Speaker

Sarah Withee

Sarah Withee

Polyglot software engineer

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Sarah Withee is a polyglot software engineer, international public speaker, teacher and mentor, and hardware and robot tinkerer located in Pittsburgh, PA. She is passionate about the intersection of technology and people. As a polyglot developer, she has worked in a wide range of tech stacks and has built desktop, mobile, web, and backend applications. She is also one of the organizers of Code & Supply, Pittsburgh's largest technology community. She is currently mentoring the Girls of Steel Robotics, an all-girls middle and high school team, who rocked their way to the world championships this year, and has been mentoring and judging FIRST competition teams since 2011.

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

CodeMash 2020 Sessionize Event

January 2020 Sandusky, Ohio, United States

NDC Oslo 2019 Sessionize Event

June 2019 Oslo, Norway

Stir Trek 2019 Sessionize Event

April 2019 Columbus, Ohio, United States

NDC London 2019 Sessionize Event

January 2019 London, United Kingdom

CodeMash 2019 Sessionize Event

January 2019 Sandusky, Ohio, United States

dev up Conference 2018 Sessionize Event

October 2018 St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Strange Loop 2018

I Built an Artificial Pancreas! (Lightning Talk)

September 2018 St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Code Daze Vol. 2

A Primer on Functional Programming

September 2018 Buffalo, New York, United States

Self.Conference 2018

Maintaining Your Mental and Emotional Health While Job Hunting

August 2018 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Music City Tech 2018 Sessionize Event

May 2018 Nashville, Tennessee, United States

deliver:Agile 2018

Building Your Team to Last: Successful Onboarding and Mentoring Practices

April 2018 Austin, Texas, United States

Heartifacts

Emcee for the conference

April 2018 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Techtonica Launch Celebration

Invited keynote speaker, "Doors"

January 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas Celebration of Women in Computing 2017

Pursuing a Passion Project: Struggles and Successes

November 2017 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

dev up Conference 2017

Intro to Hacking with the Raspberry Pi
The Power of Secrets

October 2017 St. Louis, Missouri, United States

AlterConf Austin 2017

Life as a Midwestern Developer

August 2017 Austin, Texas, United States

Self.Conference 2017

The Power of Secrets (session)
How to Start a Podcast (lightning talk)

May 2017 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Prairie.Code() 2016

Building Your Team to Last: Successful Onboarding and Mentoring Practices
A Primer on Functional Programming

October 2016 Des Moines, Iowa, United States

AlterConf Portland 2016

The Power of Secrets

October 2016 Portland, Oregon, United States

AndConf

Why Self Care Is Harder for Me (lightning talk)

August 2016 Roseland, California, United States

Kansas City Developer Conference 2016

A Primer on Functional Programming
Building Your Team to Last

June 2016 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Self.Conference 2016

A Primer on Functional Programming (session)
Encouraging Kids Through Robotics Mentoring (lightning talk)

May 2016 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Nebraska.Code() 2016

Building Your Team to Last
A Primer on Functional Programming

May 2016 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas Celebration of Women in Computing 2015

Intro to Hacking with the Raspberry Pi

October 2015 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City Developer Conference 2015

Intro to Hacking with the Raspberry Pi
Intro to Hacking with the Raspberry Pi (encore)

June 2015 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Nebraska.Code() 2015

Intro to Hacking with the Raspberry Pi

March 2015 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Events pre-2015

I've spoken at a wide variety of events other than conferences. To see events before 2015, or some other misc. events between 2015 and now, please see my website at https://sarahwithee.com/speaking/talks/

August 2011

Sarah Withee

Polyglot software engineer

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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