Summary
Sarah Heimlich is a Senior Product Manager with 13 years of experience blending technical depth and mission-driven product leadership to advance privacy-minded AI and equitable access to STEM. Currently at Blue River Technology, she previously shaped provable-privacy platforms and led ArcsJs open-sourcing at Google, moving between hands-on engineering and product roles. Her background founding FIRST Australia and running nationwide robotics programs demonstrates a rare combination of large-scale program management, government and industry engagement, and grassroots STEM outreach. She mentors robotics teams and leverages developer advocacy experience to bridge research, standards work (W3C/WICG), and practical product delivery. Known for turning complex privacy and platform concepts into usable developer tools, she pairs a Masters in Research (Computer Science) with a track record of shipping open-source and production systems.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Research Computer Science, Masters of Research Computer Science at Macquarie University