Sarah Allen (software developer)

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American software developer

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Sarah Allen (born Sarah Lindsley){{cite book | title = Creating Motion Graphics | last1 = Meyer | first1 = Trish | last2 = Meyer | first2 = Chris | volume = 3 | publisher = CMP Books | isbn = 0879306068 | url = https://archive.org/details/creatingmotiongr00meye | date = 15 May 2000 | url-access = registration | url=http://dev.ncwit.org/resources.res.interview.php?source=&action=display&interview_id=20705&year=2011&month=03 | title=An Interview with Sarah Allen | publisher=National Center for Women in Information Technology | date=14 January 2011 | access-date=2 June 2012 | last = Ganguly | first = Rupak | title = Interview with Sarah Allen | pages = 11–13 | magazine = Rail Magazine | date = 1 July 2010 | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/33776550/Rails-Magazine-Issue-6-All-Stuff-No-Fluff | issn = 1916-8004}} In 2013, Allen was selected for the Presidential Innovation Fellows program working with the Smithsonian Institution.{{Cite web | title = Presidential Innovation Fellows: Meet the Fellows: Round 2 | work = The White House | access-date = 12 May 2014 | url = https://www.whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows/meet-the-fellows#section-round-2 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140309053158/http://www.whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows/meet-the-fellows#section-round-2 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 9 March 2014

Companies

In 2010, Allen co-founded and serves as the chief technology officer of mobile startup Mightyverse. In parallel she is the founder of San Francisco-based Ruby on Rails consultancy Blazing Cloud, a product-centric mobile application consulting firm. In 2010, she co-authored the book Pro Smartphone Cross-Platform Development.

Representation of women

In the Silicon Valley community, Allen contributes her time to improving the representation of women in technology as the president of RailsBridge, which aims to "bridge the gap from aspiring developer to contributing open source community member through mentoring, teaching and writing".

Recognition

In 1998, Allen was named one of the Top 25 Women of the Web by San Francisco Women on the Web.{{ cite web | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/1998/01/30/webgrrls2.DTL | last = Moon | first = Amy | title = Webgrrls: Top 25 women on the Web | publisher = San Francisco Chronicle | access-date = 2 June 2012 | date = 30 January 1998}} Allen was honored on Ada Lovelace Day by the Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners in 2010 and participated in the mobile-themed Google Tech Talk at the company's headquarters in Mountain View. In 2013, Allen was chosen as a Presidential Innovation Fellow and worked for six months with the Smithsonian Institution.

Publications

References

References

  1. Eisenberg, Bart. [http://gihyo.jp/dev/serial/01/software_designers/0021 "Software Designers～The People Behind the Code"], Software Design Magazine, January 2011 print issue (Japanese).（English web article date: 2010年12月18日発売
  2. Reider, Matt. http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/engine-yard-cloud-out-loud-s01e03-sarah-allen/ {{Webarchive. link. (2011-05-18 "Engine Yard Cloud Out Loud S01E03: Sarah Allen", Engine Yard, December 2010)
  3. Allen, Sarah. (2010). "Pro smartphone cross-platform development : iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Android development and distribution". Apress.
  4. Watters, Audrey. [http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/01/railsbridge-announces-its-2011.php "RailsBridge: Encouraging Women to Program with Free Ruby on Rails Workshops" Read Write Web, January 19, 2011.]
  5. [http://www.bayareagirlgeekdinners.com/ada-lovelace-day-2010/ "Ada Lovelace Day"] Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners. Mar 24, 2010.
  6. "Smithsonian Welcomes Presidential Innovation Fellows".

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