Jessica McKellar explained

Jessica McKellar
Nationality:American
Occupation:Founder and CTO of Pilot.com, Inc., author
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spouse:Adam Fletcher[1]

Jessica Tess McKellar is an American 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 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).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: .@adamfblahblah and I got married! Our universal logic gate rings (NAND = me, NOR = him). Twitter. Jessica McKellar.
  2. News: Root. Lynn. When open source invests in diversity, everyone wins. opensource.com. October 15, 2013.
  3. McKellar. Jessica. Monitoring the health of an open source project : a case study. June 2010. M.I.T. Master of Engineering thesis. 1721.1/61174. Thesis.
  4. Piro. Nicholas. Figueroa. Joshua. McKellar. Jessica. Cummins. Christopher. Triple-Bond Reactivity of Diphosphorus Molecules. Science. 1 September 2006. 313. 5791. 1276–1279. 10.1126/science.1129630. 16946068. 2006Sci...313.1276P. 27740669.
  5. Web site: This Is What Impactful Engineering Leadership Looks Like. First Round Review. First Round Capital. March 19, 2015. firstround.
  6. News: Perez. Sarah. Dropbox Acquires Zulip, A Stealthy Workplace Chat Solution Still In Private Beta. TechCrunch. March 17, 2014.
  7. Web site: Daley. Noelle. Q&A with Upcoming FutureTalk Speaker Jessica McKellar. August 11, 2014.
  8. Web site: Daley. Noelle. Python, The Next Generation: A FutureTalk with Jessica McKellar [Video]]. August 28, 2014.
  9. Web site: History of PSF Officers & Directors. March 19, 2015.
  10. News: O'Reilly Open Source Awards (2013). July 26, 2013. March 19, 2015. June 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618102153/http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/schedule/detail/29956. dead.
  11. Web site: Curtin. Brian. Congratulations to Jessica McKellar, O'Reilly Open Source Award Recipient. Python Software Foundation News. August 5, 2013.
  12. Web site: Women in Open Source Awards. Feb 3, 2018.
  13. Book: McKellar. Jessica. Fettig. Abe. Twisted Network Programming Essentials. O'Reilly Media. 2nd.
  14. Web site: Jessica McKellar. Techies Project. 7 April 2016.
  15. Web site: Jessica McKellar . IMDb. 7 April 2016.

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