Paulette Carlson
Vice President Of Engineering at Kantata
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolPaulette Carlson is a VP of Engineering with 12 years of experience who rose from a Dev Bootcamp graduate to lead engineering at Kantata, blending hands-on software craft with strategic people development. Her background as a yoga teacher, counselor, and certified Integral Coach gives her a distinctive edge in building psychological safety, shaping feedback cultures, and coaching managers to get better outcomes from their teams. She drives cross-functional org design and training programs, believing product excellence follows from investing in individuals and team dynamics. Paulette founded Maven Diversity to create safe spaces for underrepresented technologists and co-created Womxn Level Up to mentor and connect engineers, demonstrating sustained commitment to inclusion beyond formal role requirements. Based in Oakland, she pairs empathetic leadership with practical experience in full-stack delivery and organizational change at startup scale.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Humanities, Women Studies, Bachelor of Humanities, Women Studies at University of VictoriaProfessional Yoga Instructor Certification, Ashtanga Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Meditation, Professional Yoga Instructor Certification, Ashtanga Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Meditation at Moksana YogaProfessional Certification, Professional Coaching, Certified, Professional Certification, Professional Coaching, Certified at Integral Coaching CanadaCertificate, Computer Software Engineering, Certificate, Computer Software Engineering at Dev BootcampProfessional Program in Graphic Design, Certificate, Professional Program in Graphic Design, Certificate at UC Berkeley Extension
Github Skills (14)
balloon9
currency-formatting9
javascript8
rails8
currency-exchange-rates8
exchange8
currency-converter8
collaboration8
ruby-on-rails7
ruby7
currency7
formatting7
zero-dependencies6
financial5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pyluftig/Adopt-a-Family
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:90 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
pyluftig/gemmas_first_app
Jan 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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