Kathryn Brisbin-hurley
Children's Book Author And Illustrator
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolKathryn Brisbin-Hurley is a multidisciplinary creative and data professional with 15 years of experience blending technical analytics and storytelling from the San Francisco Bay Area. She has held analytics and developer-relations roles at Google—building ETLs, dashboards, and capacity-planning tools for Cloud, Firebase, and Google Play—while also evangelizing APIs and producing sample code for developer communities. Equally at home with a sketchbook as with SQL, she writes and illustrates children’s books published on Amazon and is pursuing formal study in children’s literature to deepen her craft. Her background spans web science, genetics, and hands-on research, a combination that fuels a detail-oriented approach to both data-driven product work and whimsical visual storytelling. Kathryn is currently self-employed on new book projects slated for 2026 while drawing on a proven record of turning complex technical data into clear business insights. An intriguing facet: she pairs technical public speaking and community engagement experience with an active creative practice, bridging analytical rigor and imagination.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Genetics, BS, Genetics at University of California, DavisMS, Web Science (previously Internet Engineering), MS, Web Science (previously Internet Engineering) at University of San FranciscoChildren's and Adolescent Literature, Children's and Adolescent Literature at UC San Diego Extended Studies
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Github Skills (22)
google-maps10
api9
google-api-python-client8
javascript8
google-python-api7
google-compute-engine6
climate-change6
carbon-emissions6
fusion5
sustainability5
api-client5
client-library5
google4
python4
data-visualization3
Github contributions (5)
googlearchive/compute-getting-started-python
Dec 2012 - Dec 2013
Contributions:12 commits in 1 year
api-clientapicompute-enginepythongoogle-api-python-client
googlearchive/js-v2-samples
Nov 2010 - Oct 2013
Contributions:176 commits in 3 years
apijavascriptgmapsgoogle-maps-javascriptgoogle-maps
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