Heather Downing
Developer Advocate
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHeather Downing is a Developer Advocate with a decade of experience turning complex security and identity technologies into adoption-driving narratives and practical integrations. She combines full-stack engineering (.NET, Angular, mobile) and API/time-series expertise with hands-on Identity/OAuth work from her time at Okta to accelerate customer implementations and influence product roadmaps. A 7x Microsoft MVP and global speaker who’s presented on every continent, she’s proven she can drive feature adoption (up to 80%) through persuasive technical positioning and content. Heather’s background includes building prototype integrations, mentoring advocate teams, and shipping fintech and cloud-native solutions as a contractor, showing she thrives at the intersection of engineering depth and go-to-market impact. An organizer of regional developer events and an experienced conference presenter, she excels at translating security complexities into clear technical value that fuels awareness, retention, and revenue.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Mount San Jacinto Community CollegeMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Technology Specialist (MCTS) C#/ASP.net Application Development, Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Technology Specialist (MCTS) C#/ASP.net Application Development at Centriq Training
Github Skills (10)
okta10
csharp5
hugo5
dotnet4
asp-net-core3
dotnet-core2
angular2
bootstrap2
typescript1
cli1
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Quorralyne/okta.github.io
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
Okta Identity Platform API Docs and Developer Home
Contributions:24 PRs, 50 pushes, 12 branches in 6 months
apiapi-platformoidcoktaapi-docs
Quorralyne/LCARS-Alexa-Skill-WebAPI
Mar 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 11 pushes in 1 month
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