Summary
Elizabeth Board is a software engineer with a decade of experience who builds consumer-facing education and productivity features at Apple, currently on the Pencil & Paper team after contributing to Swift Playgrounds and speaking at WWDC20. A Carnegie Mellon rising senior in Computer Science with a Human-Computer Interaction minor, she blends rigorous CS foundations with user-centered design to create accessible learning tools. She led content development for the free Carnegie Mellon CS Academy used by over 26,000 students, designing interactive Python-powered lessons and coordinating classroom pilots. Her background spans embedded and systems work (CoreBluetooth internship) to product UI and content, reflecting a rare combination of pedagogy, design, and production engineering. Based in Cupertino, she focuses on social good, accessible education, and shipping polished, impactful software.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Carnegie Mellon Univeristy