Summary
Amanda Gadrow is a data-driven engineering leader with a decade of experience building systems, data products, and high-performing teams across academia and product companies. Currently Director of Advancement Systems at Kenyon College, she combines systems management, BI, and user-centric product improvement to streamline workflows and resolve hidden customer and employee pain points. Her career arc—from hands-on QA and test automation at Brightcove to VP roles in Quality and Support at Posit—shows a knack for scaling processes and improving product quality across diverse tech stacks. Amanda pairs technical fluency (APIs, test frameworks, cross-service integration) with strategic execution and open communication, delivering measurable improvements informed by internal data. Trained in music and musicology, she brings an analytical, pattern-oriented perspective to systems design and team dynamics that often uncovers nonobvious opportunities for improvement.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BA Music, BA Music at Kenyon College
MA Musicology, MA Musicology at Brandeis University