Meghan Gutshall is a Senior Application Developer with eight years of full-stack experience, specializing in Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, currently building clinical, academic, and administrative software for Penn Medicine. She combines hands-on coding with leadership in developer culture as chair of Tech Talks and co-organizer of the UI/UX working group, bringing usability and accessibility into mission-critical healthcare apps. A self-directed learner who knows when to ask the right questions, Meghan contributes to open-source civic projects like Human Essentials—improving dashboards, front-end build pipelines, and inventory workflows for social-good organizations. Bilingual in Spanish and trained in web development at Flatiron School, she blends technical rigor, strong communication, and a collaborative spirit to deliver practical, user-focused solutions.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Spanish, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Spanish at Temple University
Certificate, Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding), Certificate, Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) at University of Michigan
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Flatiron School
Human Essentials is an inventory management system for diaper, incontinence, and period-supply banks. It supports them in distributing to partners, tracking inventory, and reporting stats and analytics.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:2 reviews, 10 commits, 10 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Meghan primarily focused on developing the dashboard landing page and related UI components. This involved adding routes, controllers, and partials, as well as styling the dashboard and implementing breadcrumbs. The user also addressed various UI elements in the application, modifying files related to Authorized Family Members, Children, and Families. Furthermore, the user updated dependencies, added seed data, and made changes related to Babel and webpack configuration to support the front-end build process.
Contributions:13 PRs, 21 pushes, 12 branches in 6 years
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