Jenna Ritten
Chief Developer Advocate & Architect
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJenna Ritten is a polyglot software leader and Chief Developer Advocate & Architect at IBM with nine years of hands-on experience building cloud-native platforms, developer ecosystems, and InnerSource programs. A former medical-track professional who retrained at Dev Bootcamp, she blends technical depth across Ruby, JavaScript, Python, Docker/Kubernetes and GraphQL with a knack for developer experience and upskilling programs. At IBM she leads developer advocacy and architecture for research and InnerSource initiatives while also creating AfroHacks at AfroTech and founding Compass Detroit, demonstrating a commitment to community-driven talent pipelines. She pairs executive leadership (Executive MBA candidate) with front-line engineering experience on Watson and hybrid cloud teams, mentoring through Thinkful and Dev Bootcamp. Notably, her background in languages and linguistics informs a collaborative, cross-cultural approach to developer relations and education.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Executive MBA, Executive MBA at Quantic School of Business and TechnologyPost-Baccaulaureate Medical Sciences, Post-Baccaulaureate Medical Sciences at Wayne State UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Spanish Brazilian Portuguese & Russian Languages & Literature | Romance Languages & Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Spanish Brazilian Portuguese & Russian Languages & Literature | Romance Languages & Linguistics at University of MichiganFull Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering at Dev BootcampBachelor of Arts - BA Spanish and Iberian Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA Spanish and Iberian Studies at Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo
Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, English
Github Skills (57)
javascript10
react10
python9
machine-learning9
grads9
sdk9
gpu9
deep-learning9
ray8
quantum-computing8
optimization8
methodology8
reinforcement-learning8
numpy8
parallel8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DBC-BootUp/BootUp-REACT-FrontEnd
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:49 PRs, 83 pushes, 52 branches in 22 days
interview-prepjavascriptgradstechnical-interview
yahalom98/BootUp-REACT-FrontEnd
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Technical Interview Prep for Bootcamp Grads
Contributions:96 commits in 22 days
interview-prepjavascriptgradstechnical-interview
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