Over the last nine years, I've written code across the stack, managed and upskilled teams of software developers, and conducted internal and external research in my roles as:

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• Software Developer & Engineer

• Director of Engineering

• Technical Upskilling Specialist at Pluralsight's Technology Center of Excellence

• Principal Developer Experience Engineer and research co-author at the Developer Success Lab

• Head of Developer Experience at a developer-tool startup

 

What makes me different?

Before my career in tech, I taught English as a Second Language and Academic Writing at Colorado State University. During my time in academia, I conducted classroom-based research on beliefs about language learning interventions, and experimented with strategies to make academic writing instruction more effective and enjoyable for my students.

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I approach all of my work with the scientific knowledge, rigor and ethic I learned while teaching and doing research at the university, as well as the real-world understanding and practicality that I've gained from working as a software practitioner on products designed for software practitioners. 

 

What kinds of work do I do?

The kinds of projects I've designed and facilitated for software teams in the recent past include:

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• ​Qualitative research (including ancillary artifacts like white papers, workshops, toolkits & more).

• Technical upskilling academies, workshops & programs

• Developer experience workshops & themed-retrospectives

• Engineer-led content creation programs

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I love developing evidence-based methods for helping software engineers and their teams thrive, and I'm eager to continue this work! If you'd like more details on the kinds of projects I'm eager to work on, please see my Skills & Expertise page, and for examples of my prior work, please see my Portfolio page.

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Creativity is our only limit

Part of the fun for me is getting to apply evidence-based practices to new problems and contexts, so if your team's needs sit anywhere near the intersection of DevEx and my skillset, shoot me a note at kristen@devexecutable.com, and we'll work together to design, compile, & run your DevEx program!