About Tessa

Tessa is the founder of Built for Devs, where she provides developer program (DevRel) consulting to early-stage startups and enterprises. She builds developer programs and products that increase revenue, drive product innovation, and reduce costs.

The last conference in 2020 before Covid19 struck. Photo credit: Mark Maunder, WordFence

Tessa is the founder of Built for Devs, where she provides developer program (DevRel) consulting to early-stage startups and enterprises. She builds developer programs and products that increase revenue, drive product innovation, reduce costs, build developer love & street cred, and fill sales funnels. Before shifting to DevRel, Tessa had many years of experience as an engineering manager and self-taught open-source engineer. Before her tech career, Tessa worked in hospitality & small-business management.

Tessa takes pride in supporting her community as a thought leader and mentor and has done this for several companies, ranging from startups to tech giants. As a technologist, her goal is to elevate developers' voices and knowledge in the community. As the founder of Built for Devs, her vision is to improve the effectiveness of developer programs within tech companies and the developer relations industry.

Prior to Built for Devs, Tessa was the Head of Developer Relations at Snapchat (SnapAR), Director of Advocacy and community at Lacework, Head of Developer Community at Twitter, and Developer Outreach Manager at Pantheon, to name a few. The developer programs she has advised and built have flourished into meaningful business results. Generally, her programs drive credibility and developer love, increase revenue, improve product offerings, drive user adoption, and improve company effectiveness through operational improvements as she sets the entire company up for success with developers.

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