | Adam Fletcher[1] |
| Website | web |
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 Ksplice, which was acquired by Oracle in 2011. In 2012, she co-founded Zulip, a chat software company.[5] In 2014, the company was acquired by 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 Python Software Foundation.[9] In 2013, McKellar won the O'Reilly Open Source Award for her contributions to Python.[10][11] In 2016, she won the Women in Open Source Community Award, awarded by Red Hat.[12] She is a contributor to Twisted, a networking framework for Python.[13] From 2014 to 2017, she was a Director of Engineering and the chief of staff to the VP of Engineering at 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]