Cynthia Maxwell
Vice President Of Software Engineering at Women Who Code
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCynthia Maxwell is a seasoned software engineering leader with over 17 years of experience building customer-facing mobile products for top media brands, now serving as Vice President of Software Engineering at Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology. She leads Apple and Android teams responsible for Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, ABC and Marvel apps, combining deep iOS/Android expertise with a track record of scaling high-performance engineering organizations. Her career spans leadership roles at Netflix, Slack, Yahoo, Pinterest and Apple, and includes an Apple App Hall of Fame recognition for Pinterest and a patent for an adaptive OS that responds to ambient conditions. A PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and early research at NASA inform her strengths in audio, graphics and immersive systems—skills that surface in both product innovation and tooling. She also mentors the next generation of engineers as an advisor to Women Who Code and as a former instructor, blending technical rigor with a commitment to diversity. Known for marrying research-level problem solving with pragmatic product delivery, she focuses on creating immersive mobile experiences that delight millions.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyB.S., Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteM.S., Mechanical Engineering, M.S., Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (21)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
sukeban/TwitterLoginDemo
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
slackhq/SDWebImage
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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