Jessica McKellar

Born| 1987 (age 38-39)
Nationality| American
Alma mater| Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation| Founder and CTO of Pilot.com, Inc., author
Spouse(s)| Adam Fletcher[1]
Website| web.mit.edu/jesstess/www/

Jessica Tess McKellar is an American software developer, engineering manager, and author.

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Work
* 2.1 Author
* 3 References

## 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]

## References

1. ↑ Jessica McKellar. ".@adamfblahblah and I got married! Our universal logic gate rings (NAND = me, NOR = him)". https://twitter.com/jessicamckellar/status/362755265508024321?lang=en.
2. ↑ Root, Lynn (October 15, 2013). "When open source invests in diversity, everyone wins". opensource.com. http://opensource.com/life/13/10/interview-jessica-mckellar.
3. ↑ McKellar, Jessica (June 2010). Monitoring the health of an open source project : a case study (Thesis). M.I.T. Master of Engineering thesis. hdl:1721.1/61174.
4. ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2006Sci...313.1276P. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1129630.
5. ↑ "This Is What Impactful Engineering Leadership Looks Like". First Round Capital. http://firstround.com/review/this-is-what-impactful-engineering-leadership-looks-like/. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
6. ↑ Perez, Sarah (March 17, 2014). "Dropbox Acquires Zulip, A Stealthy Workplace Chat Solution Still In Private Beta". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/17/dropbox-acquires-zulip-a-stealthy-workplace-chat-solution-still-in-private-beta/.
7. ↑ Daley, Noelle (August 11, 2014). "Q&A with Upcoming FutureTalk Speaker Jessica McKellar". http://blog.newrelic.com/2014/08/11/futuretalk-jessica-mckellar-qa/.
8. ↑ Daley, Noelle (August 28, 2014). "Python, The Next Generation: A FutureTalk with Jessica McKellar [Video"]. http://blog.newrelic.com/2014/08/28/python-next-generation-futuretalk-jessica-mckellar-video/.
9. ↑ "History of PSF Officers & Directors". https://www.python.org/psf/records/board/history/#jessica-mckellar. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
10. ↑ "O'Reilly Open Source Awards (2013)". July 26, 2013. http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/schedule/detail/29956.
11. ↑ Curtin, Brian (August 5, 2013). "Congratulations to Jessica McKellar, O'Reilly Open Source Award Recipient". Python Software Foundation News. http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2013/08/congratulations-to-jessica-mckellar.html.
12. ↑ "Women in Open Source Awards". https://www.redhat.com/en/about/women-in-open-source#2015finalists.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 McKellar, Jessica; Fettig, Abe. Twisted Network Programming Essentials (2nd ed.). O'Reilly Media. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920025016.do.
14. ↑ "Jessica McKellar". http://www.techiesproject.com/jessica-mckellar/. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
15. ↑ "Jessica McKellar". https://m.imdb.com/name/nm9158173/filmotype/miscellaneous. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

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