Wendy White
Chief Executive Officer at Royal College of Art
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWendy White is a seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience leading product, engineering, and moonshot innovation programs, currently serving as CEO of Intrinsic, Alphabet’s AI robotics group. She blends hands-on engineering roots (BEng Computer Science) and open-source contributions—such as impactful backend improvements to Apache Groovy’s SQL integration—with strategic leadership across startups and large organizations, including founding Moonfruit and senior roles at X and Hibu. Based in Mountain View, she steers efforts to democratize intelligent robotics while advising governments, universities, and venture funds on digital strategy and deep-tech scale-up. Known for translating complex technical constraints into practical products, she also brings a designer’s sensibility through advanced study in design and material futures, highlighting a rare mix of technical depth, product instinct, and creative framing.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BEng, Computer Science, BEng, Computer Science at Imperial College LondonHonoray Doctorate, Business Administration and Management, Technology, Honoray Doctorate, Business Administration and Management, Technology at The University of SalfordMA, Design for Material Futures, Central St.Martins, MA, Design for Material Futures, Central St.Martins at University of the Arts LondonMSc, Management Science (Operational Research and Computing), MSc, Management Science (Operational Research and Computing) at Cranfield University
Github Skills (18)
groovy10
packaging10
homebrew-cask10
java10
homebrew10
javas10
programming-language9
jvm-languages9
ruby9
version-control8
scripting7
script7
sql7
dynamic-typing7
compiler-compiler7
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions
May 2021 - Jan 2023
💀 Alternate versions of Casks (deprecated)
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:1 review, 8 commits, 22 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Wendy primarily contributed to updating and adding definitions for various software packages (Casks) within the Homebrew Cask repository. Their work involved modifying version numbers, checksums, and download URLs for software like iTerm2 and IBM Semeru JDK. This focused on maintaining the accuracy and availability of software versions managed by the Homebrew package manager. The user also added a new Semeru JDK version to the cask definitions.
caskscaskhomebrewalternate
apache/groovy
Aug 2020 - Feb 2021
Apache Groovy: A powerful multi-faceted programming language for the JVM platform
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 12 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Wendy primarily contributed to the Groovy project by modifying existing code and adding new features related to the `NamedVariant` annotation and database interaction. They implemented support for coercion within the `NamedVariant` transformation, improving type handling. Furthermore, the user addressed issues in the `Sql` class, ensuring that `call()` methods throw `SQLException` consistently. These changes indicate a focus on improving the core functionality and error handling of the Groovy language and its SQL integration.
static-typinggroovyfunctional-programmingapachemetaprogramming
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