Early 2024 I made the big leap to the startup world when I decided to spend full time building software to help people grow their careers. I am the co-founder and creative director here at Hedge-Ops, where we are building a platform to help people grow their careers in a way that they have full ownership of. I am so excited to be able to focus on building a product that I believe in and that I know will help people. I am so grateful to be able to work with my husband, who is the CTO of Hedge-Ops, and to be able to work on something that we both believe in.

Before this I was a Senior Engineer on the Terraform Enterprise team at HashiCorp. I was focused on both software and infratstructure in this role. I used Go to build services for Terraform Enterprise and created workflows in GitHub Actions, building and deploying Docker images, and using the heck of Terraform core, Terraform Cloud, and Terraform Enterprise. My goal in whatever I do is to make the right thing to do the easy thing to do, whether that’s creating an extensible Go package or creating a workflow that others can easily use from the UI. Empathy for both the end user and the developers that come after me is always top of mind.

Previously, I was very fortunate to work as a Senior Cloud Automation Engineer at 10th Magnitude, where I focused on accelerating Azure cloud adoption through automation and DevOps. I was able to experience the accelerated growth that only comes from working at such a pace as a consultancy. I was there for four years and saw immense growth both in my own career, as a company, and as a person. I am so proud of what we built together and that I grew a strong technical foundation there.

But before that, I started my career as a Casting Director after getting a degree in film. I love to see how what I learned in the arts helps me every day bring people together under a common idea and vision and how the arts have helped me with the grit and determination to overcome any obstacle facing me. The collaboration, inspiration, and mentorship that I get from the DevOps community, and my husband who is a leader in DevOps, is undeniably linked to my success.