Rebecca Miller-webster
Director Of Software Engineering - Copilot Workspace Codespaces at GitHub
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolRebecca Miller-webster is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of experience building developer tools and client apps, currently directing Copilot Workspace and Codespaces at GitHub. She has a track record of turning around complex, high-stakes organizations—most recently leading a data center deprecation that saved GitHub $4M annually and launching Copilot features that improved adoption, ARR, and PR cycle time. Rebecca combines hands-on product and platform experience (mobile, desktop, CLI, Codespaces, Actions) with strong people leadership, having scaled teams rapidly and resolved deep cultural and delivery challenges. As founder and longtime leader of Write/Speak/Code she’s boosted diverse representation in tech and grown a volunteer community from dozens to thousands. Her background spans startups to large enterprises, shipping both user-facing apps and infrastructure while keeping an eye on measurable business impact. Based in Chicago, she pairs technical depth (MS in CS) with advocacy and systems-level thinking that surfaces non-obvious opportunities for product and organizational improvement.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Women's Studies/Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Women's Studies/Computer Science at Smith CollegeMS/BA MS (Computer Science); BA (Women and Gender Studies; Computer Science minor), MS/BA MS (Computer Science); BA (Women and Gender Studies; Computer Science minor) at Washington University in St. Louis
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Github Skills (47)
git10
github10
electron10
typescript10
github-desktop10
gitignore10
hosts10
php10
github-api-v410
command-line10
golang10
version-control10
command-line-tool10
shell10
zsh10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
WriteSpeakCode/wsc2016
Jun 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 6 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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