Jessica McKellar

Jessica McKellar

McKellar at PyCon US 2014 in Montréal
Residence San Francisco, California
Nationality United States
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation engineering manager, author
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]

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" (2015).[5]

In 2012, McKellar co-founded Zulip Inc., a chat software company.[6] In 2014, the company was acquired by Dropbox.[7] As of 2015, McKellar was an engineering manager at Dropbox.[6][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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 McKellar, Jessica; Fettig, Abe. Twisted Network Programming Essentials (2nd ed.). O'Reilly Media.
  5. ↑ McKellar, Jessica; Rubini, Alessandro; Corbet, Jonathan; Kroah-Hartman, Greg (October 2015). Linux Device Drivers (4th ed.). O'Reilly Media.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "This Is What Impactful Engineering Leadership Looks Like". First Round Review. First Round Capital. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Perez, Sarah (March 17, 2014). "Dropbox Acquires Zulip, A Stealthy Workplace Chat Solution Still In Private Beta". TechCrunch.
  8. ↑ McKellar, Jessica. "LinkedIn profile".
  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.