Jessica McKellar

Jessica McKellar
Residence San Francisco, California
Nationality United States
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation engineering manager, author
Employer Dropbox
Website web.mit.edu/jesstess/

Jessica Tess McKellar is an American software developer, engineering manager, and author. Since 2012, she has been a director of the Python Software Foundation.[1] In 2013, McKellar won the O'Reilly Open Source Award for her contributions to Python.[2][3] She is a contributor to Twisted, a networking framework for Python.[4] She is a director of engineering and the chief of staff to the VP of Engineering at Dropbox.[5]

McKellar is the co-author of two books about computer programming, both for O'Reilly Media: "Twisted Network Programming Essentials" (2013)[4] and "Linux Device Drivers, 4th Edition" (upcoming).[6]

McKellar was an early employee and engineering manager at Ksplice, which was acquired by Oracle in 2011. In 2012, McKellar co-founded Zulip, a chat software company.[7] In 2014, the company was acquired by Dropbox.[8] She has spoken at several conferences about outreach efforts to increase the diversity of open-source communities.[9][10]

McKellar attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [11] and studied computer science[12] and chemistry.[13]

References

  1. "History of PSF Officers & Directors". Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  2. "O'Reilly Open Source Awards (2013)". July 26, 2013.
  3. Curtin, Brian (August 5, 2013). "Congratulations to Jessica McKellar, O'Reilly Open Source Award Recipient". Python Software Foundation News.
  4. 1 2 McKellar, Jessica; Fettig, Abe. Twisted Network Programming Essentials (2nd ed.). O'Reilly Media.
  5. "Jessica McKellar". Techies Project. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  6. McKellar, Jessica; Rubini, Alessandro; Corbet, Jonathan; Kroah-Hartman, Greg. Linux Device Drivers (4th ed.). O'Reilly Media. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  7. "This Is What Impactful Engineering Leadership Looks Like". First Round Review. First Round Capital. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  8. Perez, Sarah (March 17, 2014). "Dropbox Acquires Zulip, A Stealthy Workplace Chat Solution Still In Private Beta". TechCrunch.
  9. Daley, Noelle (August 11, 2014). "Q&A with Upcoming FutureTalk Speaker Jessica McKellar".
  10. Daley, Noelle (August 28, 2014). "Python, The Next Generation: A FutureTalk with Jessica McKellar [Video]".
  11. Root, Lynn (October 15, 2013). "When open source invests in diversity, everyone wins". opensource.com.
  12. McKellar, Jessica (June 2010). Monitoring the health of an open source project : a case study. M.I.T. Master of Engineering thesis.
  13. Piro, Nicholas; Figueroa, Joshua; McKellar, Jessica; Cummins, Christopher (1 September 2006). "Triple-Bond Reactivity of Diphosphorus Molecules". Science. 313 (5791): 1276–1279. doi:10.1126/science.1129630. PMID 16946068.
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