Monikka De La Zerda
Co-Founder at Astrus
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMonikka De La Zerda is a founder and software engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack systems across clean energy, retail AV, and immersive 3D web platforms. As Co-Founder of Astrus and Shypwright, she blends product-minded engineering with consultancy experience in machine learning, IoT, cloud services, and control systems. Her background includes shipping AV control software for Apple retail, architecting hybrid power plant control systems, and building big-data analytics pipelines for energy optimization. She is triple-certified in Extron AV control programming and commits 20% of her time to mentoring, education, and D&I nonprofit work—an intentional practice she’s maintained since 2016. Based in San Francisco, she pairs technical depth in Python, Django, analytics, and real-time systems with creative interests in online 3D communities.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Creative Writing, 3.9 GPA, Creative Writing, 3.9 GPA at San Francisco State UniversityComputer Science, 4.0 GPA, Computer Science, 4.0 GPA at City College of San Francisco
German, English
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
placement10
python10
react10
ruby9
open-source8
jekyll7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
monikkaelyse/curriculum
Feb 2017 - Jun 2021
The curriculum of Techtonica, a free tech training and job placement program for low-income women and genderqueer adults.
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
curriculumtechtonicaplacementwomenruby
shypwright/shypwright.github.io
Jan 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:9 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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