Kelly Tenn
Developer Communications
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKelly Tenn is a seasoned developer communications and marketing leader with 11 years of experience building brands and product awareness across cloud-native and developer-focused companies. She has launched and scaled communications programs from startup to unicorn stages—most notably establishing Netlify’s in-house communications function during hypergrowth and contributing to its recognition in Forbes and Forrester‑backed ROI research. Kelly blends strategic big-picture vision with detail-oriented execution across media, analyst relations, community programs, and event launches, and has deep experience translating technical product narratives (Kubernetes, OpenShift, container platforms) for broad audiences. Based in San Francisco, she thrives in fast-moving environments and has a track record of creating developer-focused content and community signals like the Jamstack Community Survey. A pragmatic collaborator, she’s driven cross-functional messaging that turned engineering work into measurable market momentum.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA Communication Studies minored in Public Relations and Legal Studies, BA Communication Studies minored in Public Relations and Legal Studies at University of San Francisco
Github Skills (12)
serverless10
infrastructure10
static-site10
cloud-computing10
netlify9
cloud-native9
multicloud9
infrastructure-as-code9
jamstack9
kubernetes9
gatsby8
static-site-generator6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kellytenn/first
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
kellytenn/crossplane
Jan 2024 - Jan 2024
Cloud Native Control Planes
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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